EDITORIAL: Keeping National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas

Since its arrival in 1985, the National Finals Rodeo has been the darling of December in Las Vegas. The 10-day blowout, aptly nicknamed the Super Bowl of Rodeo, draws tens of thousands of fans from all over the United States, Canada and points beyond.

EDITORIAL: Judging the judge

Steven Jones has quite a sense of irony. During testimony last week before the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, the suspended Family Court judge said he was “exceedingly offended” by the conduct of a deputy district attorney who suspected Jones had an inappropriate relationship with a fellow prosecutor. That attorney used a cellphone to snap a photo of him from under a restaurant table at a party in 2011.

Blows to head still prevalent in NFL

Almost once a game, an NFL player absorbs an illegal blow to the head or neck that could put his career — or worse — at risk.

Las Vegas boys get overtime win at Foothill

Las Vegas High’s basketball team was due a break around the basket on Tuesday. Reserve forward Will Loche gave them one.

LEFTOVERS: UNLV’s bowl not must-see TV

It’s easy to forget that college football’s bowl season is, first and foremost, programming for ESPN. And the Neal Smatresk Bowl apparently is not TV gold.

Rodeo offer from Las Vegas to get answer within 30 days, official says

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, which stages the popular National Finals Rodeo, will let Las Vegas know within 30 days whether it will accept a 10-year deal to stay in the city beyond the 2014 NFR event, PRCA Commissioner Karl Stressman said Tuesday.

Three men plead guilty, sentenced to prison for child porn

Three northern Nevadan men were sentenced this week to prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges, Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Tuesday.

Fan-picked favorites shine in American Country Awards

These days, the country music ranks are as fond of throwing parties in their own honor as they are of testifying to the thrills of muddying 4X4 tires off road or staunchly defending the merits of living in what uppity coastal types dismiss as flyover states.

Suit: Marine’s body sent home to Pa. without heart

The parents of a Marine sergeant who died while stationed in Greece say that they discovered weeks after his funeral that his body had been sent home without a heart — and that the Department of Defense later gave them somebody else’s heart in its place.

Suspect in car theft rams police vehicles

A 23-year-old Las Vegas man wanted on felony warrants rammed two police cars when confronted by police Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.

$80 million awarded in sand suffocation death

A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the family of a New Mexico woman who died in 2002 when a tractor-trailer struck her car and buried it in sand, suffocating the woman as teachers and students at a nearby school frantically tried to dig her out.

Two foster parents plead guilty in child neglect case

Two former foster parents have pleaded guilty in a child neglect case that took the Clark County Department of Family Services 19 days to resolve after receiving its first allegation of neglect, according to Las Vegas police and court records.

Road rage incident leads to shooting

A man was shot in the hand after an apparent road rage incident near Flamingo Road and Arville Street Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.

Three officers involved in Saturday shooting identified

Paul Kunz, Justin Marzec and Joshua Giese were identified Tuesday as the Las Vegas police officers involved in the Saturday shooting of a heavily armed 26-year-old man near Flamingo Road and Mountain Vista Street.

 
6 missing two days in freezing Northern Nevada found safe

A desperate search for a couple and four children missing for two days in the below-zero cold of Northern Nevada’s rugged mountains turned jubilant Tuesday when rescuers found them alive and well near their overturned Jeep.

A La Carte, Dec. 10-16

Dining events and news from across the valley.

Gaming industry’s rift on Internet gambling seen at hearing

The rift within the casino industry over Internet gambling was on full display Tuesday when U.S. House lawmakers explored whether there was any appetite for federal government action on Web-based gaming.

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