The son of one of the notorious Hanson brother characters in the movie “Slap Shot” has joined the Toronto Maple Leafs organization.
Bonanza’s Mario Franzese had pitched well early in the season but didn’t have anything to show for it.
Even on the part of the practice field where the big men of UNLV’s offensive and defensive lines are running spring drills, Isaako Aaitui stands out without even hitting anyone.
A colleague was bragging the other day about her NCAA Tournament bracket. She was closing in on first place and purposefully inquired where my entry sat among more than 60, knowing full well it had exploded like a cargo ship in Halifax Harbour once Wake Forest decided that rolling over and beginning its offseason early was more enticing than winning a lousy game or two.
RENO — A federal judge in Nevada on Tuesday certified class action status for a lawsuit filed by inmates who claim inadequate medical care at Ely State Prison constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and civil rights violations.
Nine months after crashing two vehicles in six hours on the same stretch of California highway, Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless driving and agreed to complete a class on the dangers of alcohol and automobiles.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain threw up his hands Tuesday, acknowledging that the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site may be mothballed by the Obama administration and calling for Congress to move on if that is the case.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers debated a bill Tuesday that would provide additional protections to victims of sex offenders, by prohibiting the offenders from moving within 1,000 feet of the victims.
Clark County will have $114 million less to cover operating costs in 2009-10 than it did the year before and must take drastic steps to balance the budget in the weak economy, officials said Tuesday.
To law enforcement, Nevada State College student Johnmarlo Balasta Napa’s fascination with the architect of the Virginia Tech massacre was clear.
CARSON CITY — Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons drew a largely negative response from legislators Tuesday when he urged them to reduce taxes to induce renewable energy companies to build facilities in Nevada.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will host a seminar in Las Vegas this month to connect local businesses, governments and other groups with funds from the federal stimulus bill.
Steve Ross, the incumbent in the Ward 6 Las Vegas City Council race, has raised nearly eight times as much money as his only competitor.
Rodney D. Earhart, former longtime Las Vegas Review-Journal platemaking manager, died Sunday of cancer. He was 75.
RENO — Gov. Jim Gibbons can be questioned by lawyers in a lawsuit filed by a former administrator who alleges she was improperly fired from the governor’s office, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Carlos Santana is a cosmic spirit and musical marathon runner, and not the most obvious choice to be playing hits at the Hard Rock Hotel, especially with the highest ticket price in town for a semi-permanent show.
The Las Vegas Valley’s top cops asked state lawmakers Tuesday to pass a quarter-cent sales tax increase to hire more police officers and continue the successful crime-fighting efforts enabled by the first half of the tax approved four years ago.
President Barack Obama will visit Las Vegas on May 26, sources said Tuesday.
Former Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey’s request for a new trial was rejected Tuesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
This week readers want to know why there’s no more congestion on Las Vegas Boulevard, how the construction on Interstate 15 was finished, and why every traffic signal suddenly turns green as their vehicles approach.
Developer James Rhodes on Tuesday night filed a petition for bankruptcy on behalf of many of his key businesses, including Rhodes Design and Development Corp., listing $100 million to $500 million in assets and liabilities in the same range.
CARSON CITY — A proposal by a Clark County legislator to siphon more than $400 million in sales taxes from the Southern Nevada Water Authority ran into an avalanche of opposition Tuesday, including from his fellow lawmakers.
When the cab pulled up outside Rick’s Cabaret Gentlemen’s Club, the driver might not have fully appreciated he was about to set a Las Vegas record in the ongoing topless/taxi war.
The typical American automobile in the early 1920s was easy to describe. It was boxy and black, offered a manual transmission only, and sported a straight-up four-cylinder engine. Creature comforts were few.
