The man charged with shooting and badly wounding three people at the Minxx nightclub in February 2007 might have eluded capture but for his apparent attempt to cash in on the crime.
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WASHINGTON — NASA could put a man on the moon but didn’t have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.
A few years ago, Monmouth Park management was criticized for paying appearance fee money for star 3-year-old horses to run in the Haskell. As far as I was concerned, they didn’t need to apologize, or even defend themselves, for an aggressive business tactic.
The biggest milestone in the history of mixed martial arts was UFC 100 on Saturday at Mandalay Bay.
Every time Othyus Jeffers puts on a basketball uniform, his bullet-scarred thigh reminds him of where he has been and, most important, where he’s trying to go.
A few years ago, 51s shortstop Angel Sanchez received the best birthday gift of his life when he got the call to go the big leagues.
Imagine if Jodie Meeks had returned to Kentucky for his senior year. The Wildcats might have been ranked as high as No. 2 — behind Kansas — going into the next college basketball season.
The Los Angeles Lakers had two goals in the NBA Summer League: One was to get Adam Morrison comfortable with the triangle offense, and the second was to see if rookie Chinemelu Elonu could play.
A judge has bound two former North Las Vegas police officers over for trial in state court on felony charges that one of them beat a man in custody last December and both tried to cover it up.
The scene Wednesday morning at the ranch-style home on Valparaiso Street was one of anger, bloodshed and chaos.
A North Las Vegas Fire Department captain accused of arson and insurance fraud pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Moments after praising a jubilant supporter, the Rev. Flip Benham gave a thumbs-up Thursday to the abortion opponents lining Flamingo Road near Spencer Street. … The protest was one of several events the national group Operation Save America planned through Wednesday in the valley. The group will take its message to the Fremont Street Experience and the six clinics that offer abortions in the valley, Benham said.
A fire that engulfed a single-story home in Henderson Thursday morning claimed the lives of two cats and caused at least $250,000 in damage.
The legendary B-52s helped pave the way for new wave music and fun-punk rock. “Rock Lobster,” “Love Shack,” “Planet Claire” and “Channel Z” still sound vibrant in concert.
The Las Vegas City Council acted properly when it awarded a Mob Museum bid to APCO Construction, a judge ruled Thursday, clearing the way — for now — for the project to proceed.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons has left the state on a weeklong trip overseas — likely Afghanistan, although aides wouldn’t confirm that.
The Las Vegas mansion that Michael Jackson and his children inhabited for six months in 2007 is for sale. A San Francisco real estate mogul has listed the six-bedroom, 16,461-square foot home at 2785 Monte Cristo Way for $3.9 million.
A man who was fatally shot last week at a traffic light near the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Sahara Avenue has been identified as 31-year-old Gerald Hirai of Las Vegas.
What, you guys don’t care about your heating bills in the middle of the summer?
CARSON CITY — State prison chief Howard Skolnik said Thursday that he’s joining a national effort to get Congress to let states use signal-jamming technology to control cell phone use by convicts.
High-profile criminal defense attorney Dominic Gentile has been recommended to serve as the special prosecutor in the criminal case against Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki.
One man was killed Thursday after crashing his one-person, homemade aircraft into a dry lake bed near Boulder City, 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
Clark County firefighters will finish voting today on a proposed contract change that a union leader calls a strong concession and one commissioner dismisses as a zero gain for the county.
As temperatures continued to soar in the Las Vegas Valley, officials on Thursday opened five “cooling stations” to shelter homeless people from scorching daytime heat that can quickly turn deadly.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Lake Havasu City, Ariz., man was fatally injured when he crashed his motorcycle in his hometown Wednesday. Police Sergeant Richie Sloma said Patrick J. McCormick, 53, was killed in the 4:34 p.m. accident in the 400 block of Lake Havasu Avenue South.