A motorcycle officer shot a man in the back after he fled during a traffic stop Thursday afternoon, said a woman who witnessed the shooting.
Wayne Newton is continuing a show-opening tradition that started with Elvis and was revived last week by another icon.
University Medical Center is changing its policy on visitors because of the H1N1 emergency, officials announced Thursday.
Registered sex offenders in the Las Vegas Valley are receiving knocks on their doors in the days leading up to Halloween.
Good training, enough safety inspectors and the threat of hefty fines still won’t be enough to right the wrongs in worker safety in Nevada, as long as powerful employers in construction and gaming can use political juice to sabotage the final outcome of investigations into workplace deaths and accidents.
A Veterans Affairs employee from Las Vegas was indicted this week in a case of stolen valor and stolen benefits.
Halloween weekend has turned into a big thing on the Strip. On Saturday night, you’ll see all kinds of costume contests at clubs, with prizes hitting thousands of dollars in some cases.
Two local police agencies will be holding free Halloween events Saturday.
The woman accused of causing a fatal head injury to her 7-month-old foster son in 2006 was convicted of first-degree murder late Thursday night.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court decision Thursday that members of a Clark County family may bring a malpractice lawsuit against Valley Hospital, though their missing lawyer previously settled the case on their behalf.
The greatest show on Earth? Not quite. But the greatest horror show on Earth? Now that’s more like it.
LeAnn Rimes is a music industry tweener, closer to Taylor Swift in age but Reba McEntire in longevity.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
When it comes to the Las Vegas Strip and nightclubs, the prevailing thought used to be that you couldn’t have one without the other.
Genre-bustin’ rockers 311 will bring their annual “311 Day” concert to the Mandalay Bay Events Center on March 11.
Jagged orange lightening bolts frame a box of rainbow swirls beneath a diamond-shaped prism inside a bright yellow square angling into a tangle of colored streamers.
I remember a reader asking a couple of years ago why I suddenly was reviewing so many Middle Eastern restaurants. The answer? A whole bunch of them had opened in a relatively short period.
Rock stars hook up with groupies, yes. But comedians are more seductive than rock stars in a way, because they’re professional talkers. They get paid to charm the pants off of you.
The $200,000 Great American Turkey Hunt begins at the South Point on Sunday when players can begin earning tickets for two Wednesday drawings from Nov. 11-Dec. 2. At both the 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. drawings, 15 names (who must be present to win) will be drawn, and each will win $1,000-$5,000. Players receive two virtual drawing tickets each day when they swipe their cards, and one virtual ticket is given away every hour to all slot club members who are playing with their cards. Players also will receive an entry for each session of bingo.
Dos Caminos at the Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans a Day of the Dead brunch for 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Special menu items include a slow-roasted stew of goat and fall vegetables, French toast with Mexican cinnamon and chilaquiles verdes. …
