Marc Blitzstein’s “The Cradle Will Rock” is a musical that universities ought to do. Its hard-edged, “Threepenny Opera”-ish score and heavy-handed pro-union sentiments make it the sort of celebrated work most local playhouses wouldn’t touch.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — If he’s faking enthusiasm for a game that means little in the big picture, Kentucky guard Jodie Meeks is as good an actor as he is a shooter.
Feeling his team could struggle at the plate in only its second season at the varsity level, Legacy baseball coach Bill Dexheimer has preached “routine plays” in hopes of building a successful program.
Exclusivity is an upsetting trend to everyone except perhaps Jim Nantz. It is everything college football has become and everything we once could count on the NCAA Tournament avoiding.
Two injuries to high-profile fighters have forced the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship schedule to be reshuffled.
If Gov. Jim Gibbons were starring in a Hollywood gangster movie, this would be the moment he realizes he’s about to be rubbed out.
About 500 students entered the fray of the state budget battle Monday by rallying in the Valley High School football stands to defend education and their favorite clubs.
Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath — tonight’s St. Patty’s Day “host” at Lavo nightclub — doesn’t miss being a talking head on “Extra.” And he thinks entertainment news shows, with their “’80s feel,” “are dying.”
Republican former state Sen. Joe Heck announced his plans to challenge Gov. Jim Gibbons for the 2010 GOP gubernatorial nomination on Monday, as resistance in his own party to the unpopular governor continues to intensify.
WASHINGTON — Jon Porter may be gone from Congress, but his earmarks remain.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley on Monday rebuked Gov. Jim Gibbons by introducing legislation that would require Nevada to accept federal stimulus funds for the unemployed.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Leaders of Colorado City, where members of a polygamous religious enclave reside, are filing complaints accusing Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan of misconduct.
A man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old stepson was sentenced Monday to spend life in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years.
Brothel owner Maynard “Joe” Richards has changed his plea to guilty in connection with an attempt to bribe a Nye County commissioner in 2005.
A sharp decline in building fees could result in Clark County cutting more than 50 jobs in May to offset a $4.2 million deficit in its development services department.
One public meeting was listed in error and another was not listed in Sunday’s This Week column. The Southern Nevada District Board of Health will not meet Wednesday as indicated. But the Solid Waste Hearing Officers will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Clemens Conference Room at 625 Shadow Lane.
CARSON CITY — State lawmakers and Gov. Jim Gibbons’ top aide differed Monday over what some legislators consider badly timed pay raises for many of the governor’s staff members compared with the 6 percent pay cuts he has proposed for other state employees.
The top Small Business Administration official in Nevada said Monday that President Barack Obama’s small-business aid package will be a particular boon to the once booming and now deflated Nevada economy, but at least two local business owners disagreed.