Monique Long had 11 kills and five digs on Tuesday to lead Chaparral’s girls volleyball team to a 25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 25-19 home victory over Sunrise Mountain.
Coronado’s girls cross country team had six of the top nine finishers to narrowly win a cluster meet at Foothill on Tuesday.
A private Los Angeles-area tutor was arrested and charged on Monday for illegally changing grades for three high school students, police said.
Bryce Harper homered again, but San Francisco’s Joe Panik scored on a wild pitch to break a seventh-inning tie, and the San Francisco Giants edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 Tuesday to grab a spot in the National League Championship Series.
The newly formed Blue Ribbon committee appointed to examine shortcomings in Clark County child welfare services met on Tuesday to hear a wide range of problems facing the system and the courts.
Lani Potter carded a 9-over-par 81 at Oasis in Mesquite on Tuesday to win a Sunrise League match.
The young man who accompanied Miley Cyrus to the MTV Video Music Awards and accepted her prize has been sentenced to six months in jail for violating the terms of his probation in Oregon.
Clark County commissioners are considering a proposed ordinance that would affect taverns like Dotty’s that serve food and offer gaming. Among the proposed changes, taverns with slot machines would be required to get at least half of their revenue from the sale of food and beverages.
Questions about travel with an emphasis on any recent visit to West Africa have increased in priority in Southern Nevada emergency rooms because of concerns about the Ebola virus.
Megan Lopez went 3-0 in singles Tuesday, and Silverado’s girls tennis team won four of six tiebreaker games to nip visiting Foothill in a Sunrise Region quarterfinal.
Moapa Valley girls tennis coach Donna Swanson knew her team faced an uphill battle in the opening round of the Division I-A Southern Region tournament.
Emily Neighbors and Brenna Rohnkohl each scored a second-half goal Tuesday to help Faith Lutheran’s girls soccer team to a 2-1 win over visiting Pahrump Valley.
The Amargosa Hotel was once a hub of activity, filled with workers from the Pacific Coast Borax company. Once the mine shut down, the people left, leaving the U-shaped hotel and the opera house attached to it at the center of what is now considered a ghost town.
Clark County Clerk Diana Alba has decided that the Marriage Bureau will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at 2 p.m. today, according to county spokesman Erik Pappa.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved an $11 million contract that includes longevity pay for University Medical Center employees who are represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 1107.
Attorney General candidate Adam Laxalt vowed Tuesday to push to drastically cut or eliminate a backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Nevada, including 4,385 in Las Vegas — some dating from a decade ago.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down Nevada’s constitutional and statutory bans on gay marriage.
The Moapa Valley girls tennis team was forced to alter its lineup against Sunset League champion Faith Lutheran after four players — including three regulars — were injured Saturday in an all-terrain vehicle accident. The Pirates lost 16-2 to the Crusaders on Tuesday.
Henderson City Council members approved a two-year state lobbyist contract for $228,000 for Richard Perkins, the city’s former police chief.
A Las Vegas man who died Sunday in an off-roading accident at Dumont Dunes was identified Tuesday by the San Bernardino County coroner’s office. Justin Matthew Walker, 22, died after his all-terrain vehicle flipped several times and he was ejected, according to the coroner.
An 8-year-old Hawaii boy who fell six stories down a trash chute and was pulled out by a neighbor with a fire hose has suffered only cuts.
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams hit the ball and threw up his arms as soon as he left the batter’s box. Meanwhile, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw crouched in despair as the ball, and his team’s postseason hopes, sailed into the St. Louis bullpen behind the right-center field wall.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement that will allow the sheriff to take over the duties of the abolished Las Vegas Township constable’s office in January.
An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management got court approval to buy Atlantic City’s shuttered Revel for $110 million in cash on Tuesday after a judge rejected complaints the auction for the bankrupt complex was tainted.
A man accused of severely beating a 3-year-old boy — fracturing a bone near his eye, causing bruising all over and even biting him — was known to be violent, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
Little was expected of Air Force this season, but the Falcons are back to winning. How is coach Troy Calhoun getting it done?
A 27-year-old Las Vegas father was sentenced to between 10 and 30 years in prison Tuesday in the death of his toddler son, despite a plea from the boy’s mother to keep her husband out of prison.
Landon Donovan will captain the United States on Friday in his national team finale.
A woman who allegedly led authorities on a car chase in Idaho and shot her surrendering boyfriend before being shot by sheriff’s deputies pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to robbing two Las Vegas banks.
Las Vegas police say two men and a woman showed up at Domingo Alva-Gonzalez’s home with his stolen Chevrolet pickup and then swiped the rest of his belongings the day after his body was found in the Colorado River.