Free-throw shooting hasn’t been a strong suit for Palo Verde’s boys basketball team this season.
SAN DIEGO — It was, as San Diego State coach Steve Fisher is fond of saying, a resume-building win.
The Colts abandoned their quest for a perfect season in Week 16, when the New York Jets rallied for a 29-15 victory after Indianapolis decided to pull star quarterback Peyton Manning and several other starters in the third quarter.
Representatives for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. abided by a mediator’s gag order Tuesday after meeting for nine hours in a desperate attempt to rescue the lucrative March 13 welterweight megafight in Las Vegas.
Listen closely. You can hear it. It has happened each time UNLV’s basketball team lost a game the last few years.
PROVO, Utah — It was apparent early in his career that Brigham Young guard Jimmer Fredette was a future star. His game, similar to his unique first name, made an impression.
Johnny Lee Wicks’ violent streak showed itself long before he walked into the federal courthouse in Las Vegas on Monday and opened fire with a shotgun.
The 66-year-old, who was shot dead after a running gunfight with authorities, served time in prison three decades ago for killing his brother with a shotgun in Memphis, Tenn.
Sen. Harry Reid spoke Tuesday with President Barack Obama about funding for courthouse security and a nomination for U.S. marshal for Nevada.
An altercation outside an apartment complex near Lake Mead and Jones boulevards turned deadly Tuesday morning when a man shot and killed a 17-year-old boy in a street chase.
The creation of a fund earmarked for catastrophic injuries to boxers and martial arts fighters is being studied by the Nevada Athletic Commission, its chairwoman said Tuesday.
Among the stories that didn’t make the cut in Andre Agassi‘s book “Open” was father Mike Agassi‘s confrontation with Pete Sampras during a match.
A stray bullet shattered a glass partition of Randy Lavigne’s office at the Historic Fifth Street School as law enforcement gunned down Monday’s federal courthouse shooter.
The North Las Vegas Housing Authority missed an end-of-year deadline to resolve its millions of dollars in debt, leaving the troubled agency’s future in limbo.
CARSON CITY — In a year dominated by news of high unemployment, the recession and declining tax revenue, Nevada fared well in one important area: Far fewer people died in highway accidents in 2009.
Clark County commissioners acted tense as they voted Tuesday to reduce staffing in the coming months and revamp the beleaguered University Medical Center.
• A story about courthouse security in Tuesday’s edition should have stated that no private security contractors are used at the Clark County Regional Justice Center for screening members of the public as they enter the building.
Pet owners in Clark County’s jurisdiction have until mid-May to sterilize cats and dogs older than 4 months or face misdemeanor charges.
CARSON CITY — Fewer than two months after he was removed from the bench by the Supreme Court, Robert Teuton was reappointed Tuesday as a Family Court judge.
On Tuesday morning at the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse, employees paused in the quiet hallways to exchange hugs, condolences and words of encouragement.
Las Vegas police charged 173 people with various crimes during New Year’s Eve celebrations according to statistics released Tuesday.
Ever since the lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles were placed on U.S. 95, readers have complained about whether they are needed, wondered whether they help with traffic flow and questioned whether they are even enforced. The Nevada Department of Transportation insists these lanes are effective.
Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama pledged to have the most transparent administration in history, and that his commitment to openness would compel Congress to embrace sunshine over secret dealmaking in reforming health care. “We’ll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies,” Mr. Obama said at one event.
A group of tax-funded California artists are developing a GPS-enabled cell phone to help dehydrated aliens find water as they enter this country illegally.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas teen killed in minibike crash had 10 times legal limit for pot, report says
Mom killed in fatal crash near 215 Beltway identified
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school