Wayne Newton’s former ranch Casa de Shenandoah sold

LAS VEGAS >> Records show that Wayne Newton’s former home Casa de Shenandoah has been sold.

KTNV-TV reports Clark County records indicate the crooner’s former 36-acre ranch sold for $5.56 million in July.

The ranch, which includes the “white house” mansion and six other homes and stables, was sold to the Las Vegas-based Smoketree LLC.

In addition, a nearby commercial property that was home to a gift shop and theater was sold in September.

The properties were sold by the Texas-based ICSD LLC, owned by Newton fan Lacy Harber.

ICSD purchased the properties in 2010 and transformed them into a tourist attraction. However, the tourist attraction closed three years later and was placed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

‘White Boy Rick’ scheduled for early Florida prison release

DETROIT >> A one-time FBI informantturned-Detroit drug lord will be released from a Florida prison earlier than expected.

The Detroit News reports that Richard “White Boy Rick” Wershe Jr. is scheduled to be freed Aug. 17, 2020. His original April 2021 release date has been moved up for good behavior.

The 50-year-old Wershe spent three decades behind bars in Michigan on drug charges. He was paroled in 2017 and sent to Florida to serve time for a 2006 conviction involving a car-theft ring while he was imprisoned.

Wershe was already an FBI informant at age 14 and helped convict several Detroit drug kingpins. But he was arrested in 1987 with 9,000 grams (317 ounces) of cocaine and $30,000 cash.

5 rappers removed from NYC festival at request of police

NEW YORK >> Organizers of a hip-hop