Reggie Theus‘ firing Monday as coach of the Sacramento Kings was not surprising.
The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox set a Cashman Field attendance record in 1993 by attracting 15,025 fans for an exhibition game.
Las Vegas leads the nation’s cities in suspect deaths involving law enforcement use of Tasers, an Amnesty International study to be released today concludes.
The son of District Judge Donald Mosley won’t face manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal Henderson crash in November that claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl.
CARSON CITY — Prisoners might have to eat cornflakes for breakfast instead of pancakes or eggs under a bill being introduced in the Legislature by Assemblyman James Settelmeyer.
Mother Nature delivered on the forecasters’ promises Monday, making the west end of the valley and beyond a snowy wonderland that brought joy to children and adults alike.
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Nevada’s Nuclear Projects Commission on Monday narrowed down to three the field of candidates for the post being vacated by embattled agency chief Bob Loux.
An organization that advocates for tort reform has listed Clark County as a “judicial hellhole.”
Every Nevada television station will conduct five two-minute digital tests over a 24-hour period beginning Wednesday morning.
The Las Vegas police officer involved in a shooting this weekend that sent a man to the hospital was identified Monday as 38-year-old Gregory Munson.
Here’s news that ought to comfort the casts and crews of “The Sirens of TI” and Cirque’s “Mystere.” On Monday, I asked Phil Ruffin — who is buying Treasure Island from MGM Mirage — whether he plans to cut or change either of those Treasure Island shows.
RENO — A Dec. 31 arraignment has been set in Reno for a man accused by authorities of being a killer and serial rapist.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto signed an unprecedented agreement Monday with two Mexican states, vowing to share intelligence information and assist leaders there to reform their once-archaic judicial system.
A Las Vegas man was killed Sunday night when his vehicle slammed into a palm tree on Charleston Boulevard in what appeared to be a alcohol-related crash, Las Vegas police said.
ELKO — The Elko High School Band has decided to skip President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration next month and accept a different offer: an invitation to march in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington, D.C., on April 4.
CARSON CITY — The Public Employees Retirement System has lost more than $4 billion on its investments since July, according to system executives who also told Nevada legislators Monday that they cannot legally cut benefits to existing participants.
The Page 3A listing for Mega Millions on Sunday contained errors. There was one winner for a $207 million jackpot.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s five Electoral College members cast their ballots Monday for Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden, in line with a Nov. 4 mandate from state voters.
Talk about gall. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to sell to the highest bidder the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
In the week before Christmas, shoppers will find more shoes and more purses at Zappos online.
Hundreds of singers and musicians welcomed the holiday season in rousing fashion during Saturday’s Las Vegas Philharmonic concerts.
The Teacher Exchange collects donations for resource-deprived teachers in the Clark County School District.
WASHINGTON — Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and one of the nation’s leading science advocates for combating global warming and promoting renewable energy, was announced Monday as President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Department of Energy.
Two alleged rapes involving patients at the Rawson Neal Psychiatric Hospital are under investigation by Las Vegas police, the state Bureau of Licensure and Certification and the Joint Commission, a national accrediting agency, a state official said Monday.
In the final hours of the session Saturday, Senate Democrats failed to cobble together the 60 votes necessary to advance $14 billion in emergency government loans to distressed U.S. automakers.
In New York Friday, 18-year-old Meadows School senior Brett Leibowitz won the Wendy’s High School Heisman award, which goes to the top male and female high school student-athlete in America. More than 33,000 young men and women applied for the honor.
In late 2007, as the Nevada Policy Research Institute was gearing up a broad transparency-in-government initiative, the opportunity arose for the institute and other state-based think tanks to obtain national funding to pursue state and local investigative reporting projects.
Most Nevadans believe that investing in renewable energy will create good-paying jobs, according to poll results released Monday.