Follow the link for the schedule and scores (when available) for the American Legion state tournament, being held July 26-Aug. 2 at UNLV.
Before Saturday, Rancho High had not won a baseball championship at any level since 1976.
In recent years, almost every boxing pay-per view-event in the United States has had a 6 p.m. Pacific start time. But Showtime is going outside the norm for its Sept. 13 PPV telecast of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Marcos Maidana welterweight title rematch.
This year’s legislative campaign will be all about the state Senate. Democrats hold the slimmest of majorities, at 11-10. If Republicans can pick up a seat and seize control of the upper chamber, it will change the power dynamic in Carson City in 2015.
Nevada, like many places in America, badly needs a strong, vibrant, high-profile chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Nevada faces a student literacy crisis that demands solutions. The state ranked 46th in the nation in fourth-grade reading and 40th in the nation in eighth-grade reading on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Recently, the 2014 Kids Count Data Book ranked Nevada 50th in education.
The management of the wild horse and burro program is in crisis, with animal advocates rightly fretting over excessive roundups, and ranchers worrying about too many horses on the range and competition for forage in the arid reaches of the West.
The Post 8 Rams took care of that problem in dramatic fashion, rallying in the ninth inning to beat Bishop Goman 9-8 in the championship game of the American Legion state tournament at UNLV’s Wilson Stadium.
It is difficult not to mention the city of Williamsport, Pa., and Little League baseball in the same sentence — usually the first sentence.
Dear Savvy Senior: I run a community counseling program for needy families and am frustrated that so few eligible seniors take advantage of the food stamp program. Can you write a column on this to help educate seniors about this underused benefit? — Reaching Out
The Greater New Jerusalem Baptist church now under construction in west Las Vegas is around five times the size of the congregation’s current church, but some parishioners are worrying about where the money is going to come from and how the project could affect the health of its existing church.
Two women are making a career change and a third switched from a medical job to hospitality. Here are their stories.
A man is dead and a family is without a father and protector. And a woman — their neighbor — lies unconscious in a hospital bed, breathing through a machine.
The Henderson chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart on Saturday marked the 232rd anniversary of the medal to honor its deceased members and all who earned the medal through their sacrifices in combat.
Football season is coming. And, to celebrate the return of pro football to our TV screens, the Las Vegas Review-Journal is again compiling a directory of valley bars that cater to fans of individual NFL teams.
When Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole on Dec. 14, 1911, they had every reason to believe they were in a place untouched by mankind.
A flash food watch for Clark County will be in effect through Sunday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
A North Las Vegas worker died in a railcar tanker late overnight.
Was Paul George’s injury during the USA Basketball Showcase caused by the court setup at the Thomas & Mack Center? Or was it simply a case of athletic misfortune?
With a No. 1 sign pinned to his black pants, John Marr steps forward on the stage of the Jubilee Theater as the music — Imagine Dragons’ “It’s Time” — blasts.
Now that Nevada is on track to test unmanned aerial vehicles this summer, state administrators of drone testing must tackle the prickliest issue accompanying the potential bonanza of hosting test sites — privacy concerns.
A ‘combined’ peace rally is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, but its leaders are not on the same page.
1993. Two days shy of his second birthday, my firstborn, Jonathan, is exploring the grassy area behind the apartment building. His legs, alive with energy and joy, make the swish-squish sound that is the signature of the modern disposable diaper. I watch him from a distance, sitting on a concrete staircase, guitar in my lap, dreaming, resting.
A man in his 60s died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during an east valley standoff with Las Vegas police Friday night.
Two pedestrians in their 70s were crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk near the Rio when they were struck and killed by a vehicle just after 10 p.m. Friday.
Tony Parker is by far the youngest of the San Antonio Spurs’ Big Three, a fact that could have complicated things going forward as Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili get closer to retirement. As they are wont to do, the Spurs made things real easy.
Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with steakhouses and seafood restaurants this week.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people