Interstate 11, for years nothing more than a dream on a drawing board, became very real Monday when Nevada officials broke ground on a stretch of freeway that will provide a faster, direct link between the Las Vegas and Phoenix metropolitan areas.
Bravo to District Judge Susan Scann for ordering the Clark County district attorney’s office to release documents related to its witness payment program to the Review-Journal. It’s too bad prosecutors still don’t understand the spirit of the state’s public records law, which was at the heart of Thursday’s ruling.
Basic pitcher Josh McLean had his fair share of control issues against Centennial on Tuesday in a matchup of top-10 Southern Nevada baseball teams.
For the first time since 2002, there will not be a Farnsworth on the sideline for Valley’s boys basketball team.
Actor Geoffrey Lewis, who appeared in several Clint Eastwood movies and made guest appearances on dozens of TV shows in the ’60s through ’80s, died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, Calif. of natural causes, according to a family friend. He was 79. The character actor, who often appeared in Westerns, was the father of actress Juliette Lewis.
Sierra Martinez singled home Kalei Watkins with the winning run with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday to lift Sierra Vista’s softball team to a 7-6 home win over Green Valley.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman easily won a second term Tuesday, holding off a ferocious challenge from Stavros Anthony. Incumbent council members in Las Vegas, as well as North Las Vegas and Henderson, also won decisively.
Melvin Johnson won two events Tuesday to help host Shadow Ridge’s boys track team defeat visiting Durango, 89-47.
Aelicia Taylor won the 100-meter dash and ran on two winning relays Tuesday to lead Arbor View’s girls track team to an 80-57 victory over host Desert Oasis.
A white South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday after a video showed him shooting eight times at the back of a 50-year-old black man who was running away after a traffic stop and died at the scene.
Palo Verde’s baseball team used a 13-run fourth inning to rally for a 25-15, six-inning win at Legacy on Tuesday.
Rain is in the forecast for the Masters, and that could make the Augusta National course play longer, which gives defending champion Bubba Watson, favorite Rory McIlroy and young star Jordan Spieth an added boost. Jason Day also should be a major factor this week.
As the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world, Rory McIlroy is the favorite to win the Masters at 6-1. A victory would complete a career Grand Slam (he has won the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship), joining Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods in accomplishing the feat.
Under normal circumstances, Rory McIlroy would be the top story. He’s the No. 1 player in the world, he won the past two majors and he’s the favorite in the Masters. But for the first time in two months, Tiger Woods is playing, and guess who is getting all the attention?
His welterweight showdown with Manny Pacquiao is 25 days away, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. appears ready to get into the ring right now and fight the Filipino congressman. Mayweather has been training like a maniac for the megafight at the MGM Grand Garden, which is expected to do record numbers at the gate and on pay per view.
How did a Reno collections agent end up in collections himself? He bought coverage in 2014 through the state’s health insurance exchange.
This latest Final Four — won by Duke on Monday by a 68-63 score against Wisconsin at pristine Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis — was my 20th straight covering the national semifinals and final. It is a stretch that began in 1996 and has included some unforgettable moments, on and off the court.
Brian Farnsworth, one of the longest-tenured prep basketball coaches in the area, said Tuesday he has resigned as Valley’s boys coach after 10 seasons to spend more time with his family. He had a 204-93 record and guided the Vikings to the Sunrise Region playoffs nine times.
Basic pitcher Josh McLean had control issues against Centennial on Tuesday in a matchup of top-10 Southern Nevada baseball teams. But in the game’s critical moments, the senior threw strikes and allowed his defense to make plays as the No. 5 Wolves defeated No. 7 Centennial 5-2.
The UNLV-Arizona State baseball game Tuesday night at Wilson Stadium was suspended after the lights on the first-base side went out. The teams resume at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the Sun Devils ahead 5-2, but the Rebels have the bases loaded with one out.
Daniel Diaz-Villa had 13 kills Monday to lead Clark’s boys volleyball team to a 24-26, 21-25, 25-17, 25-15, 15-9 victory over host Sierra Vista.
Tyler Martinez and Christian James each shot 3-over-par 75 at Painted Desert on Tuesday to lead Bishop Gorman’s boys golf team to victory in a Southwest League match.
Troy Richard White sent more than 130 text messages to his estranged wife, Echo Lucas, and called her more than 30 times in the hours before he fatally shot her in front of their five children, prosecutors said Tuesday during opening statements of a murder trial.
Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma, lord of the rings, once again conquered the world of women’s college basketball. The Huskies beat familiar foe Notre Dame 63-53 in the NCAA Tournament championship game Tuesday, giving Auriemma a 10th national title. He ties John Wooden, the legendary UCLA men’s coach, for the most championships in Division I basketball.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada says he is “sightless” in his injured right eye, and has grown accepting if his vision loss becomes permanent.
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the case of a 24-year-old man who was killed almost a year ago.
Former light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson left the Ultimate Fighting Championship and signed with Bellator in 2013. He then re-signed with the UFC in late 2014, claiming a breach of contract by Bellator had made him a free agent.
Heidi Cattey first became scared of flying when she saw news reports of hijackers seizing planes in the 1980s. A decade later, she mistook vapor in the cabin of a flight in Texas for smoke from a fire, flipped out and hasn’t flown since.
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