The Henderson City Council voted Thursday to appoint Bristol Ellington as interim city manager while it seeks a permanent replacement for the departing Jacob Snow.
One of six lion cubs born April 1 at Lion Habitat Ranch in Henderson has died, according to the facility’s owner.
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested a man wanted in Alabama by the Dothan Police Department in North Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon.
With $26.4 billion in state transportation projects unfunded over the next 20 years — $8 billion of that in Southern Nevada — local transportation leaders rallied Thursday for the public to press lawmakers to clear federal funding logjams.
UNLV sophomore wide receiver Devonte Boyd is prepared to be the leader at his position and one of the team leaders as well. He was the Mountain West Freshman of the Year and a freshman All-American last season, when he caught 65 passes for 980 yards.
The opening round of the 79th Masters was one for the ages, with 21-year-old Jordan Spieth and 21-year PGA tour veteran Ernie Els posting the lowest numbers on Thursday at Augusta National.
Pregnancy brain, or the loss of memory or concentration while pregnant, is apparently a myth. Who knew?
Teaching yoga as exercise doesn’t stretch the Constitution’s ban on government “establishing” a particular religion, a California court ruled last week.
The White House has opened its first gender-neutral restroom in what is seen as a symbolic step by President Barack Obama to protect the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the workplace.
A Polish court on Thursday adjourned until May 22 a hearing to decide whether to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex crime conviction.
A new study has concluded that genetics as well as environment can influence the likelihood that a person will become a sexual offender.
Comedian Eddie Murphy, famed for his roles in films like “Beverly Hills Cop” and “Trading Places,” will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this year, bestowed by the Kennedy Center.
A Henderson police officer and two supervisors who agreed to void a traffic ticket for a friend or relative of a police employee are still on the force, a newly released record shows.
Pirate Fest Las Vegas, which runs Friday through Sunday at Lorenzi Park, offers guests the chance to get their buccaneer on.
Follow the link for the boys volleyball coaches poll, as compiled by the coaches” association.
The state Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy committee unanimously passed the so-called Uber bill on Thursday, but the legislation is expected to face stiff opposition when it’s taken up on the Senate floor.
A homeowners’ association in Lehi, Utah, is facing backlash online after sending a letter to a resident telling her to remove a U.S. Navy flag displayed in her front yard.
Apple Inc expects tremendous interest for its new smartwatch and demand to outstrip supply as consumers get an up-close look on Friday at CEO Tim Cook’s first major product.
Construction kicked off Thursday morning on what will be the biggest store in Southern Nevada. Swedish furniture retailer IKEA broke ground on its 351,000-square-foot store in southwest Las Vegas, along the 215 Beltway between Sunset Road and Durango Drive.
A bill that would ban gifts from lobbyists and require candidates to file monthly campaign finance reports during election years was approved unanimously by the Nevada Senate on Thursday.
A report from dating app Clover said that the No. 1 meeting place for a first date is Starbucks. But meeting for coffee is cliche, so we asked our Facebook fans where they would take someone on a first date in Las Vegas.
Pop star Taylor Swift, famous for sharing important events in her life, said on Thursday her mother is suffering from cancer and urged her millions of fans to tell their parents to get screened for the illness.
The Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee on Thursday approved a transfer of about $700,000 for state officials to get the troubled Red Rock Academy ready to reopen in September.
I guess people aren’t paying enough attention to Drai’s dayclub and nightclub, because they are ratcheting up their “Look at me, look at me” promotions.
A bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their life will not be heard in the Nevada Legislature and will die without a hearing, a committee chairman and a sponsor of the bill said Thursday.
A Chicago police officer went on trial on Thursday on felony charges in the 2012 fatal shooting of a 22-year-old black woman in a case that has drawn attention as the nation debates police use of deadly force, especially against young black people.
An attic fire to a home near the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard North and Cheyenne Avenue Thursday morning displaced two adults and two children, North Las Vegas fire department said.
Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor surprised virtually no one on Thursday when he announced that he’ll enter the 2015 NBA Draft.
Getting a cell phone is the latest milestone for American 6-year-olds. A new survey in Child Guide magazine, a resource guide for parents, found that the average American child gets their first cell phone when they’re 6 years old.