Not everyone associates churchgoing with the ups and downs of cocktail waitressing at a Strip hot spot. But Charli Douglass saw an opportunity.
Off-road racing pioneers Troy Herbst and Tim Herbst, UNLV golf All-American Chris Riley, drag racing team owner Ken Black and motocross star Carey Hart pose for a photograph during the induction ceremony for the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame at Orleans Arena on Friday.
The Southern California transplant is undefeated at 11-0 heading into tonight’s fight at the Tropicana and says Vegas has been nothing but good to him and his career.
There may not be a better ambassador for the sport of mixed martial arts than Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Mark Munoz.
Michael Douglas and Karl Malden haven’t patrolled “The Streets of San Francisco” since the 1970s, and Clint Eastwood hasn’t reprised his role as inspector “Dirty Harry” Callahan since 1988’s “The Dead Pool.” Crime apparently has run rampant in The City by the Bay since then.
As if North Las Vegas government didn’t have enough problems to deal with, it appears a severe case of black robe disease has struck Municipal Court.
Vanessa Selbst solidified her place as the best female poker player of all time, winning the $25,000 buy-in Mixed Max No-Limit Hold ’em event Friday during the 45th annual World Series of Poker at the Rio Convention Center.
Small-business owners in downtown Las Vegas are flocking to the newest commercial hub — the rehabbed former John E. Carson Hotel at Sixth and Carson streets, not too far from Container Park and down the block from the popular La Comida Mexican restuarant.
UNLV senior Erin Morris advanced Friday to today’s quarterfinals of the 100-meter hurdles in the NCAA preliminary championships at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Former 51s outfielder Jason Lane scored the decisive run for El Paso on a fielding error by Las Vegas left fielder Cesar Puello in the sixth inning of the 51s’ 4-3 loss to the Chihuahuas on Friday night in El Paso, Texas.
A woman fell to her death in the Calico Basin Friday night. The woman, about 50 years old, was hiking with a group of people and fell 35 to 40 feet on Calico Drive, around the Red Springs picnic area of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, according to Metro supervisor Lt. John Mizusai.
With the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-led “D-Day” invasion of Normandy, France approaching, the French government awarded two local World War II veterans with Legion of Honor medals Friday in appreciation of their gallant actions that helped free France from the grip of Nazi Germany’s occupation.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating possible insider trading involving high-profile Las Vegas developer and gambler Bill Walters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, and golfer Phil Mickelson, a source familiar with the matter said.
The NBA canceled a hearing to oust Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling, instead moving forward to vote on a record-breaking deal negotiated by his wife to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
You don’t know who he is or where he’s taking your car. You think of everything that you left inside, what he could go through if he so pleased. You can get it back, though — for a price.
The season of music festivals is upon us. If you’re looking for a road trip, or even a weekend getaway, here are 5 that are worth checking out – most within a day’s drive of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas High’s Shayne Marquez might not have been the most physically imposing player on the volleyball court this past season.
Officers raiding a Georgia home in search of a drug suspect used a flash grenade not knowing children were inside, severely burning a toddler who was sleeping just inside the door, authorities and the boy’s family said.
As backyard-bred desert tortoises continue to pile up in the Las Vegas Valley, a local adoption group is looking north for a new place to unload the unwanted reptiles.
A 15-year-old accused of fatally shooting his older brother made his initial appearance Friday in a Las Vegas court.
Organizers of Startup Weekends from all over the world converged on downtown Las Vegas Monday through Wednesday for Up Summit.
Considering that “Crossbones” is being marketed as a Blackbeard drama, it’s fairly disappointing that John Malkovich’s Blackbeard is around for less than 12 minutes of the premiere.
More emergency medical specialists could be on their way to the North Las Vegas Fire Department over the next few years, a move that could mean a lot less work for the city’s private ambulance provider.
The last time View checked in with the rock band Joei & The Fulcos, they’d returned to Summerlin after performing in the Zhangjiajie International Country Music Festival in China. Now, they’ve come off a 16-performance schedule in Europe, and Joei, 17, has been tapped to be in the independent film “Heidi” in a supporting role.
Law officers who visited Elliot Rodger three weeks before he killed six college students near a Santa Barbara university were aware that he had posted disturbing videos but didn’t watch them because he seemed OK when they visited him.
Henderson personal injury lawyer William K. Errico was arrested Friday on felony charges in the theft of $487,698 from two of his clients.
Weeks after Leah Goldberg was dancing at her senior prom, a brain tumor returned and only something “close to a miracle” can save her life. Friends are throwing a benefit Sunday to help defray hospital costs.
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