Ex-Raven quits team to donate kidney to brother, Ex-Steeler

Off the field, brothers Ma’ake Kemoeatu, an ex-Baltimore Raven, and Chris Kemoeatu, an ex-Pittsburgh Steeler, are closer than close. When Chris needed a kidney transplant, his older brother stepped in.

GOLF: Becker, Crusaders win Sunset match

Julia Becker shot 1-under-par 71 on Thursday at Siena to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls golf team to victory in a Sunset League match.

TENNIS: Gators girls slip past Falcons

Olivia Nhaisi and Daria Shalina went 3-0 in doubles Thursday to help Green Valley’s girls tennis team hold off visiting Foothill, 11-7.

Sierra Vista aims to stop Mojave’s Flanagan

Mojave, which rides the explosive running of Ty Flanagan, and Sierra Vista, which features a big-play defense, are meeting in a battle of unbeatens.

How local NASCAR drivers fared

How the Las Vegas drivers performed in the various NASCAR series.

Super Bowl rematch is tastiest item on weekend TV buffet

Good news. The weather forecast in Las Vegas calls for at least a couple of clouds over the next few days, so we won’t have to feel guilty about spending most of our weekend inside watching football.

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NFL records against the spread, over/under

The Weekend’s Best Bets

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O’Korn follows in tradition of great Houston quarterbacks

John O’Korn is the latest Houston quarterback to carry on that school’s outstanding passing tradition. UNLV will try to contend with that attack on Saturday.

One killed, another injured in motorcycle crash

A north valley crash left one dead and another critically injured Thursday night, North Las Vegas police said.

Man who crashed truck into Stratosphere commits suicide

The man police say crashed his truck into the front entrance of the Stratosphere last week has committed suicide, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. Ryan Brown, 40, of Fortville, Ind., was on a six-day drug bender Sept. 10 when he crashed a 2004 Ford F-150 through the casino’s glass front doors, Las Vegas police said.

 
Las Vegas police take 100 plants in pot bust

Local and federal narcotics detectives confiscated about $200,000 worth of marijuana plants Thursday in the southwest valley, Las Vegas police said.

 
Bail at $10M for man charged with arson in Calif. fire

A man with a lengthy criminal history has been charged with deliberately starting a Northern California wildfire that has shown explosive growth and driven nearly 2,800 people from their homes, authorities said Thursday.

1 in custody after barricade situation, shooting

One person was taken into custody nearly five hours after a Las Vegas police SWAT team responded to a barricade situation near Vegas Drive and North Decatur Boulevard.

Sierra Vista aims to stop Mojave’s Flanagan

Mojave, which rides the explosive running of Ty Flanagan, and Sierra Vista, which features a big-play defense, are meeting in a battle of unbeatens.

Extreme retirement abroad: How one footloose couple sees the world

For Americans looking to retire abroad, deciding where to live can be a challenge. But Lynne and Tim Martin took that question off the table by deciding to retire everywhere and anywhere.

Democrats file ‘blackout’ complaint against Hardy

The Nevada State Democratic Party on Thursday filed a complaint with the secretary of state’s office against Assemblyman Cresent Hardy for sending out a fundraising invitation for a Sept. 24 event, which would violate a “blackout” period barring incumbent candidates from raising money within 15 days following a special session of the Nevada Legislature.

Contractor sentenced in military secrets case

A former civilian defense contractor working at the U.S. military’s Pacific headquarters was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for divulging military secrets to his Chinese girlfriend and keeping classified documents at his home.

Gatorade ad helped Jeter go out his way

On the first day of the final regular-season homestand for the New York Yankees’ captain Derek Jeter, Gatorade began running a 90-second advertisement showing Jeter walking around the Bronx neighborhood outside Yankee Stadium. Shot in black and white, the ad is accompanied by Frank Sinatra’s recording of “My Way.”

Reid, Heller split on Syria strategy

Nevada’s U.S. senators split Thursday on backing Syrian rebels with arms and training, offering starkly different views as to whether the plan that cleared both houses of Congress might work to repel violent Islamic jihadists in the Middle East.

State faults Cliven Bundy in I-15 cow crash

State transportation officials are refuting rancher Cliven Bundy’s claim that they are ultimately responsible for keeping his cattle off Interstate 15 in northeastern Clark County.

Florida man killed 6 grandkids, daughter and self

A sheriff says a man killed six of his grandchildren, his adult daughter and himself at a home in a small town in North Florida.

South Carolina father accused of killing kids feared them

The man accused of killing his five children in South Carolina and dumping their bodies in Alabama feared that they were going to chop him up and feed him to the dogs, a local television station reported, citing arrest records.

Key Las Vegas council member sides against stadium

A proposed publicly subsidized soccer stadium in downtown Las Vegas appears doomed as Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian, the council’s swing vote on the stadium deal, said Thursday she would vote against the proposed stadium finance plan if the council vote were today.

5 high school football games to watch this week

High school football teams around the valley are starting hit their stride. Here are this week’s most intriguing matchups.

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