Maddie O’Brien’s two-run double keyed a four-run fifth inning Sunday as the Tampa (Fla.) Mustangs defeated the Elyria (Ohio) Sun Dogs 7-5 to capture the championship of the ASA/USA Class A 18-and-under national softball tournament at Majestic Park.
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Tiger Woods won the Buick Open for a third time and claimed his 69th PGA Tour victory.
If Travis Snider keeps this up, he won’t be one of the top prospects in the minor leagues for long.
The free online site craigslist has become a magnet of horror stories involving rapists, murderers and scam artists who post or respond to ads for dates, cars, baby sitters, baby clothes, TVs, video games, escorts and housing.
Las Vegas businessman Robert Kahre, who is on trial on charges of evading federal income taxes, this past week spent three days telling the jury his side of the story.
Chicken pot pies, sloppy joes and grilled cheese sandwiches might be as synonymous with school cafeterias as the hair nets and rubber gloves worn by the servers.
The recession is staggering into its 20th month, and unemployment in Las Vegas surpasses 12 percent; so it makes perfect sense crime would be going up.
FALLON — Churchill County commissioners have approved funding for a study into the source of a nasty odor that has residents complaining.
RENO — At age 55, with no family history of the disease, Susan Dugan began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease in 2006.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah officials are worried about a pending deal between Utah and Nevada to pipe water from Snake Valley to Las Vegas.
Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang waves to patients in the crowded waiting room inside the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada on Eastern Avenue, greeting nurses as he makes his way to his new office.
RENO — Firefighters say they couldn’t get water from the hydrants closest to a fire that destroyed more than 300 apartments in a luxury complex that was under construction.
RENO — Back home in Boise, Idaho, Rachel was too bright for her own good. She was isolated from girls her age who only wanted to talk about boys and shopping, and cut off from teachers who seemed to regard her as an annoying brat.
In a collection of essays by Lt. Col. Scott Cunningham, the Review-Journal will follow him and the 700 soldiers he commands in the 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry as they experience the largest overseas deployment of Nevada National Guard troops. The unit departed Las Vegas on April 18 and trained at Camp Atterbury, Ind. They were flown to Afghanistan at the end of June to conduct combat operations with NATO forces as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Duty permitting, Cunningham will periodically report his impressions from the embattled country.
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Let’s stop calling the recession-driven changes in local government labor deals “concessions” and start calling them something more appropriate — like “raises.”
Jeanne Hood, who as president of the Four Queens in the 1970s helped raise the profile of women casino executives in Las Vegas, has died, sources close to her family say.