The violin is a virtuoso instrument. So is the piano. So is virtually every instrument in the modern orchestra (certain percussion instruments excluded), but the banjo? Please!
On Friday night, the Las Vegas Wranglers wore hockey sweaters with the UNLV logo on front to benefit the Dave Rice Foundation. But if you wanted to watch actual UNLV students dump and chase the puck while wearing UNLV sweaters, you had to be at SoBe Ice Arena at the Fiesta Rancho on Friday and Saturday where the Rebels’ club hockey team was playing San Diego State.
Pain is a wonderful teacher. It instills a sense of caution and respect for our surroundings.
If you get into a shootout with a thug who’s already shot five other people, Fred Bedient learned it’s best to pump your first bullet into your attacker’s head to avoid getting hit yourself.
On May 14, Lee Szymborski came home to find the first floor of his house a wreck. The property damage was caused by his son, who is bipolar and suffers from acute psychosis. He had just been discharged from Spring Mountain Treatment Center.
After a night of heavy drinking at the Globe and Anchor, a watering hole for enlisted Marines in Okinawa, Japan, a female service member awoke in her barracks room as a man was raping her, she reported. She tried repeatedly to push him off. But wavering in and out of consciousness, she couldn’t fight back.
Keep your eye on Nevada Assemblywoman Lucy Flores, a Las Vegas Democrat who last week was named one of five Latinas to watch nationwide in 2014 by a group called LatinasRepresent, a new Denver-based organization that promotes Hispanic women in political office.
Calvin T. Pascetta, a retired Navy gunship sailor from North Las Vegas who just celebrated his 90th birthday, is one of those few who can claim he dodged bullets or artillery fire in three wars.
Dozens gathered downtown to bring in the year of the horse Sunday morning at the McDonald’s Las Vegas Spring Festival Parade.
One person is dead after a three-car accident Sunday morning in the northwest part of the valley.
The recession’s effect on credit unions in Southern Nevada has been well-chronicled, but those that survived six years later are profitable and growing their loan portfolios. No one knows this better than Andy Hunter.
Henderson residents will soon see a more proactive approach by city officials in combating potential blight issues with the establishment of a foreclosure registry.
Clark County’s level of transience — people moving in and out — continues to set the region apart, judging by migration trends released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Former Missouri star defensive end Michael Sam tells ESPN he is gay.
On this night 50 years ago I was 7, gathered around a black-and-white TV set, watching “The Ed Sullivan Show.” That Ed Sullivan show. The one with the Beatles.
A master showman and four-time Olympic medalist, Evgeni Plushenko knows brilliance on the ice.
When neurologist Samir Bangalore looked around the nation from his home in Chicago in 2007, he was searching for a community in need of help treating epilepsy.
Curling gained traction in the U.S. during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics because everyone wanted to watch the sport no one else was watching, but there are less-hipster reasons to check it out, too. Here are five of them.
Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart is suspended 3 games for pushing Texas Tech fan.
“The Lego Movie” clicked with moviegoers, assembling an exceptional $69.1 million debut at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates.
Diego Magdaleno is looking for another world title shot at 130 pounds. The Las Vegan will take the first step toward that goal Saturday when he meets Ernie Sanchez in the 10-round main event of Top Rank’s boxing card at Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.
Beautiful views of rugged mountains across the Colorado River welcome visitors to Willow Beach in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The popular destination on the Arizona side of the river attracts boaters, rafters, anglers, campers and sightseers. Its proximity to Boulder City and Las Vegas makes Willow Beach ideal for short outings and quick access to the river.
Corey Taylor is a 15-year-old with a confident smile and a passion for helping others cope with bullying.
Mal and Joni Telloian did their long-distance relationship the hard way.
Larry Nance Jr. missed a potential tying 8-foot jumper in the lane in the final seconds, and UNLV escaped with a 48-46 victory over Wyoming at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Today, we remember it as a pivotal event in music history and American pop culture.
A motorcycle rider who died early Saturday morning near Oakey and Martin Luther King boulevards has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The homicide victim discovered Friday afternoon in the 4400 block of Jimmy Durante Boulevard has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
There was a lot of ugliness out on that supersized Olympic slopestyle course Sunday — crashes, splashes, face plants, even a cracked helmet.
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