Five siblings who ran away from Las Vegas’ Child Haven this week have been to the emergency shelter before, court records show, after their parents were charged with child neglect.
Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” is a perfect entertainment for a picnic under the stars at Super Summer Theatre at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.
Boyd Gaming Corp., the primary sponsor of the annual NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Las Vegas, will now be reflected in the name.
It has the hallmarks of a failed Match.com date.
A Las Vegas man was rescued by a fire crew after trying to forge a unique path into his home Thursday morning — down his chimney.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks.
A U.S. wholesale grocer says America’s potato farmers have run an illegal price-fixing cartel for a decade, driving up spud prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Thursday signed the so-called “More Cops” bill that enables the Clark County Commission, with support of two-thirds of its members, to increase the county’s sales tax rate, now 8.1 percent, to 8.25 percent.
LOS ANGELES — Lenders stepped up action last month against homeowners who had fallen behind on their mortgage payments, taking possession of more homes and initiating the foreclosure countdown clock on many others, and Nevada ranked high among states for foreclosure activity.
Former power broker Harvey Whittemore is seeking a new trial.
A strip club dancer will stand trial for a March DUI crash that killed a man and injured his son.
An argument inside a St. Louis business escalated into gun violence Thursday when a man shot three other people before turning the gun on himself, police said.
Nonprofit Toys 4 Smiles, which crafts wooden toy cars for children in need, was joined recently by members of the Thunderbirds support team from Nellis Air Force Base. Due to the federal budget sequester, the team members were not flying and had time to help the group create its 150,000th toy car.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he won’t accept watered-down background checks as the price for pushing gun control legislation through the Senate.
Some spring cleaning took place May 11 at Lone Mountain Park, 4445 N. Jensen St. Approximately 20 people, including about a dozen Boy Scouts from Troop 363, gathered to pick up debris on the east side of the mountain, an area of about 10 acres.
The Clark County Fire Department responds to more than 120,000 calls every year across a jurisdiction roughly the size of New Jersey. The department is about to get busier.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Residents of 1,000 homes in Colorado Springs are being ordered to evacuate because of a wildfire that’s already destroyed at least 360 houses.
Two men indicted on murder charges for the death of 15-year-old Marcos Arenas during the robbery of his iPad pleaded not guilty Thursday.
NEW YORK — There’s little wonder why George Orwell’s novel “1984” is seeing a resurgence in sales.
WASHINGTON — Rural America is losing population for the first time ever, largely because of waning interest among baby boomers in moving to far-flung locations for retirement and recreation, according to new census estimates.
Pinnacle Entertainment secured almost $3 billion in financing needed to complete its $2.8 buyout of rival regional gaming operator Ameristar Casinos.
A homeless Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past 35 years has been ordered by a judge to get mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Two Clark County School District employees under scrutiny in a gun transaction on school property in April may face criminal charges.
Facebook is introducing hashtags, the number signs used on Twitter, Instagram and other services to identify topics being discussed and allow users to search for them.
GEISMAR, La. — State police say at least one person was killed and at least 30 were injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Louisiana.
SWEDESBORO, N.J. — NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway.
It was as a senior in high school that April Vollm realized she had a knack for being funny onstage.
Industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails hit The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Nov. 15 and 16, with Explosions in the Sky. Tickets start at $75 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
The Palm at the Forum Shops at Caesars, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has brought back Classic Summer Lobster for Two, through Aug. 31. It includes a 4-pound Nova Scotia lobster tail, two starters and two sides (such as the seasonal watermelon and mozzarella di bufala salad) for $79.95. …