The common image of Mormon missionaries has long been two young men wearing white shirts and ties walking through neighborhoods, knocking door-to-door.
But in a few years, that image may be replaced by one of young Mormons sitting with an iPad, typing messages on Facebook.
Magical bathrooms, homemade ice cream and princess pink chandeliers highlight the interior of Sloan’s, while pedestrians can’t help but notice the exterior lime green paint, black-and-white striped awnings and the distinct smell of fresh waffle cones wafting outside.
A man arrested after a police shooting Thursday morning was identified Friday.
Newspaper journalists believe they’ve seen it all, so nothing really surprises them. But when NBA Commissioner David Stern stepped to the lectern Thursday night to unveil the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft — even pausing a couple of seconds to exacerbate the surprise — and announced the Cleveland Cavaliers had selected Anthony Bennett, jaws dropped around the entire Review-Journal newsroom (which is actually two rooms, for those keeping score).
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Giancarlo Alvarado
(1-0); Rainiers, James Paxton (4-6)
OK, your kid owns an Aaron Hernandez jersey, which right now is as popular as owning one of those old Michael Vick Atlanta Falcons jerseys when he got busted for dogfighting.
Two local boxers, Devin Haney of Las Vegas and Andres Cortes of Henderson, advanced to today’s finals of the Junior Olympic National Championships in Mobile, Ala.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Inbee Park couldn’t see her final tee shot past about 150 yards. But nothing fazes the world’s top-ranked player these days.
Summer is waging war with a vengeance, and it’s taking no prisoners.
The Stamis family, which has owned landmark locals casino Jerry’s Nugget for five decades, will get two more months in its effort to maintain control.
Before commissioners vote on fuel tax increases, Clark County residents have a chance to take a stand.
Rock music fans in Las Vegas braved sizzling temperatures for an opportunity to see multiple performances on Friday thanks to 19th Vans Warped Tour music festival, held in the Silverton parking lot.
Two months after a fire destroyed their main building, Sport-Social is shining brighter than ever.
JOHANNESBURG — As Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South Africa’s national broadcaster.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson is making a point to prosecute individuals who leave their pets in vehicles unattended or in yards without shade or water during the hot summer months.
Coming soon to slot machines, parking meters and couch cushions everywhere: A shiny new advertisement for Nevada’s only national park.
Federal officials cleared the way Friday for a return to domestic horse slaughter, granting a southeastern New Mexico company’s application to convert its cattle facility into a horse processing plant.
Amanda Bingson hammered out danger and hammered out warning. Then the former Silverado High and UNLV product hammered out a new American record in the women’s hammer throw, twirling and tossing the 8.82-pound ball and chain from a field just north of historic Drake Stadium to a field just south of Sioux Falls.
That $900,000 joint Julio Cesar Chavez smoked last year got a lot cheaper.
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez, who tested positive for marijuana following his 12-round loss to Sergio Martinez last Sept. 15, had his fine reduced to $100,000 Friday by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
CAIRO — Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi rallied Friday in Cairo, and both sides fought each other in the second-largest city of Alexandria, where two people were killed — including an American — and 85 were injured, officials said.
John Redmond, former CEO of the MGM Grand, will step down from the Allegiant Travel Co. board of directors effective Sunday.
In anticipation of extreme weather and high temperatures of 115 to 117 degrees over the weekend, cooling stations have been opened through Wednesday throughout the Las Vegas valley.
The lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban have tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued a key approval Friday for a plan to harvest the wind that blows across northwest Arizona to generate power for as many as 175,000 homes.
A 21-year-old was sentenced to 2.5 to 10 years in prison for firing a handgun inside the Circus Circus casino on New Years Eve.
The Walmart Supercenter near McCarran International Airport reopened Friday after a slight remodel added new self-checkout registers and gave the store a fresh look.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Authorities in Fort Mohave have identified the woman whose body was found Wednesday in a backyard swimming pool as Marilyn S. Burdick, 62.
