Because of the number of fellow Las Vegans on Oklahoma’s roster, Utah junior linebacker Stevenson Sylvester had a little bit of a rooting interest Thursday night.
After a lackluster first half, it didn’t take Marcus Falley or his Durango basketball teammates long to make a second-half statement Thursday.
Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa is on a fast track as a professional and isn’t wasting any time in his bid to land a big-money fight in 2009.
More than a few problems plagued Kendall Wallace during his freshman season at UNLV.
The 2008 Eclipse Award finalists were released Thursday, and while three horses or people were named in each category, most categories appear to be slam dunks.
Last year, IUPUI’s Ron Hunter was the only basketball coach to go barefoot on the sideline in an effort to collect shoes for needy children around the world. This year, hundreds of foot soldiers have joined the cause.
Gov. Jim Gibbons plans to include a 6 percent cut in pay for state employees, including teachers, in his proposed budget, a source in state government confirmed Thursday.
RENO — A union lawyer Thursday accused the Truckee Carson Irrigation District’s board of directors of illegally approving a secret contract to pay for the legal defense of district officials charged with defrauding the federal government.
Las Vegas viewers will have plenty of local ties to pull for on Donald Trump‘s “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC come March.
Fuel prices have come down but the economy still stinks. So what’s a far-flung Nevada brothel to do?
The Clark County School Board approved a $250-an-hour rate on Thursday for an attorney defending the Clark County School District against an environmental lawsuit filed in federal court.
North Las Vegas is asking for public input on plans to preserve Kiel Ranch, site of one of Nevada’s oldest buildings, a natural wetland and a lot of local history.
After an armed intruder shot and killed his wife during a May home invasion, Thomas Randolph shot and killed the intruder.
CARSON CITY — Drivers in Clark County are being issued new Nevada drivers licenses that contain built-in security and facial recognition features designed to prevent counterfeiting and identity theft.
Quote “The Wizard of Oz,” then consider Nevada Ballet Theatre.
New is the new new. That’s what International Consumer Electronics Show organizers in Las Vegas are betting when it comes to the economy — and the future of their event.
It is just a building, a nondescript one between a park and a community center.
RENO — Actor Don Galloway, who’s career started in the early days of television soap operas and later included the big screen, died Thursday in Reno, his family said. He was 71.
VIRGINIA CITY — A Tennessee company might build a privately run prison at an industrial park in Storey County.
A story in Thursday’s edition of the Review-Journal misidentified a Family Court hearing master who ruled in a child custody case stemming from the shooting of three Las Vegas SWAT officers. The hearing master was Fernando Guzman.
Veteran ABC correspondent Juju Chang has covered many compelling stories in her career, but it’s safe to say she’s rarely been as moved by a subject as she has by the incredible journey of Brittney Bergeron Himel.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday put out the word once and for all to Nevada officials from the community level to the state Legislature: There will be no pork barrel in the massive economic stimulus bill.
CARSON CITY — Sandy Murphy, convicted but later acquitted in the drug overdose death of Las Vegas casino executive Ted Binion, has lost a round in the Nevada Supreme Court to collect on part of his estate.
I know some of you aren’t interested in porn stars. But the entire porn industry has completely relocated here for the weekend to put out the AVN Awards — the Oscars of porn — and they will dominate virtually the entire nightclub scene.
Public land planners released their preferred path Thursday for a 30-mile paved trail for bicyclists, joggers, skaters and hikers that will run along state Route 159 from the western outskirts of Las Vegas and beyond the community of Blue Diamond.