One of the most versatile and hardest working accessories in home décor is the folding screen. Screens have many looks and many uses and buying one is an excellent investment.
: I would like to add more character to my house with some decorative trim in a few of the rooms. Is this a job I can handle myself or do I need to hire a carpenter? — Brandy M.
: I am hoping you can shed some light on our problem with vinca. We are growing it in containers. This is the first year we have had problems with it.
: I have a patio door handle that is all screwed up. The thing hardly even locks anymore. Can I repair the lock or do I have to buy a new one?
Bringing the look of your home fashion-forward as we enter the fall can be as seasonally gratifying as picking up that first new pair of patent leather Mary Janes or Burberry cardigan, according to designer Jill Abelman of Inside Style in Las Vegas.
It was somewhat funny while it lasted, but the mixed martial arts phony known as Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson is history. His 15 minutes of fame ended in a 14-second flurry Saturday night.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls golfer Alyssa Ballew shot 85 to place first in a Northwest League match at Paiute. Boys soccer player Jonny Mayorga scored with less than five minutes left to give the Aggies a 2-1 win over Cheyenne.
Her daughter was born with a congenital heart defect, and “it’s pretty much a miracle she’s still alive,” and her grandson recently was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.
Former Las Vegas Stars catcher Mike Basso has been named the 19th manager in the 26-year history of the city’s Triple-A franchise.
Bishop Gorman’s top three singles players didn’t drop a game in their six combined sets Wednesday as the Gaels cruised to a 13-5 win over Durango in a Sunset Region girls tennis semifinal at Darling Tennis Center.
Judging by her age alone, Melanie Chambers still should be a year from playing high school golf.
Throughout most of Nevada, Saturday is opening day of the chukar partridge, quail and duck seasons. The one exception is in the Overton Wildlife Management Area, where duck season won’t open until Nov. 1.
• LAKE MEAD — Anglers have been catching small stripers and catfish in the Vegas Bay Arm and from the shoreline at 33-Hole. A few stripers have been caught while chasing shad in Gypsum Wash.
Players vying for spots with the Wranglers get a welcome respite from the grind of training camp at 7:30 p.m. today when the team plays the Bakersfield Condors at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas’ lone preseason home game.
Tiny neon-blue pupfish that are struggling to survive in a spring-fed cave in Nye County have rebounded this fall to 126 adult fish, 34 more than last fall’s count and the highest number recorded since 2004, a federal biologist said Wednesday.
The state attorney general’s office is looking at two or three more potential targets in its investigation into theft and public corruption at the College of Southern Nevada.
A community activist group under fire for fraudulent voter registration defended itself Wednesday, saying it tried in vain to work with officials to get rogue canvassers prosecuted months before Tuesday’s surprise raid on its office by state authorities.
The O.J. Simpson jury got a thumbs up from talk-show host David Letterman.
Marc Anthony Colon is the boyfriend accused of killing his girlfriend’s daughter because the toddler caused too much drama in their lives.
Police are searching for a 27-year-old man wanted for stabbing his mother to death in their southwest valley home Wednesday morning.