Motley Crue returning to The Joint

Hedonistic hard rockers Motley Crue return for another residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel with 12 shows from Sept. 18-Oct. 6. Tickets start at $49.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. today at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.

Strip Tips: Celebrate beer with a free draft

On April 7, 1933, Americans were able to legally purchase beer for the first time since Prohibition was enacted 13 years earlier. The beer had to contain less than 4 percent alcohol but still, it was beer!

Heart set to get crazy on you

After making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and singing Led Zeppelin to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors, Heart could hang it up and celebrate a career well spent.

ACM weekend highlights

It’s easier, and certainly cheaper, to watch the awards show at home. But as the Academy of Country Music expands its reach in Las Vegas, the goal has been to create more events accessible and affordable to fans.

ACM weekend continues growth

If the annual Academy of Country Music Awards grow the way Academy head Bob Romeo envisions, the results could be very hard on Stephen Barker Liles’ liver.

Titus to state lawmakers: ‘Invest in our people’

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus told state legislators Thursday evening that Nevada has to “go big, or go home” in an upbeat 19-minute speech.

Findlay Prep stays undefeated, advances to national semifinals

Nigel Williams-Goss scored 11 points in the final 6 minutes, 30 seconds to help Findlay Prep rally for a 57-53 win in the National High School Invitational at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Md. Findlay, ranked No. 1 nationally in several polls, improved to 35-0 this season and has won 54 straight games.

Sandoval participates in Holocaust remembrance in Carson City

Gov. Brian Sandoval, Supreme Court justices and members of the Nevada Legislature, among other dignitaries, participated in the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Day observance in Carson City with Holocaust survivors Thursday.

Man gets prison in fatal shooting over stolen property

Jason Jones was sentenced Thursday to 15 years to life in prison for the June murder of Jaime Corona. The neighbors had a running argument over property Corona stole from Jones in a burglary, police said.

State senator pitches gas tax to ease Project Neon congestion

Sen. Tick Segerblom predicted 10 years of traffic jams during the massive Interstate 15 project south of the Spaghetti Bowl unless the state raises the gas tax, a move that could cut the timetable in half.

Gun owners around Las Vegas, U.S. rushing to buy ammunition

Gun enthusiasts across the nation are still buying bullets practically by the bushel if they can get them in those quantities but in Las Vegas some gun stores are limiting customers to one or two boxes per day, local gun store owners said Thursday.

Two charged in burglary, shooting

Two women have been charged in a botched burglary last month in which a man was shot.

Bail set at $500,000 in Egg and I restaurant crash

Bail was set Thursday at $500,000 for an 18-year-old accused of plowing a speeding vehicle into a crowded Las Vegas restaurant while under the influence of prescription drugs.

Ex-cop gets probation in plan to help girlfriend kill herself

In an unusual act of compassion, a prosecutor Thursday asked a judge to sentence the boyfriend of the late construction defects attorney Nancy Quon to probation for his role in a failed suicide scheme involving the attorney.

Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies

CHICAGO — Roger Ebert, the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism who, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation’s most influential thumb, died Thursday. He was 70.

F-35 plane marked for Nellis still being examined in Texas

An F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jet destined for Nellis Air Force Base that made a precautionary landing March 11 at the Lubbock, Texas, airport is still there, a spokesman for manufacturer Lockheed Martin said Thursday.

Motorist charged in five deaths near Mesquite was a California fugitive

A teenager facing drunken driving charges in a Southern Nevada crash that killed five members of a California family had escaped from a juvenile facility, and it’s unclear whether anyone ever went looking for him, an Orange County supervisor said Thursday.

Unions, casino operators poised to being contract talks

Representatives from two unions and the Strip’s two major casino operators will begin contract negotiations today covering thousands of hotel and restaurant workers at some 20 resorts.

Nevada Senate committee endorses annual legislative sessions

A resolution that could eventually lead to annual sessions for the Nevada Legislature — including regular sessions in Las Vegas — won approval Thursday from a Senate committee.

$5,000 reward offered in Key Largo fire

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the fire that destroyed the Key Largo hotel-casino March 28.

Governor names new Nevada Department of Wildlife director

A longtime wildlife biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife has been named the agency’s new director after the last one was forced out in part because of ongoing disputes between conservationists and ranchers.

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