Benzena Brown’s “So I Will So I Can: Goal Achiever Journal for Teenagers and Young Adults Success” is designed to be an accessible place where young people can discover and record their goals.
Born into a well-to-do Connecticut family, Juliette Magill wanted more from life than most girls got in the early 1800s. Young women then were expected to stay home rather than attend school, but Juliette wanted an education. Her parents agreed and sent her to the Troy Female Seminary, which was one of America’s first schools for girls.
Palo Verde’s boys volleyball team doesn’t have any Division I prospects on its 13-player roster. Nor do the Panthers have anyone taller than 6 feet, or someone physically intimidating at the net.
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include presentations by authors Jack Sheehan, Richard Siken and Nikkos Zorbas.
Ashlyn Lessenger and Paige Jacobsen each won two individual events Wednesday to lead Spring Valley’s girls swimming team to a 142-116 victory over host Adelson School.
The mother of the semiprofessional football player murdered by former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez said on Wednesday that she would resume her wrongful death civil suit against the ex-NFL star.
Jayrick Cadelina-Canyete shot a 2-over-par 74 at Revere on Wednesday to earn medalist honors and help Liberty’s boys golf team win a Northeast League match.
Meghan Anne Smith, a Democrat who was disqualified in her bid for the Nevada Assembly District 34 seat in 2014, was indicted on a perjury charge, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Since the Circus Circus Adventuredome’s El Loco roller coaster ride opened, its cars have traveled more than 61,000 miles — about 2½ times around the world. But MGM Resorts International is getting even more mileage from the popularity of the ride that debuted a year ago at the nation’s largest indoor theme park.
Nick Evans and Zach Borenstein hit back-to-back doubles to open Reno’s three-run fourth inning that sent the Aces past the 51s 6-3 in a Pacific Coast League game Wednesday in Reno.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who has discussed his ambition to one day become a two-sport star, clarified his comments and made it clear Wednesday that he has no plans to leave football for baseball.
Amid reports and rumors that he planned to stay in school, Chris Wood threw a surprise draft party Wednesday night by announcing he is leaving UNLV. The 6-foot-11-inch sophomore forward is projected to be a late first-round pick in June.
Ryne Nelson threw a no-hitter and went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run to lead Basic’s baseball team to an 11-0 road victory over Foothill on Wednesday.
The Nevada Department of Education may terminate its contracts with two vendors administering the state’s online student testing system if they fail to fix a series of computer glitches in the coming weeks.
Las Vegas police honored 59 officers for outstanding service and saving lives at a commendation ceremony at Metro headquarters Wednesday afternoon.
The death of a man who fell from a Summerlin Parkway flyover earlier this month has been ruled a suicide by the Clark County coroner’s office.
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Alaska search and rescue teams are looking for a Nevada man who went missing Monday night after his canoe flipped on a lake about 100 miles south of Anchorage, the state’s department of public safety said Wednesday evening.
The NBA will play its first exhibition game in Africa this summer. The league and the National Basketball Players Association announced Wednesday that the game will take place Aug. 1 at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa.
An inmate at Ely State Prison was hospitalized after he was shot by a guard during a fight, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
A man is hospitalized in serious condition after a crash between a minivan and scooter Wednesday evening in the east valley, according to Las Vegas police.
With a helicopter whirling overhead and paint-ball guns aimed at targets on the horizon, a contingent of Nevada Army National Guard military police soldiers rehearsed Wednesday for a yearlong tour in Afghanistan where they will replace the first wave of about 30 MPs who deployed last year.
“Pirates of the Caribbean” producer Jerry Bruckheimer released the first image of the smooth-talking miscreant in the fifth installment of the franchise on Twitter.
A group led by Ares Management LP’s co-founder Tony Ressler has won the bidding for the National Basketball Association’s Atlanta Hawks, Bloomberg reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.
Business groups that backed a bill changing Nevada’s overtime law balked Wednesday at a last-minute amendment added in the Senate to raise the minimum wage for some workers to $9 per hour.
Jeff Kutash has been awarded $440,000 in a breach of contract case against Landry’s Inc. in a dispute related to his role in the now-shuttered SHe Nightclub in Crystals at CityCenter.
Here’s something new to add to the lexicon of computer commands: CTRL + ALT + UNLOAD. Sick and tired of an uncooperative PC, Lucas Hinch of Colorado Springs took matters into his own hands. He took a gun too.