Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with Italian restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees from $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees from $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon at Town Square, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has a happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m. daily with half-priced drinks and appetizers. All day Saturdays, McFadden’s offers $8 Smoke Show burgers, with Guinness barbecue sauce, cheddar cheese and crispy onion straws, and $5 bombs. …
Fantasy sports and football in particular have become widely popular, and even though it’s legal in New Jersey for casinos to offer fantasy games, none of the 12 casinos in Atlantic City are offering fantasy sports betting, according to a gaming industry analyst.
Southern Nevada’s housing market has moved from intensive care into rehab. That’s the word from California-based real estate research firm RealtyTrac, which released a report Wednesday confirming that local housing remains deep in recovery mode.
A man is accused of trying to get marijuana into a Washington state jail by attaching it to an arrow he shot onto the roof.
Tim Cornett, from Houston, enters his senior season 700 yards behind UNLV all-time leading rusher Mike Thomas. If Cornett stays healthy and averages the 94.8 yards he gained last season, he would overtake Thomas on Oct. 26 at UNR.
Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a loophole that lets felons circumvent background checks. Vice President Joe Biden will be on the front lines.
Full House Resorts Inc. confirmed Thursday it has closed on a $10 million loan, which will be used to fund a portion of the $17.7 million cost to build a 142-room hotel at the Silver Slipper in Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Slot machine manufacturer WMS Industries, which is the process of being acquired, grew revenues in third quarter but a decline in net profits.
Las Vegans love tolerating the heat when the tourists can’t, and it got us thinking. What other things — facetious or not — do Las Vegans seem to love, or love to hate? We turned to social media to get answers, and weren’t disappointed. Here’s a look at 13 things locals said Las Vegans love.
A dubious honor? Maybe. But after years in the comedy trenches, Warren Durso is owning his title of “Ugliest Comic in America.”
The law enforcement academy that began with Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura’s blessing is no longer certified, putting a class of 13 cadets in the middle of training in jeopardy.
A Minton majolica centerpiece was auctioned in May as an “ice stand.” Minton & Polson was established in 1793 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
DEAR HELOISE: Thank you for suggesting a person look inside the seal of front-loading washing machines in search of odors.
Q: I was hoping to put up a nice strong wind and sun block on the west and southwest corner of our front yard, approximately 20 feet each way. Could you give me some suggestions?
Get funky and/or dead with this latest roundup of Vegas music releases.
The rise to fame of the British boy band One Direction is chronicled in this documentary that also features plenty of footage of the guys in concert.
We’re always on the lookout for ways to feel better about drinking.
There is also a specific brand of convention that brings together people who share a deep love, more an obsession, for something — the fan convention.
She entered the contest to look better in a bikini, but what Kristy Arnett got in the end proved much more meaningful than a hot Instagram shot.
Andrew Moore’s life is a lot like yours. For instance, the other day, he was sitting on the couch when his old friend Paris Hilton texted.
Thanks to double-digit price gains over the past year, the number of Las Vegans with negative equity – owing more on their mortgage than their home is worth – fell below the 50 percent watermark in the quarter that ended in June, according to real estate website Zillow.
The outcome of UNLV’s football season — and of coach Bobby Hauck’s future — should quickly become crystal clear. UNLV, after opening at Minnesota at 4 p.m. PDT today and then against Arizona at Sam Boyd Stadium, faces a four-game stretch in which it might be favored each week.
It’s not poor health, and it’s not a looming scandal, Sheriff Doug Gillespie told me Wednesday.
There are times when you don’t realize something is missing from the picture until you stumble across that special something. Nowhere is this more evident than when decorating your home.
