Tonopah runs off after sluggish start

An 0-2 start isn’t exactly how Tonopah coach Curt McElroy envisioned his team defending its Class 1A state football championship from a year ago.

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POSSIBLE MURDER-SUICIDE

Valley residents cheer their favorite candidate

When Barack Obama declared that looking into someone’s eyes and seeing his soul is no way to conduct foreign relations, the North Las Vegas home of Sheryl Parks went up in cheers.

Witness says he brandished handgun

Moments before O.J. Simpson and five other men stormed a Palace Station hotel room, Simpson gave one final order, gunman Michael McClinton testified Friday.

LV officials examine labor costs

City officials want to slash labor costs by $65 million over the next five years in order to stave off financial woes, and seek the cooperation of unions that represent city employees.

Indicted official has embezzling conviction

A top College of Southern Nevada official indicted Thursday on felony theft charges had previously been convicted of embezzling from a California Indian tribe, federal court records show.

Grandmother chokes up

Jane “Cordova” Doe’s grandmother broke down on the witness stand Friday afternoon after testifying that she was told her granddaughter was dead when she was dropped off at a Las Vegas hospital.

Berkley seeking federal protection for land in county

WASHINGTON — Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., introduced a bill in Congress on Friday to designate almost a half-million acres of federal land in Clark County as wilderness or for other protections.

Robbers hit Hilton’s Superbook

A pair of gun-toting bandits robbed the Las Vegas Hilton’s Race and Sports Superbook early Friday.

Government waste

The taxpayer has few allies as persistent and prolific in sniffing out pork as Citizens Against Government Waste. For more than 20 years, the nonprofit has exposed the most eggregious, unjustified and opaque spending in Washington and the unprincipled lawmakers behind it all.

Sales-tax revenue drops in July

CARSON CITY — Nevada received more bleak economic news Friday when the Department of Taxation reported a 5.2 percent drop in the sales of taxable products by businesses in the state.

IN BRIEF

LOS ANGELES

Closed car lots causing scramble

The demise of Bill Heard Chevrolet and Vista Chevrolet, his other local dealership, is creating grief for some Southern Nevadans and opportunities for others.

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