Josh Duhamel, John O’Hurley and George Lopez will be among the celebrity lineup for the Oct. 15 Pro-Am for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
WASHINGTON — When Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake visited the North Las Vegas site for the VA’s newest hospital in August, he declared it would be the “crown jewel” of the agency’s health care system.
In intimate letters written to girlfriends, accused child molester Chester Stiles admits he’s a pedophile who sexually assaulted young girls.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — It’s 20 days in jail in Arizona and three years of probation for a Pahrump woman who guzzled mouthwash and became legally intoxicated before leaving the scene of a traffic accident she caused in mid-June in downtown Kingman.
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — More than a year after the disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers have found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada along with a bone fragment suitable for DNA testing.
Theodore Lee of Urban Land of Nevada must be nursing a wicked headache after tangling with University Chancellor James Rogers, his son Perry Rogers and Andre Agassi in a busted business deal over the future of the All-American Sports Park.
To prosecutors, O.J. Simpson was the criminal mastermind who planned and led the hotel room hold up to steal back his sports memorabilia.
Two iron workers were taken to University Medical Center Thursday morning after being injured by a large beam at the Strip’s Fountainebleau construction project.
WACO, Texas — A man who tied the knot with his girlfriend in Las Vegas before divorcing his estranged wife was surprised when he was charged with bigamy, saying he didn’t think it “was going to be a real marriage.”
WASHINGTON — Joe Egan’s dying wish was granted over the weekend, when the ashes of the attorney who led Nevada’s fight against nuclear waste were scattered at Yucca Mountain.
Help for schools tagged as “needing improvement” under the federal No Child Left Behind Act segued to a no-consultant-left-behind discussion Thursday when Clark County School Board members approved payment of $2,200 per day to each of two out-of-state contractors.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A corrections officer died while helping battle a wildfire in western Arizona Wednesday. The Arizona Department of Corrections said officer Douglas Falconer, 46, collapsed Wednesday afternoon while supervising inmates assigned to the “Sacramento Fire” burning on the Havasu Wildlife Refuge near the Colorado River community of Topock.
He’s no longer a presidential candidate, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney still keeps a schedule that would put a presidential contender to shame.
RENO — The state attorney general’s office has closed a five-month investigation into claims of fraud against the University of Nevada, Reno, including allegations of misuse of federal grants.
Earl Johnson, former general manager of the Las Vegas Review-Journal during the 1980s, died Wednesday.
Some of the biggest theaters in town are turning to family fare. Donny and Marie are playing the Flamingo. (Look in today’s Neon for a review.) And it looks like “The Lion King” is headed for the Mandalay Bay showroom next year.
CARSON CITY — Unemployment in Nevada will jump to an average monthly rate of 8.6 percent next year and remain at that rate in 2010, state economists told the Employment Security Council on Thursday.
Those who want to vote in the general election have until Saturday to register at locations other than the Clark County elections offices.
Air quality officials are warning Clark County residents of the possibility of airborne dust this weekend.
You could win $1,000,000 at the “Pumpkin Patch Pick” promotion running through Oct. 25 at Sam’s Town, Gold Coast, Orleans and Suncoast. Every Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m. all four casinos will draw 10 names. Nine of the winners will receive $500, and one of the winners will choose four out of 26 envelopes on display that are each worth $500-$2,500. If he selects all four envelopes containing $2,500 (a one-in-14,950 shot) he’ll be awarded $1,000,000; otherwise he’ll receive the total amount of the envelopes selected. Drawing tickets can be earned at both the machines and at the tables.
Irish playwright Conor McPherson’s “Shining City,” a play with provocative and challenging themes, kicks off Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s new season at 8 p.m. today at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Hey hey, Hollywood hotshot! Fetch me a shot and a beer, will ya? And how about a tune soon? Let’s get that band to boogie.
Politicians are on the campaign trail, and so is Dana Carvey, sort of. For his upcoming three-day run at The Orleans, Carvey is sharpening a Barack Obama impression, which he describes as “a little Ross Perot and a little Bill Clinton.”
How cool would a show that features the casts of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,” “Little Einsteins,” “Handy Manny” and “My Friends Tigger & Pooh” be to a preschooler?
Pop upstarts the Jonas Brothers play the MGM Grand Garden arena on Nov. 29. Tickets are $45, $65 and $89.25 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the MGM Grand box office, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.