Family members say Roy Davis is a kind and generous man.
A Clark County jury convicted a 31-year-old woman of first-degree murder Friday, rejecting her insanity defense in the brutal slaying of a man inside a northeast valley apartment last year.
The U.S. government’s plan to analyze genetic information from more than 1 million volunteers to understand human disease and develop targeted treatments was welcomed Friday by Southern Nevada medical researchers, providers and public health officials.
Las Vegas police will work overtime in the next month to combat the climbing number of pedestrian fatalities in the valley, the department announced Friday.
Rob Fusari wrote and produced for Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Will Smith, but money and success sucked the life out of him until he finally grasped the true key to happiness.
Slick roads and crashes throughout the Las Vegas Valley made for congested morning commutes Friday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval warned Friday that if Nevada lawmakers don’t extend sun-setting taxes and approve new tax revenue the state could face across-the-board budget cuts as deep as 20 percent, damaging an already dismal education system.
It’s like something from a sports movie: A teen in a basketball uniform makes an improbable shot, then gets hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates while the crowd cheers and chants his name.
A Las Vegas man has been arrested by FBI agents in what authorities say was a $3.2 million business loan scheme.
Katy Perry will perform the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show on Sunday with guest Lenny Kravitz and an unnamed ‘old-school’ female singer. As the most watched halftime show all year, it got us thinking about previous Super Bowl halftime performances and who shined on the big stage… or, uh, didn’t.
A Las Vegas judge set bail Friday for a Metro detective accused of attacking a woman after a quarrel over a prostitution fee.
Chris Weidman, the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion, has pulled out of a scheduled title defense against Vitor Belfort at UFC 184 on Feb. 28 in Los Angeles because of a rib injury.
In a Friday ceremony Building D at the College of Southern Nevada’s West Charleston campus was named for Paul Meacham.
Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the organization that markets the city, told an audience at Preview 2015 on Friday that 45 million visitors will be the new benchmark and he expects to hit that “within the next few years.” If the goal is achieved, it would produce 37,000 new tourism industry jobs in Southern Nevada.
A 34-year-old man shot and killed by a North Las Vegas police officer in July had a lethal dose of methamphetamine in his system when he died, a detective testified Friday.
During his State of the League address at the downtown Phoenix Convention Center on Friday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell accepts that 2014 was not a great year.
Considering all of the hubbub after the opening of a White Castle in Las Vegas last week, we decided we’d try a taste test. We’d do a blind tasting of the real thing, the frozen sliders and those made using a copycat recipe.
AT&T opened a new concept store in Las Vegas this week — one of the first 50 in the U.S. What sets the AT&T store at 710 E. Flamingo Road apart from the other conventional retail stores is the open design, lifestyle “zones” and community tables where customers can experience and play with the different technology.
Chamille McElroy of Americare Health & Nutrition placed a call to a woman in Lebanon, Oregon, but instead of a “hello” she heard what sounded like a violent struggle on the other end of the line.
Nevada’s gaming revenue recovery from the recession took a slight setback in 2014, ending a four-year uptick.
Pete Cicconi has been bodybuilding for 30 years and has heard of people using mother’s milk during their workouts.
Attorney General Adam Laxalt met with Gov. Brian Sandoval to discuss a lawsuit Nevada joined with 25 other states to challenge President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration and decided to continue with the legal action, the attorney general’s office said Friday.
While the upcoming Asian-American sitcom has been praised for its potential to rebut stereotypes, its social media team flubbed when it tweeted a graphic featuring caricatures of different races.
Javier Palma, owner of Marino’s Pizza in Irving, has been making pies for 12 years and each slice must be really good because people are willing to break the law to get their hands on it.
Las Vegas voters won’t get a chance to weigh in on using public money to build a controversial downtown soccer stadium, at least not yet.
Promoter Bob Arum expects a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to be set in the next few days.
The deal to see the film, which has a leading nine Oscar nominations, is available through Feb. 5 at five valley theaters.
With all eyes on the Super Bowl and the billions of dollars wagered legally — and illegally — on the game, Sen. John McCain says Congress should hold hearings on whether to expand legalized sports betting that now largely is limited to sports books in Nevada.
A man is in critical condition after Las Vegas police said a woman’s ex-boyfriend stabbed her current boyfriend and then stole a car from the couple.
The long skeleton was found in 2006 by some local farmers digging for a fishpond in Qijiang city in China’s southwestern Chongqing province.