They reminded you. They cajoled you. They even tried fines and implied threats to the family jewels.
The parents arrested earlier this week on charges of suspicion of child endangerment after leaving their seven children in a van during the peak of the sweltering heat, were identified as Billy and Sharon McGruder, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.
The giant sleeps no more. This election is shaping up to be the one in which Nevada’s Hispanics finally come out to vote, according to a national group that’s targeting the state.
Rocker Paul Stitt relocated to Las Vegas to escape his heavy metal past, a time when he fronted as lead singer for a 1990s Denver-based band that performed with some of the biggest acts of the time.
Their proposed pipeline might be half-empty so far, but Southern Nevada Water Authority officials prefer to see it as half-full.
Most Las Vegans have never warmed to the idea of public transportation. Of course, that was before $4.23 a gallon for regular gasoline became the norm at valley stations.
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was back in custody in Kingman, Ariz., on Wednesday night after being released from Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said.
A fume-free, cordless electric lawn mower fits well with an eco-conscious man’s solar-powered home and hybrid car.
It is true that some Nevada politicians have latched onto the term limit case to save their seats or oust their opponents.
In 1973 — during the waning days of the decade-long undeclared war in Vietnam — Congress approved the War Powers Resolution, often called the War Powers Act.
The Nevada Prison Commission — a three-member board comprising the governor, attorney general and secretary of state — oversees the state Corrections Department. Simply rubber-stamping every move by department executives would render the panel pointless.
Richard “Rick” Baumes of the Riviera was named chef of the year at the annual Chef of the Year Dinner June 29 at the Green Valley Ranch Grand Ballroom.
The Neuropathy Support Group meets at 1 p.m. the second Friday of the month at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road (361-8192).
Jim Kiley fidgets in a swiveling office chair. This will be the seventh time in 90 days that the unemployed 62-year-old contracting executive has been videotaped performing a mock job interview.
Bump him up a century, aim a camera or microphone at him, arm him with today’s hot-button topics and he’d likely earn … nothing.
You don’t have to go far at the Flamingo Las Vegas to remind Josh Huslig that a cappella isn’t quite the coolest musical genre.
Race and sports book operator Brandywine Bookmaking received initial regulatory approval Wednesday for its first Las Vegas operation.
HONG KONG — Billionaire casino magnate Stanley Ho plans to proceed with his Macau gambling company’s debut on the stock exchange next week after a court on Wednesday thwarted a legal challenge from his estranged sister.
Home sales in Las Vegas increased for the sixth straight month in June and inventory remained stable, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.
The thousands of investors who bought penny stock in CMKM Diamonds got some good news when a Clark County district judge issued a $33.7 million judgment against a key defendant.
The 2008 World Series of Poker is officially the largest and richest in the tournament’s 39 years.
