Follow the link for the latest girls basketball coaches poll.
The Obama administration on Wednesday pressed the nation’s schools to abandon what it described as overly zealous discipline policies that send students to court instead of the principal’s office.
Greg Maddux was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, gathering 97 percent of the vote, it was announced Wednesday. The Las Vegas resident who starred at Valley High School will be going in with Atlanta Braves teammate Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas.
A 2015 trial date has been set for Benjamin Frazier, who is accused of fatally shooting one man and injuring two security officers at a nightclub inside Bally’s.
Assemblyman Majority Leader William Horne filed Wednesday to run for a Clark County District Court Department C seat against incumbent Judge Carolyn Ellsworth.
Las Vegas officials said Wednesday they’re willing to help their neighbor North Las Vegas avoid financial catastrophe, but not at the expense of their own residents.
A Navy helicopter with five crew members crashed into the ocean off the Virginia coast during a routine training mission Wednesday, killing two crew members and leaving two in the hospital and one still missing.
If you can’t afford a rooster or running deer weather vane, or any other 19th-century weather vane made by an important company, you might be able to find a homemade example. Most folk-art collectors consider all weather vanes, commercially made or homemade, to be folk art. Prices are highest for the most elaborate 3-D vanes by known makers.
Outfitting a play space for children might consist of nothing more than setting up a few old furniture pieces, plastic storage bins and the extra TV.
The Nevada medical office where a gunman killed one doctor and shot another before committing suicide has completed an internal review of his care and treatment and found no basis for his claim he was the victim of a botched vasectomy that ruined his life.
I will be giving fruit tree pruning classes at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension orchard in North Las Vegas every Saturday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until noon beginning this Saturday until the end of the month. A $5 donation to the orchard program would be helpful.
Lately I’ve been thinking about this column and just what it’s all about. Green living, home, living lighter on the planet: topics that are probably helpful to some while others couldn’t care less. How does a writer connect with more people, especially those with different values?
I find the best small-budget gardening ideas on Pinterest. I gather them to help gardeners realize how to create low-cost features that make a big difference in the yard.
Dear Heloise: Please remind people when sending greeting cards not to write on the back of the front panel. You can then remove the backs and mail the card fronts to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, 100 St. Jude’s St., Boulder City, NV 89005.
The sounds of your kitchen can be very annoying: the beep of the fridge when you don’t fully close the door, the shrill alarm on a microwave timer, the buzz of the oven when it’s preheated.
Two minutes of footage from a camera on Michael Schumacher’s ski helmet showed the Formula One great was clearly skiing off a groomed trail when he lost his balance and crashed, leaving him with critical head injuries, investigators said Wednesday.
First a neon blue light shot out from the iPhone 5 case. Then a sharp buzzing sound started.
A former kindergarten teacher Melvyn Sprowson must stand trial on kidnapping and other charges for his relationship with a 16-year-old girl, a Las Vegas judge ruled Wednesday.
Rushing to curb political fallout, the White House pushed back Wednesday against harsh criticism in a new book by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates that questions President Barack Obama’s war leadership and rips into Vice President Joe Biden.
A political dirty-tricks investigation of Gov. Chris Christie’s inner circle broke wide open Wednesday with the release of emails and text messages that suggest one of his top aides engineered traffic jams in a New Jersey town last September to punish its mayor.
Despite having a marriage license, dozens, maybe hundreds, of couples missed their chance to be legally married in Utah after the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to temporarily halt gay marriages until an appeals court considers whether gay couples have a right to wed in Utah.
Dennis Rodman sang “Happy Birthday” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before leading a squad of former NBA stars in a friendly game Wednesday as part of his “basketball diplomacy” that has been criticized in the U.S. as naive and laughable.
Creating a new public medical school in Southern Nevada could cost the state and taxpayers $30 million a year but failing to do so could contribute to an inadequate statewide health care system in the years ahead, the state medical school dean told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday.
A 58-year-old Utah woman is set to give birth in a few weeks — to her granddaughter.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding the suspect in the robbery of a fast-food restaurant that occurred on Dec. 26.
CINCINNATI — Macy’s Inc. said Wednesday that it is cutting jobs and closing stores as part of a reorganization to sustain its profitability.
The casinos and resorts along the Las Vegas Strip are staple industries in Nevada. They are known for their innovative and creative use of technology in all aspects of their operations. But several of these companies have recently been caught up in ridiculous court battles over patented technology. The lawsuits hitting the state’s economic engine and the entertainment capital of the world are proof that the U.S. patent litigation system badly needs reform.
The Clark County School District is managing crowded schools about as well as it can without asking for more tax money. That will change next month.
A Montana snowboarder was slapped with a $225 fine by the National Forest Service for chasing a moose down a mountainside.