The Clark County School District, in desperate need of nontraditional solutions to some of its most urgent and persistent problems, will tackle several of them with a single plan announced Wednesday. And it’s not a stretch to say it’s a stroke of genius.
The Las Vegas 51s rallied for five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning on Friday night to pull out a 9-6 victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes at Cashman Field.
Large worker caseloads aren’t a new issue for Clark County’s child welfare agency. And although recommendations over the years have been made to set a cap on how many cases should be assigned to a worker, county officials don’t support doing so.
The five revenue-producing Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and Notre Dame are officially rulers of the universe, having been granted by the NCAA the power to write many of their own rules.
A North Carolina man celebrated out-eating some police officers, only to find out that he couldn’t outrun them.
The judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius said Friday that she will give a verdict on Sept. 11, bringing closer to an end a globally televised five-month trial that has transfixed South Africans and others around the globe.
When many of the 4,000 Disabled American Veterans and spouses converged Friday for this weekend’s National DAV and Auxiliary Convention in Las Vegas, their arrival was marked with the promise of new hope.
Mixed martial arts fighter War Machine on Friday was wanted by Las Vegas police in connection with a beating that sent his “significant other” to the hospital, Metro Lt. Ted Glaud said.
Andrew Wieger struck out five in a complete-game effort Friday to lift Rancho to a 7-5 win over Tucson (Ariz.) Post 7 in the second round of the American Legion Western Regional in Surprise, Ariz.
TMT or TMI? That’s a question we were forced to ask after Floyd Mayweather posted a video of his bath time on Instagram this week.
A three-day-old truce collapsed Friday in a new round of violence after Gaza militants resumed rocket attacks on Israel, drawing a wave of retaliatory airstrikes that killed at least five Palestinians, including three children.
Danica Patrick crashed in final Sprint Cup practice Friday at Watkins Glen International but walked away, was treated at the infield care center, and released.
Officers from Mesquite, Metro and Nevada Highway Patrol assisted in the arrest of a woman believed to have robbed banks in multiple states.
Prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to reject a magistrate’s recommended dismissal of drug trafficking charges against a former officer of the Vagos motorcycle gang because of outrageous government conduct.
Actor Jason Sudeikis is back in action as Coach Ted Lasso in another funny YouTube video for NBC Sports.
A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing a 9-year-old boy on a western Michigan playground told authorities he wanted to go to jail and did not know the victim, according to a court document filed Friday.
A judge threw out a lawsuit filed by an Alabama man who claims a botched circumcision resulted in the amputation of his penis, ruling Thursday that the complaint wasn’t specific under state malpractice law.
An Oklahoma woman was arrested after allegedly showing up for the first day of class drunk and pantsless.
An autopsy has confirmed a body found in the woods near where a Washington girl went missing was that of 6-year-old Jenise Wright, authorities said Friday.
Fred Horvath, assistant city manager of Henderson, has been placed on administrative leave pending the result of a police investigation into his arrest Friday afternoon on suspicion of driving under the influence
Las Vegas police are looking for the public’s help identifying a man they said robbed a restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip earlier this month.
A Los Angeles-based health organization has filed a formal complaint with the State of Nevada, alleging a California porn company did not require its actors to use condoms during an adult film shoot in Las Vegas.
With all the stadium, arena and ballpark proposals floating around Las Vegas, it’s a challenge to keep track of them all. Here’s the rundown for those keeping score:
Tiger Woods has missed the cut at a major championship for only the fourth time in his professional career.
Mountain Ridge of Las Vegas advanced to the Little League World Series West Regional title game after eliminating Encinitas, Calif., 5-1, in the semifinals Friday in San Bernardino, Calif.
A Thursday night SWAT response to an east valley apartment ended peacefully, Las Vegas police said on Friday.
A federal judge has ruled that the NCAA can’t stop college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses, opening the way to athletes getting payouts once their college careers are over.
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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
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin