Pewe Suspect pleads guilty in drug cartel kidnapping The Las Vegas Monorail Co. this week purchased a small chunk of land near the southern end of the Strip, county records show, possibly for an extended route from the MGM Grand to Mandalay Bay. The company paid $2.5 million on Tuesday for a 35-unit a partment complex sitting on a 0.9 acre plot at 93 E. Reno Ave., just south of the Tropicana hotel-casino, according to the Clark County recorder& 8 217 and assessor websites.Ingrid Reisman, a spokeswoman for the Las Vegas Monorail Co., declined to comment.Last fall, the County Commission unanimously approved the Las Vegas Monorail Co. plan to extend the route by 1.14 miles.An extension to Mandalay Bay would bring the 3.9-mile line the closest it ever been to McCarran International Airport. Supporters of the monorail expansion have said a link to Mandalay Bay would would allow pedestrians to walk across a bridge over Interstate 15 to get to a new stadium for the NFL Oakland Raiders. Contact Art Marroquin at am Qhpl Awful album covers 8212; so bad they re good A 66-year- old woman who died after she was struck by a vehicle last week was identified Monday by the Clark County coroner s office as Patsy Sanchez, of Las Vegas.Las Vegas police said Sanchez was attempting to cross to the south side of Flamingo Road near Pearl Street on Jan. 3 when she was hit by a 2006 Dodge Durango driven by Arch Doran, 49, of Las Vegas.Sa nchez was not in a marked crosswalk, police said.She was pronounced dead at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
