In the fall, Travis Pardee sits in the press box at Foothill High School football stadium every morning and at least one evening during the week as he watches the band rehearse. The symphony of wind instruments holds its last note until the release when he says, “Let me see that again.”
I see the film “Philomena” and I am deeply moved. So much so that I go home and spend several hours researching the true story of Philomena Lee. I’m able to sort history from the inevitable artistic license modern filmmakers cannot not indulge.
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Dillon Brooks was inserted into the Findlay Prep boys basketball team’s starting lineup for both of the Pilots’ weekend games.
Cameron Dunkin still is not sure why Timothy Bradley ended their business relationship. But the Las Vegas-based manager said he won’t hold a grudge.
Throughout a trying season in which the Wranglers appear headed for their first losing record in 10 years and were essentially evicted from Orleans Arena, first-year coach and general manager Mike Madill has maintained his perpetually positive attitude.
It was a little more than 35 years ago when Miss November — Miss Linda November, a Jewish kid from Brooklyn with a lilting soprano singing voice — walked into a drab sixth-floor office at the famous Mayfair Studios at 47th Street and 7th Avenue on a sweaty day in Manhattan.
Kevin Olekaibe’s 3-pointer with 19 seconds remaining capped a wild rally that lifted UNLV to a 73-69 victory over Boise State at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The obvious question: Was the basketball game lost by Boise State or won by UNLV?
There was a collective stunned look from Boise State’s players as they exited the court at the Thomas &Mack Center on Saturday.
You’ve probably already put away your raincoats and forgot that you need new windshield wiper fluid after Friday’s rain, seeing as the forecast allowed us only one day of showers after an almost two-month dry spell.
When Ralph Burns returned to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation after a three-decade absence in 1997, he discovered only 71 people of the 1,700 residents could speak Paiute.
She was just a kid. That much was obvious despite the makeup and skimpy outfit she wore as she walked uneasily on the shadowy end of Fremont Street where it hooks up with Charleston Boulevard.
The U.S. House last week broke a two-year impasse and passed a farm bill that would authorize almost $1 trillion for crop subsidies and nutrition programs.
Nevada Ballet Theatre held its annual Black &White Ball celebrating its 30th anniversary Jan. 25 at Aria. Actress Florence Henderson was honored as the 2014 Woman of the Year.
If our email inbox is any indication, Las Vegans feel strongly about starting up a single-payer health insurance system.
As she prepared to leave the organization she built, water czar Pat Mulroy sat down with the Review-Journal for a wide-ranging, two-hour talk about her legacy and the future of water in Southern Nevada.
It’s not all about Peyton Manning. The Denver Broncos have a pretty good defense, too, but that is sometimes lost in the Super Bowl hype.
Clark County sheriff’s candidate Larry Burns has a reputation for backing his troops.
Las Vegas police shot and killed a man who was suspected of robbing a Laughlin convenience store in Laughlin on Friday night.
One Nevada gubernatorial candidate wants to create jobs by luring an Indian carmaker to Nevada to build a factory that would produce tiny, high-mileage $3,000 vehicles.
Graffiti might be just a minor annoyance for some people in the Las Vegas Valley, but cleaning it up carries a major price tag that all local residents pay — $30 million a year.
Amid all the talk of Broncos and Seahawks, you may not have noticed that Super Bowl Sunday is going to the dogs. And the cats. And the hamsters, penguins and goldfish.
Ray Guy is the first punter elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
