Flooding at Walker County Bingo Hall

  Thunderstorms Tuesday caused flooding in parts of Walker County.        The parking lot of a bingo hall on Highway 78 was completely flooded. Water also got inside the building.

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Tue, January 6th, 2009

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    1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel.
  • 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
    1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino.
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  • The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.