Bonanza baseball coach Derek Stafford turned to his wife Monday morning and made a brash declaration.
A potentially explosive scorer and elite point guard, UNR junior Deonte Burton is a better player than he was last year at this time. Some things around him have changed, however, and not for the better.
While planning how to propose to his girlfriend, Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight contender Scott Jorgensen thought he had accounted for just about everything.
■ World Baseball Classic, Italy vs. Dominican Republic, 10 a.m., ESPN2 (31), MLB (314)
When Shabazz Muhammad comes home to Las Vegas today, he’s not looking forward to sleeping in his own bed or having some of his mom Faye’s cooking.
It was a quarter of six Sunday, and the roar of the engines still was reverberating between my ears at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when I received a four-word alert that made my head spin some more.
RENO — Police Sgt. John Gutierrez was going to move his car before getting a parking ticket when he encountered someone he thought was a routine car burglar in San Francisco about a block from his campus police headquarters.
The Service Employees International Union is firing an early shot and getting direction from members as it prepares to bargain on behalf of Clark County employees.
A Las Vegas pimp’s greatest challenge isn’t keeping out of jail, but keeping up appearances.
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. — They may never come face to face with a Taliban insurgent, never dodge a roadside bomb or take fire, but they still may be responsible for taking lives or putting their own colleagues in mortal danger. And now the military has begun to grapple with the mental and emotional strains endured by these Air Force personnel.
A one-car roll-over wreck on state Route 161 on Monday night resulted in the passenger of the vehicle being airlifted to University Medical Center, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Put them on the top line — with a Sharpie.
A man shot himself in the lower body near Bishop Gorman High School Monday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
UNLV women’s basketball players Kelli Thompson and Rejane Verin won all-Mountain West honors when the coaches’ selections were announced Monday.
CARSON CITY — Pictures, recordings and statuses uploaded to Facebook and other social media could remain online forever without a law allowing family members access to the data, legislators were told Monday.
WASHINGTON — Las Vegas attorney Andrew Patrick Gordon won confirmation Monday to become a federal judge in Nevada.
In June, Anthony Bennett has a realistic shot to be one of the first five players called in the NBA Draft. At the moment, he’s satisfied to be selected one of the five best players in the Mountain West.
Las Vegas police know where vehicle crashes most often occur and on Monday began monitoring those areas closely.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada War Memorial honoring all fallen Nevadan soldiers since statehood would be added to Capitol Complex under a bill introduced Monday in the state Senate.
Rising water bills in the Las Vegas Valley have prompted a bill of a different sort in Carson City.
CARSON CITY — Assemblyman Steven Brooks, facing possible removal from the state Legislature, no longer works for the city of Las Vegas.
Competition among Las Vegas homebuilders to acquire residential land is stronger than it’s been for a long time, driving bid prices into risky territory, a land expert said Monday.
Two men from Minnesota were arrested in Mesquite on Sunday after six pounds of methamphetamine was found in the car they were in, Mesquite police said Monday.
WASHINGTON — Two leading Republicans have urged the Obama administration to reject a $5.5 billion loan to build a high-speed rail between Las Vegas and Southern California, saying the deal is a bad gamble.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
CARSON CITY — A bill proposing a new tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition to benefit mental health treatment and crime victims was introduced Monday in the Assembly.
A Las Vegas-based gaming company has sent a letter to Toronto’s city manager expressing its interest in building a luxury casino-resort.
The city of Henderson and Chris Milam have reached a tentative settlement in the city’s lawsuit alleging the embattled Texas developer masterminded a bait-and-switch deal to flip 480 acres of federal property for single-family homes instead of building the sports complex he promised, the Review-Journal has learned.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman who died after her vehicle collided with a semitrailer Sunday afternoon on Interstate 15.
