Rebels’ $13 million Mendenhall Center among best of kind

An hour after basketball practice ended Thursday, coach Dave Rice led UNLV’s players to a unique rally. It was time to strike up the band, let the cheerleaders loose, roll out the red carpet and listen to speeches delivered by important people in suits.

Findlay Prep, Bishop Gorman ready to share national stage

Holding a school’s career scoring record, winning two state championships and beating teams like Long Beach Poly (Calif.) and DeMatha (Md.) is more than most high school basketball players dream of.

Troubles plague youth charity, chief officer

Less than a month after Kathleen Vermillion resigned from the Henderson City Council to spend more time with her charity, the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, the organization is in turmoil.

Fire at professor’s New Jersey home yields child porn magazine

EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A single magazine from the 1970s with pornographic images of pre-pubescent girls was enough to get a New York architecture professor arrested after firefighters found it while battling a blaze in his home at the Jersey shore.

Wildfire near Reno destroys more than 20 homes

Fire officials say more than 20 homes have been destroyed by a fast-moving brush fire near Reno that has forced about 10,000 people to evacuate their neighborhoods.

Order makes ‘bath salts’ illegal in Nevada

Synthetic drugs known by the street name “bath salts” are now illegal in Nevada. The Nevada Board of Pharmacy approved an emergency order Thursday that prohibits the drugs from being made, sold, purchased or consumed in the state.

The New Shooters

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