A man was stabbed Wednesday afternoon and died at a valley hospital, Las Vegas police said.
A story in Wednesday’s Review-Journal misstated the day for the memorial service for Greg Jaspers, the retired Air Force pilot killed in a plane crash Sunday near Sandy Valley. The service will be 3 p.m. Friday at Nellis Air Force Base in the Red Flag auditorium. It is open to members of the public who have clearance to enter the base.
CARSON CITY — A nonpartisan group that circulated an election-season “political courage” test didn’t get any responses by a Wednesday deadline from Nevadans seeking re-election to Congress or the state Legislature.
RENO — First-term Rep. Dean Heller has opened up a lead over Democratic challenger Jill Derby, according to a poll released Wednesday.
It was a busy Wednesday morning at the “prayer booth,” where volunteers from a local church had settled in for a long day of nonstop calling on the Lord.
RENO — A new study by an environmental group that wants the sage grouse listed as a threatened or endangered species shows less than 5 percent of what’s left of its dwindling habitat across the West is federally protected.
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who campaigned Wednesday in Las Vegas on behalf of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy, said Americans can expect to hear Obama speak far more about the differences he and Sen. John McCain have on Social Security.
During an elevator ride Monday while checking out the unfinished Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, someone asked whether anyone had Alzheimer’s in their family. Out of six people in the elevator, I was the only one who hadn’t. Silently, I gave thanks. Cancer is my family’s foe.
Fourteen-year-old Ceaser Molina couldn’t contain his emotions Wednesday afternoon as he stood in a long line of mourners waiting to give condolences to 11-year-old Travis Smith’s parents.
Las Vegas police have arrested three people in connection with an attempted robbery and shooting that left one man injured inside a hotel room at The Orleans on Oct. 1.
Best-selling mystery writer Michael Connelly brings together his two biggest characters, half-brothers Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch, for the first time in his latest novel “Brass Verdict.”
Hanging on the walls of the Star of the Desert arena’s green room are portraits of performers who have played the 6,208-seat venue at Buffalo Bill’s in Primm.
The Cannery will display a little Hawaiian hospitality during the Islands of the Pacific Cultural Festival Friday through Sunday at the North Las Vegas casino at 2121 E. Craig Road.
Here’s a handy little application for finding cheap gasoline. Plug in your ZIP code in jam-code .com and compare prices at stations plotted on a Google map; the lowest prices are highlighted. The Web site works from your home computer, but if you have an iPhone, you can use it on the go. Yes, it’s an iPhone App as well.
Swarm coverage — you know it by its classier nom de guerre, “team coverage” — swooped down all over O.J. last weekend.
Her voice shot through the shadows, like a match struck in a dark room. It was thick with emotion, yet resolute, a velvet glove wrapped around a clenched fist.
Las Vegas Little Theatre has big hopes for “The Distance From Here.” Running for seven nights at LVLT’s Black Box Theatre, from Friday-Oct. 19, the slacker play is part of an ongoing effort to introduce a new generation to the dramatic arts.
Autism Speaks will be the benefactor of the third annual Walk Now for Autism on Saturday and Ride Now Las Vegas on Sunday. Danny Gans’ 12th annual Champions Run for Life on Saturday benefits the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Your clothes change with the seasons and so should your home. It’s time to store away the sherbert colors and citrus scents to make room for items synonymous with fall.
Stirrup lace leggings, oversized sweaters that expose one shoulder, kitschy tiger prints, graphic tees — they all enjoyed their heyday right alongside synthesizer music and Reaganomics. The clothes, however, were so good the first time around that they’ve been invited back for an encore performance.
ACORN’s sophomoric attempts at voter registration fraud have been festering in Las Vegas for months. The noise finally got so loud that Secretary of State Ross Miller had no choice but to raid the nonprofit.