Family, friends honor Las Vegas anchor Polly Gonzalez's lasting impact 20 years after passing

Family, friends honor Las Vegas anchor Polly Gonzalez's lasting impact 20 years after passing

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Family, friends, and community members gathered at Polly Gonzalez Memorial Park to celebrate Nevada’s first Latina evening news anchor's life and legacy, 20 years after her passing. Polly Gonzalez was a trailblazing news anchor and beloved member of the Las Vegas community. She started her career in 1994 and became the first-ever Latina news anchor in Nevada. “She loved the community obviously, but she was always going to sch…

Family and friends honor London Thomas on what would have been her 18th birthday

Friends and family of London Thomas gathered to honor her life on what would have been her 18th birthday. It comes after her body was found weeks after she went missing."I'm joyful just because I know it's her birthday and this is what she would have wanted. Any 18-year-old would have loved this," said her mother, Jasma Bennett.Watch Tiarra Braddock's story in the video below Family and friends honor London Thomas on what would have been her 18t…

Pioneering Las Vegas anchor to be celebrated 20 years after tragic death

The first Latina to serve as an evening news anchor in Nevada was killed in a single-car rollover crash in Las Vegas in the spring of 2005.