The difficult part, for once, is coming down hard on Bud Selig and Major League Baseball. But before handing the sport’s top executives gold stars for drawing a line when it comes to chasing those cheaters that still exist on the base paths, know that situations like this are always defined by an underbelly of political strategy.
Southern Nevada lawmakers who charged Las Vegas was shortchanged this year on federal security funding mounted a push Wednesday in Congress to add grant money to a homeland protection bill.But the proposal was killed 156-268, after House leaders spoke out against it.
Wednesday would have been Brooklynn Mohler’s last day of seventh grade, and her friends and classmates gathered outside of Schofield Middle School at dismissal to reminisce about the girl who was always smiling.
A veteran state corrections officer on Wednesday said he was guilty of having a sexual affair with convicted child killer Monique Maestas.
A scathing independent scientific review of the U.S. government’s management of wild horses concludes the continued emphasis on mustang roundups to help protect the public rangeland is doomed to financial, social and political failure. In short: it’s probably time to let nature cull the herds.
Two drivers caused a four-vehicle crash in west Last Vegas late Wednesday morning in what appeared to be a domestic dispute, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
A grand jury has indicted two men on murder charges for the death of 15-year-old Marcos Arenas during the robbery of his iPad.
Q: I can’t get my Bermuda grass lawn to look good. I would like it more like a golf course grass. I think one of my problems has been mowing too low, believing it would green up if I did this. During the past two weeks I’ve raised the height of my mower and fertilized. It is looking much better, but it probably needs another week of growing. I’m getting small patches of darker green grass with a wider leaf. I think this is what they call Poa. There’s probably little I can do to stop this Poa weed.
Q: I noticed that my neighbor recently had a security door installed on his front door, and it leaves me feeling a little vulnerable. How can I install one on my front door without it looking like an amateur did it?
Yes! Air Conditioning & Plumbing, a residential heating, air conditioning and plumbing service company in the Las Vegas Valley, has extended the deadline for nominations for its “Help A Home” program to give one local homeowner in need the chance to win a free air-conditioning system.
Clark County Cooperative Extension master gardener Denise McConnell will present two free gardening classes in June.
Walker Furniture, Southern Nevada’s oldest and largest furniture dealer, is celebrating the company’s 58th anniversary this month.
DEAR GAIL: We’re getting ready to list our house and were wondering with the market being on an upturn if we should stage it? And if so, what we should do?— Monique
We spend about a third of our lives in bed. Since most of that is spent sleeping, selecting a mattress that is comfortable to lie on is important.
The Las Vegas City Council decided Wednesday to donate $200,000 to help fund a nonprofit organization’s literacy program at two inner-city schools.
Ahern Rentals Inc. won approval of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in a Wednesday hearing measured in minutes vs. the protracted legal battle that seemed likely just a month ago.
PHILADELPHIA — A building that was being torn down collapsed with a thunderous boom Wednesday, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store, killing a woman and injuring at least 13 other people in an accident that witnesses said was bound to happen.
A big reduction in its charter business kept Allegiant Travel Co.’s passenger growth in single-digit percentages during May.
The new Tropicana Las Vegas has plans to expand its meeting and convention facilities by adding 40,000 square feet to the existing 60,000-square-foot area.
NEW YORK — A woman from a wealthy New York suburb is accused of growing and attempting to sell nearly 3,000 marijuana plants from a city warehouse.
NEW YORK — A mom sits at her kitchen table writing something down when her grade schooler saunters up with a big box of Cheerios.
Bayzle Morgan, 21, appeared Wednesday in Las Vegas Justice Court where his hearing was continued until Friday. Morgan and Keith Smith, 46, face charges in the death of 75-year-old Jean Main, who was beaten and shot in her home on May 22.
LOS ANGELES — The 15-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson is physically fine after being taken to a hospital early Wednesday, an attorney for Jackson’s mother said.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. gained approval from Chinese officials to sell 300 co-op style apartments at the Four Seasons Macau. Analysts said sales proceeds could be worth from $775 million to more than $1 billion to the company.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The winner of last month’s $590 million Powerball jackpot is an 84-year-old woman from Zephyrhills, Fla.
Tickets, priced at $10 and up, go on sale June 13 for the July 25 USA Basketball Showcase at the Thomas & Mack Center.
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is interviewing players linked to a Miami anti-aging clinic that allegedly sold performance-enhancing drugs and has become the focus of the sport’s investigation.
Wayne Newton has begun a slow goodbye of his beloved Casa de Shenandoah, home since 1968.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to avoid the death penalty, setting the stage for him to recount the horrific slaughter in a military courtroom.
