No offense to the fine citizens of Las Vegas, but 51s left-hander Brett Cecil would prefer to pitch pretty much anywhere else.
Reno police are investigating the death of a man found inside a trash compactor where he apparently was trying to hide from law enforcement officers who were chasing him.
Nevada’s new schools superintendent hopes for a time when the state’s best teachers will earn $200,000 a year and top college graduates will choose teaching over professions that are traditionally more lucrative.
When Dr. Dale Carrison, chief of staff at University Medical Center, learned another physician had claimed that a 90-day jail stay would place boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s health in jeopardy, Carrison said he felt embarrassment for the medical profession. Carrison said ” sanity prevailed” when a judge denied Mayweather’s request to be placed under house arrest because of “inhumane” conditions at the Clark County Detention Center.
Las Vegas may be a long way from tropical cool, especially on a Saturday afternoon in June. Except, perhaps, at the Clark County Government Center, where Saturday’s 11th annual Reggae in the Desert will transform the center’s amphitheater into a musical oasis of good vibrations.
