The Nevada Athletic Commission and attorney general filed a complaint against UFC fighter James “The Sandman” Irvin on Tuesday, alleging he tested positive for two unapproved painkillers after his July 19 light heavyweight fight against Anderson Silva.
The old photo, sent in jest, shows ESPN baseball broadcaster Jon Miller listening to an aspiring sportscaster’s audition tape, wearing headphones and falling asleep while lounging on the deck of a cruise ship.
A 90-mile stretch of Interstate 94 separates Chicago from Milwaukee — and from this week’s four-game series between the Cubs and Brewers, the top two teams in the National League.
The Nevada high school football season isn’t scheduled to kick off until Aug. 29.
CARSON CITY — A governor-appointed panel Tuesday called for energy policy changes that aim to clean up Nevada’s air without jeopardizing the construction of more power plants in the state.
A story in Tuesday’s Review-Journal about a guilty plea to an attempted murder charge by Nicco Tatum, 19, contained an error. Tatum will not have to testify against two co-defendants, Dresden Williams and Franklin Jackson, according to a June 26 plea agreement.
A 40-year-old inmate accused of attempting to kill a police officer was found dead in his jail cell in what is believed to have been a suicide, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
Though state health inspectors reported in February that a Las Vegas physician reused syringes and vials on multiple patients, the executive director for a physicians’ licensing board said Tuesday that the doctor, Scott Young, should not face serious disciplinary action.
PHOENIX — Federal officials have proposed new rules targeting well owners who are illegally pumping water from wells along the lower Colorado River, a source of water for millions of people in the West.
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake in Chino Hills, Calif., packed enough punch to rattle nerves and sway buildings 210 miles away in Las Vegas.
When the hepatitis C outbreak at a Las Vegas endoscopy center was announced, fingers pointed in all directions, including at the Nevada Bureau of Licensure and Certification.
SPARKS — Sen. John McCain said Tuesday the United States needs to open up its coastline to oil drilling, build more coal-fired plants and build nuclear power reactors to help wean itself off foreign oil.
It looked like a jailbreak at the Clark County Courthouse on Tuesday after an earthquake rattled the 15th floor courtroom of O.J. Simpson Judge Jackie Glass.
The county has launched a probe into whether Harrah’s Entertainment broke safety laws when it did an award-winning redesign of guest rooms at the Flamingo Las Vegas.
You almost want to be the sheriff on days like this.
Bankrupt Lake Las Vegas is struggling to stay afloat financially, but the development’s owners are worried a break in a pipeline underneath the lake could drain it and sink the community’s financial future.
More than a dozen bills aimed at giving health authorities more power during disease investigations will be considered for submission to the Legislature, a direct result of the hepatitis C outbreak that sent tens of thousands of patients flocking to labs to get tested for blood-borne diseases.
This week readers want to know when the work on Eastern Avenue, from Viking Road to Rochelle Avenue, will be finished, what is going on at Decatur Boulevard at Pebble Road and whether there will be lighting on the Las Vegas Beltway from Flamingo Road to Cheyenne Avenue. And the Road Warrior answers a bonus fourth because that’s how the Road Warrior rolls.
A 29-year-old man accused of killing two men in an alleged rap war between West Coast and Midwest crews was found guilty Tuesday in District Court of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
The primary purpose of Nevada’s sex offender registry is not the ostracization of felons, although the list certainly does that. First and foremost, law enforcement agencies maintain a Web site of convicted, released predators to alert citizens to the identities and whereabouts of those considered most likely to re-offend.
If Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, had been around back in the 1930s, Ovaltine would have been in considerable hot water over its dastardly “Little Orphan Annie shake-up mug.” Chances are earlier generations would have heard little or nothing about Tom Mix eating Hot Ralston in the morning, let alone some cartoon cuckoo bird going “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.”
Maybe it’s a sign of the tough economic times, but thin little sliders — those miniature sandwiches that evoke memories of White Castle and Krystal and other tiny-burger chains of yore — are threatening to pave Las Vegas with their Lilliputian buns.
For Susie Block, who’s looking for Andersen’s Pea Soup, readers are united in their answer — and it coincidentally fits with my Taste story last week. David Drucker, Penny Reese, Silvia Brunn and Joan Jones all recommended various 99 Cents Only Stores. …
Aliante Golf Clubhouse Restaurant, 3100 W. Elkhorn Road, North Las Vegas, received 18 demerits. July 17. Violations included many unlabeled containers in the walk-in refrigerator. GRADE: B