Catcher Erik VanMeetren has been a vital reason UNLV’s pitchers have had a strong season. He is the rare college catcher who calls his team’s pitches.
It might have the worst title since “Cougar Town.”
Google will build a car without a steering wheel. It doesn’t need one because it drives itself.
The untold story of betrayal and revenge that turned Maleficent (Jolie) into the iconic “Sleeping Beauty” villain finally is told.
From taiko drummers to folklorico dancers, local performers will showcase the community’s diverse cultures in this year’s Children’s Arts Festival at Centennial Hills Park.
Just days after a news conference promoting a July 5 fight between Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva piqued interest in the long-running rivalry, Silva has been pulled from the Ultimate Fighting Championship event. Sonnen instead will face Vitor Belfort on the UFC 175 card at Mandalay Bay.
There is no shortage of opportunities for parents to find just the right camp for their children this summer. From sports to theater to traditional arts and crafts, activities are planned across the valley. Here is a sampling of the offerings.
Las Vegas police announced an effort to step up enforcement Thursday, from morning to until noon, at the Spring Mountain Road and Decatur Boulevard intersection.
Urbanites nostalgic about childhood camping trips — or wanting to try tent camping for the first time — are often intimidated by logistical challenges, such as figuring out where to go and what to bring, and anxieties about diving headlong into the unfamiliar wilderness.
The estate of the former prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones is dropping a federal lawsuit seeking to clear her name.
Interim North Las Vegas City Manager Jeff Buchanan announced his resignation Wednesday, effective early next month, but no reason was immediately given.
Nevada’s “stand your ground” law is in the spotlight with the filing of murder charges against a 73-year-old suspect who says he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot a man and wounded a woman trespassing on his property in Sparks.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada added his voice Wednesday to a growing chorus for the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, saying an investigation confirming patient appointments were manipulated at the troubled agency’s hospital in Phoenix was the final straw.
Shavon Carrillo told her 12-year-old son “I love you,” just before she pulled the trigger Monday morning, according to a Las Vegas police report released Wednesday.
A vacant downtown apartment complex was heavily damaged by fire Tuesday night, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
Amna Raza, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Las Vegas, failed to advance in the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee despite going two-for-two Wednesday in the public part of the competition.
A 16-year-old faces one count of murder in the shooting death of his brother, according to a Las Vegas police arrest report released Wednesday.
A court-appointed guardian charged with stealing money from the people she was tasked with caring for has been sentenced in Clark County District Court to three to eight years in prison.
While the percentage of travelers to Las Vegas who gamble continues to fall, those who play have the highest average gambling budget in five years.
Walker Furniture has launched a Help for Heroes program to help local wounded warriors and veterans with special needs live more comfortable lives.
Find fun things to do in your neighborhood including a visit to the new “The Magic School Bus Kicks Up A Storm” exhibit at the Discovery Children’s Museum.
About 1,700 veterans in need of care were “at risk of being lost or forgotten” after being kept off the official waiting list at the troubled Phoenix veterans hospital, the Veterans Affairs watchdog said Wednesday. A report cited an average 115-day wait for a first appointment for those on the waiting list.
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen is under a legal attack that may force him from office three years before his term ends, but there are some flaws with the petition that seeks to evict him.
A development team that includes Penn National Gaming is ending its bid to build a casino near Albany, N.Y., to focus on an alternative casino proposal in Orange County.
LAS VEGAS NAMED BICYCLE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY
Las Vegas resident Alonzo Rutherford, who writes under the pen name AC Rutherford, shares his secrets to finding balance in life in his book “Success: the Purpose of God Coming to Pass in Life.”
It took 1,467 at-bats but Phillies center fielder Ben Revere finally hit a home run.
A veterans motorcycle group, 2 Million Bikers to DC, will team up with the nonprofit Nevada Veterans Foundation on Saturday for a “Stars & Stripes Pride Ride” to raise funds to build a Fisher House for wounded warriors and their families in the Las Vegas Valley.
Jane Monheit uses her voice to do more than sing: she swings, she glides, she can be saucy, tell a story, be funny, be breathlessly sensual, even reduce her audience to tears. She did all of this and more in her 90-minute show Friday at Cabaret Jazz.
It’s not edgy. It’s not flashy. It doesn’t break any new ground.