■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Carlos Torres (1-2); Aces, Randall Delgado (0-3)
On 29 days each month, Joey Vanas is a popular guy in downtown Las Vegas.
Sean Carter knows how outsiders viewed the Valley boys volleyball team.
Danielle Amato had just allowed her first hit Wednesday — a go-ahead, two-run single in the third inning — when she decided it was time to have a quick chat with herself.
UNLV and Florida Gulf Coast headline the eight-team field for the Las Vegas Classic on Dec. 22 and 23 at Orleans Arena, it was announced Wednesday. Both teams were in last season’s NCAA Tournament, and the Eagles became the first No. 15 seed to advance to the Sweet 16.
Striking drivers at Yellow Checker Star Transportation, Las Vegas’ second-largest cab company voted Wednesday to return to work after receiving concessions on several key contract provisions.
Follw the link to see some of the area’s top performances for the week of April 22-27.
An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of “compulsory labor” for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday.
Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade’s most memorable songs with the frenetic “Jump,” has died, according to authorities. He was 34.
Sunday is Cinco de Mayo, also known as the Fifth of May. It commemorates a Mexican battle — not Mexican Independence Day, as widely believed — but Las Vegans can revel in their own independence at any of the following celebrations:
At a Las Vegas Philharmonic concert, it’s the sound that counts.
When Deirdre Clemente watches “The Great Gatsby,” which premieres May 10, it won’t strictly be for entertainment purposes. It won’t necessarily be because she feels she knows F. Scott Fitzgerald, either.
Ice-cold Yodaritas and a Slave Leia costume contest?
Gaming magnate Steve Wynn met behind closed doors with the governor and legislative leaders Wednesday, proclaiming in a brief interview that the gaming industry is not in a “healthy” condition and future growth will be in places other than Nevada.