Guard Wink Adams, who finished his college career as UNLV’s sixth all-time leading scorer, and forward Rene Rougeau, a walk-on who became a two-year starter and was the Rebels’ most versatile player, know they won’t be drafted, but they still aim to play in the NBA.
The 51s allowed six runs over the first three innings, then gave up six more in the seventh, losing 14-4 to the Tacoma Rainiers in a Pacific Coast League game in Tacoma, Wash.
As a youngster, Erik Skramstad probably ran around with scissors. Sharp, pointy scissors.
Even soccer-hating Americans were moved by the courage of six Iranian players who wore green wristbands in support of protesters back home.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign apologized to fellow Republican senators Tuesday, saying he was sorry he embarrassed the Senate by having an extramarital affair with a family friend who worked for his political organizations.
The American military doctors watched in horror as the oxygen mask on the young Afghan girl’s face started to melt.
A motorcyclist who died this weekend after being struck on the Las Vegas Beltway by a suspected drunken driver was identified Tuesday by the Clark County coroner’s office as 47-year-old Dale Robert Criske of Wildomar, Calif.
A co-defendant facing murder charges in the 2008 drive-by shooting of Palo Verde High School freshman Christopher Privett has agreed to plead guilty, his attorney said Tuesday.
The secretary of state’s Securities Enforcement Division on Tuesday searched the offices of a Las Vegas man suspected of defrauding elderly residents in a real estate investment scheme.
Which is better: fossil fuels or renewable energy?
Authorities this week arrested two women in separate cases involving burns to children.
This week, readers want to know about the construction on Industrial Road under Interstate 15, and when the Cheyenne Avenue onramp to northbound I-15 will open. Also, the Road Warrior anticipates a question readers will be asking next week. And at least one driver seems to extend a kind greeting to law enforcement officers via a personalized plate.
Five steelworkers had to be extricated from a 6-foot-diameter rebar cage early Tuesday when the steel structure suddenly collapsed on the Terminal 3 construction site at McCarran International Airport.
An appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that a Metropolitan Police Department detective violated an inmate’s rights when he forcefully extracted a DNA sample to determine whether the sex offender was involved in old sex offense cases.
The former owner of the Palomino strip club defiantly spoke out in court Tuesday, saying he was innocent of killing an ex-employee believed to be bad-mouthing the business.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A 15-year-old Boy Scout from Las Vegas died after he collapsed while hiking in West Clear Creek Canyon south of Flagstaff.
A June 18 Review-Journal story mischaracterized former Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera’s association with Boyd Law School. Herrera attended the school, but never earned a degree, according to spokesman Dave Tonelli.
LOS ANGELES — Ed McMahon, a television pioneer who warmed “The Tonight Show” couch for nearly 30 years as Johnny Carson’s jovial sidekick and announcer, died Tuesday. He was 86.
CARSON CITY — The economy was down and so was lobbyist spending during the 2009 Nevada Legislature, as the advocates spent $131,465 on food and drinks at dinners, receptions and other events held to promote their clients’ interests.
The Clark County School District has plans to spend up to $11 million, including $6 million in federal stimulus money, for a cheaper and cleaner supply of fuel for its bus fleet.
The late satirist Art Buchwald once wrote of an anti-establishment, hippie leader who was flattered to suddenly find himself invited to a number of A-list gatherings and dinner parties. It wasn’t until he attended a few that he realized the hated “establishment” had successfully destroyed his coveted status as an outsider.
Unlike some of its critics, I’ve been to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve many times since it opened in 2007.
When a struggling business takes steps to cut costs, reducing its hours of operation is rarely part of the survival solution. Especially in the service sector, maintaining hours that are convenient for paying customers takes precedence — workers might have to deal with reduced or unfavorable schedules as a result, but at least they’ll still have their jobs.
