Clark County School District officials aren’t betting on Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $484 million increase to K-12 education spending, which would largely land in Las Vegas Valley schools if approved by the Legislature. Clark County schools enroll 70 percent of the state’s students.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.
A private psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas is stepping up to help mentally ill youth with a “very overdue” expansion to services.
Hello there baby Alexander and baby Sophia, baby Anthony and baby Isabella, baby Daniel, baby Jayden and baby Jacob, baby Emma, baby Olivia and baby Mia. You’re not a unique, special flower, after all, you cute little bundle of joy. You have the most common baby names in Nevada, the federal government says.
NEW ORLEANS — The suspect in a Mother’s Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded in New Orleans was taken into custody Wednesday night, police said.
GRANBURY, Texas — A tornado ripped through a picturesque lakeside North Texas town on Wednesday, resulting in multiple fatalities and destroying or damaging homes, authorities said.
A single-vehicle accident left an Ford Explorer standing on end on southbound U.S. Highway 95 at the Jones off-ramp just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.
Las Vegas police are looking for a wig-wearing man with a glass eye wanted for questioning in connection to a California homicide.
Two Las Vegas men are accused of using counterfeit U.S. Postal Service keys to steal checks, credit cards and other items from local mailboxes, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
O.J. Simpson was charming and gregarious during three hours of testimony Wednesday. Just before the lunch break, Simpson dropped a legal bombshell: He believed his trial lawyer Yale Galanter was defending him for free.
Authorities have arrested two Las Vegas bail bondsmen accused of breaking down a client’s door and holding her and her children at gunpoint while robbing them.
The most heinous crime spree in Lyon County history appeared to have been solved Wednesday when Sheriff Allen Veil announced that a man arrested on burglary charges in connection with five deaths is the only suspect in the ongoing investigation.
A teen accused of driving drunk in a Moapa crash that killed five family members from California earlier this year hardly looked up during an emotional court hearing Wednesday, even as injured survivors gave tearful testimony.
Members of a joint legislative panel formally adopted a new funding formula Wednesday for Nevada’s universities and community colleges, a change that would shift more general fund support to campuses in Southern Nevada.
It’s been 16 months since Joseph Pinkney lost his teenage daughter to a stray bullet at a rowdy house party.
Although more than 80 people were at the party and many witnessed the shooting of Betty “Jay” Pinkney, Las Vegas police didn’t have enough evidence to arrest the man suspected of firing the fatal shot — until now.
For many motorcycle enthusiasts, nothing is as exhilarating or thrilling as being on a bike on the open road. Yet, accidents can happen that lead to injuries that may not show up for days, weeks, or months. Called “delayed motorcycle injuries,” these injuries can be an enormous financial burden for the victim. Partnering with the […]
The Sphere’s Jim Dolan says of the famous Las Vegas venue’s audiovisual technology: “We’ve only scratched the surface.”
The three Lower Basin states collectively used the least amount of water since 1983, according to a Bureau of Reclamation report.
According to her account, as she rinsed the spinach she had just bought from her local Walmart, she discovered, to her horror, a dead mouse among the greens.
The deal — which aims to preserve access to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area — will allow Gypsum Resources to go forward with its housing development.