McCarran International Airport will get a USO lounge for military personnel after years of stalled attempts. … USO leaders announced plans today to open a $1.5 million airport “hospitality center” where members of the military can congregate, wash up and rest. They said their goal was to finish it by summer. … “We’re really eager to get this done,” USO spokesman John Hanson said. “We know a lot of troops and families use that airport.”
A defense lawyer says boxing trainer Roger Mayweather will plead not guilty to felony charges that he beat and choked a female boxer at a Las Vegas apartment last August.
RENO – A federal judge has ordered the bribery trial continue in Reno today for an ex-sheriff’s deputy accused of accepting nearly $10,000 in gifts in exchange for preferential treatment of Joe Francis while the “Girls Gone Wild” creator was jailed in Nevada.
LOS ANGELES — Oscar De La Hoya said he thinks his promotions company soon will wrap up a deal for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Sugar Shane Mosley in May.
Kelly Kulick has done more for bowling than anyone since Fred Flintstone attacked pins in prime time.
When junior guard Derrick Jasper crumpled to the court with a knee injury late in the first half, UNLV was faced with the possibility of suffering two major losses in one game.
Guard play has been the focal point for Cheyenne’s boys basketball team in recent years.
Just when it appeared Derrick Jasper was on the verge of finally getting comfortable on the basketball court again, the UNLV junior guard suffered what could be a major setback.
It’s nights like Tuesday that I thought I would miss Joe Scott.
The UNLV women’s basketball team erased a nine-point deficit in the final two minutes to beat Air Force 77-76 in a Mountain West Conference game Tuesday at Air Force Academy, Colo.
President Barack Obama called John Calipari on Tuesday to thank the Kentucky coach and his players for their help in raising more than $1 million in the “Hoops for Haiti” telethon.
Neck deep in the worst recession Henderson has ever seen, city officials will gather Saturday to mark the grand opening of a new senior center and indoor aquatic facility.
Las Vegas police arrested two people who led officers on a high-speed chase through the valley in a stolen Scion xB Tuesday morning.
Nevada’s budget outlook is so bleak that lawmakers doubt whether state government can remain afloat without drastic cuts to everything from prisons to schools to state parks and services for the poor and elderly.
More than 30 teams from high schools in four states are scheduled to compete this weekend in a Nevada Regional Science Bowl at the Atomic Testing Museum and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.