Glory in senior’s grasp

Britain Longmire has won two state wrestling titles and earned a college scholarship since transferring from the Cincinnati area to Cimarron-Memorial as a sophomore. A team state championship is about the only thing missing from the senior’s resume and he said he can’t think of a better way to complete his successful high school career than to lead the Spartans to their first Class 4A crown .

Flawed idols offer teaching moments

You undoubtedly have heard this is one of those teaching moments, when we can educate youth about making better decisions in the wake of famous people doing bad things.

IN BRIEF

SOCCER

Republicans back Buckley’s foreclosure plan

CARSON CITY — Conservative Republicans, banks and almost everyone else expressed tentative support Wednesday for Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley’s bill to lessen the foreclosure crisis in Nevada.

Yucca battle backed

CARSON CITY — Legislators told Gov. Jim Gibbons on Wednesday to back off from cuts in the state agency leading the fight against federal efforts to open a high-level radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain.

President to visit LV, Reid says

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, a frequent visitor to Nevada while he was on the campaign trail, will return to Las Vegas in the coming months, Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday.

Singer Brown reportedly in LV

Singer Chris Brown, who is being investigated in connection with allegations of domestic violence involving his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, has been taking refuge in Las Vegas, according to an entertainment news show.

Authority keeps pipeline options open

CARSON CITY — The Southern Nevada Water Authority is making a major effort to get rights to water in rural valleys that could be piped to Las Vegas, but Pat Mulroy said Wednesday the pipeline project will be built only if “absolutely necessary.”

Portion of education funding for Silver State restored to stimulus bill

WASHINGTON — A $790 billion economic stimulus bill heading toward final votes in Congress restores some of the education funding that Nevada and other states are counting on to supplement their sagging budgets, senators said Wednesday.

Candidate pulls out, backs incumbent

Scott Anderson announced his withdrawal from the Las Vegas City Council Ward 6 race on Wednesday, saying he “will not compromise my integrity or my supporters’ integrity by involving my campaign in ‘dirty politics.’ “

Ballot measures worry downtown businesses

A group representing downtown Las Vegas businesses is raising money to combat the “collateral damage” of a campaign to force changes to the city’s redevelopment efforts.

Cemetery, neighbors find no middle ground in feud

The epitaph could read: Any chance for a truce between a developer and irate neighbors about a planned southwest valley graveyard is dead and buried.

Annual gaming revenues suffer sharpest drop in state history

It’s official. The year 2008 was the worst on record for declining gaming revenues in Nevada, falling nearly 10 percent for the year — and a whopping 18.9 percent just in the fourth quarter.

Judges stop ‘supersealing’ court records

CARSON CITY — Chief Justice Jim Hardesty told lawmakers Wednesday that Nevada’s district judges have stopped “supersealing” court records, in line with a state Supreme Court order given in late 2007.

Dad who chained girl pleads guilty to child abuse

A Las Vegas man followed through with his plea agreement Wednesday and admitted causing two of his children to suffer substantial mental harm.

Brothers indicted in choir teacher’s slaying

Two brothers were indicted Wednesday on robbery and murder charges in connection with the December slaying of a Basic High School choir teacher.

Rock romantic takes acoustic route

It’s a bright Tuesday afternoon, and Bobby Martinez absorbs the sunlight like a solar eclipse.

QUICK TAKES

Charges dropped

All Aboard for Fun

To you, he’s just a big smiling train. But, to your kids, he’s a steam-spewing, track-traveling, locomoted rock star.

Tournament of Poses

“Somebody get me a mirror!” commands Jerome Frazier between rump shakes, while brushing his slicked-back coif with a bejeweled right hand. Five women surge forward from the audience to comply, as though it actually is Morris Day playing Calico Jack’s on West Charleston Boulevard.

MISSING LINKS

Valentine’s Day is a few days away, and perhaps you’ve found yourself without a gift to give your beloved. Head over to www.cubeecraft.com, where you download patterns, print them out, cut and fold and voila, an adorable square-headed figure. Get everyone from Superman to President Obama, and to save your bacon on Saturday, a “Val-09 Love Machine.”

Drag star bringing magic to Strip

Scott Weston was as surprised as anyone when “An Evening at La Cage” abruptly closed on Monday night.

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