Twenty bewhiskered Southern Nevadans competed in the Helldorado Days Whiskerino contest in downtown Las Vegas on Friday. Rodeo queens judged men in eight categories, including “longest,” “best overall” and “audience favorite.” Winners received a belt buckle valued at $300.
Lee Harrison homered and pitched a five-inning no-hitter to lead Henderson International over Lake Mead 10-0 in the Class 1A Southern League softball tournament in Indian Springs on Friday.
In a game that featured 22 hits and four home runs, it was the pitching of The Meadows that made the difference on Friday.
Green Valley’s softball team was getting awfully tired of being a bridesmaid.
Three hundred twenty-seven pitches, 31 strikeouts, three wins.
A rash of late-season injuries forced Sierra Vista to change its approach to winning baseball games.
It’s a good thing Iowa isn’t scheduled to return to Las Vegas for another two years. It might take that long for the 51s to recover from the thrashing the Cubs gave them at Cashman Field this week.
Las Vegas High boys volleyball coach Sue Thurman stressed unity to her team all season long. In Friday’s Sunrise Region final against undefeated Coronado at Palo Verde, it paid off.
A Miss USA hopeful who attended UNLV has a celebrity spawn connection.
In an article in Friday’s paper, it was incorrectly stated that the coroner’s office has determined a cause and manner of death for Race Matthew Salazar, a 19-year-old freshman who was found dead in a dorm at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in February. The cause of his death remains undetermined, according to the coroner’s office.
I thought it was funny that Mr. Schumacher criticized the Internet for promoting “shallow thinking” and then questioned its utility by using Facebook as an example.
Most new homes today come with a standard laundry room that is used for the purpose of washing and drying clothing. At Shea Homes at Ardiente, the architects have created SmartSpace transforming the laundry room into a multifunctional room to use as a laundry room within a second office, hobby room or pet grooming room.
The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 5 basis points this week, to 5.07 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders.
Q: Now that the tax credit for homebuyers is over, should I rent or buy a home? — Tiffany J., Las Vegas
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the home buyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number.
