In the last few moments of his young life, James Manor was barreling down Flamingo Road early Thursday, responding to a call on a 14-year-old girl being beaten by her father.
CARSON CITY — No vote was taken Thursday following a 20-minute hearing on a bill to get around the Electoral College and guarantee the candidate with the most popular votes nationally becomes president.
A 19-year-old reputed gang member convicted of shooting and killing a randomly selected victim was sentenced Thursday to spend 40 years to life behind bars.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing his wife’s unborn child and boyfriend during a chain saw attack.
So much for any chance to build a little drama and sell a few newspapers in the North Las Vegas mayor’s race pitting Shari Buck against William Robinson.
Learning how to deliver lines like “O, Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” might be going the way of the doomed lovers in the Shakespearean tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.”
CARSON CITY — A state-funded program under which 32 investigators check out allegations of child abuse in Clark County will continue operating despite the withdrawal of state funds.
Police arrested a 25-year-old woman who drove through the scene of a vehicle crash that left an officer dead early Thursday.
A story in Thursday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal about a murder trial contained an error. Defendant Justin Porter, 26, will not face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Every 15 minutes from 6 p.m.-8:45 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in May, M Resort will be giving away cash ($180,000 total) and trips to Big Bear Resort in California ($120,000 total). On both May 17 and May 31, a Mercedes Benz also will be given away. Players receive one electronic entry for every 500 points ($500 coin-in) earned on their iMagine cards. We have received reports that a few small changes may be made to this promotion, so you may want to pick up a copy of the rules from the Rewards Center.
In January, I wrote a column about “Shakespeare Behind Bars,” a documentary about a Kentucky program that seeks to help rehabilitate the spirits of prisoners through the world of theater. I was surprised at how well the convict actors related to their roles, and how it brought them closer to self-understanding. Last week, the man behind the project, Curt Tofteland, talked to University of Nevada, Las Vegas acting and film students. He’s hoping to drum up interest nationwide.
And the race is on. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” hit screens last week, kicking off a summer movie season that shifts into overdrive today with the arrival of the newly retooled “Star Trek.”
Rockhouse Bar & Nightclub sports a definite dual personality.
Producers are paying more to get into the skin game, giving customers better reasons to skip that shakedown at the strip club.
Back when “Stuttering” John Melendez was on Howard Stern’s radio show, his job was to stand on red carpets and ask celebrities excellently awkward questions.
Reunited radio-friendly rockers Creed hit The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Sept. 27.
The third annual O-Vino, a benefit wine tasting for Opportunity Village, is scheduled for 4 to 8 p.m. May 16 in the organization’s Magical Forest, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd. Tickets are $50 in advance or $75 at the door. Tickets are available at all Lee’s Discount Liquor stores; for more information, call 259-3741 or visit www.opportunityvillage.org. …
No doubt the question I get most frequently about the Sterling Brunch at Bally’s is, “Is it worth it?” That’s because it’s long been the big ticket in town — at least as far as brunches go — in recent years steadily climbing to its current $85.
In show business, exaggeration and hyperbole are par for the course. Every kid who can hire a publicist is “the greatest show-stopping sensation since …” whoever.
The writer Gregg Easterbrook is a rare bird: a non-ideological thinker. Rather than parroting a common liberal or conservative perspective, Easterbrook is known to carefully examine the facts and draw conclusions from them rather than falling back on preconceived notions.
Big labor is pushing hard to get rid of secret-ballot elections and allow bargaining units to organize through the intimidation racket known as “card check.” Unions have argued the grossly misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow thugs to shake down workers for signatures that count as votes, is needed to bring fairness to a process that currently yields predictable, unfair results.
If you’re looking for some positive news within March’s 11.6 percent decline in Nevada gaming revenues, we have some.