There are many people in the valley who have had schools named for them, but few could have boasted that they also designed their namesake facilities.
Las Vegas police asked for the public’s help Wednesday in identifying a man and woman involved in the April robbery of an east valley Home Depot.
European champions Real Madrid are the world’s most valuable soccer club for a third straight year, according to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday that showed the average value of the top 20 teams rose 11 percent over last year.
A former hospital worker already charged with abducting and killing an 18-year-old University of Virginia student was hit with additional charges on Tuesday that make him eligible for the death penalty.
Likely GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush has hired two Nevada operatives with winning records ahead of a two-stop tour next week in Las Vegas and Reno.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person connected with an attempted robbery in a southeast valley parking lot, the department said Wednesday.
The Syn Shop began as a few friends getting together in a garage. The group and equipment grew too big, so they moved to a larger garage.
Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes’ apartment was rigged with improvised explosive devices, jars of napalm and fire-accelerating chemical powder sprinkled on the floor, an FBI expert told jurors at his trial on Tuesday.
The bankrupt operating unit of casino company Caesars Entertainment Corp. agreed to grant creditors access to records through an independent examiner probing pre-bankruptcy deals, but a judge said on Wednesday he will wait until Monday to approve the agreement.
California water regulators on Tuesday adopted the state’s first rules for mandatory cutbacks in urban water use as the region’s catastrophic drought enters its fourth year.
Henderson police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 73-year-old man who went missing Saturday from his home, the department announced Wednesday.
Las Vegas-based Meadows Bank on Wednesday announced it posted net income after tax of about $1.6 million in the first quarter of 2015 — 28 percent higher than its earnings during the same period in 2014.
Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper hit three home runs today by the fifth inning against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park.
Oscar De La Hoya’s company, Golden Boy Promotions, filed a $300 million suit against Al Haymon, claiming Haymon violated antitrust laws as well as being in violation of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.
Zappos’ new manager-free policy has resulted in 210 out of 1,503 employees — nearly 14 percent — accepting a buyout deal from the Las Vegas-based online shoe and apparel retailer.
Flamingo Road road near the Strip is fully reopened after a water main break shut down several lanes for two days.
Cristen Jacobsen of Summerlin is a mother of four, but she may well be a mother to 270. That’s how many orphaned girls live at the St. Elizabeth Girl’s Academy of Uganda, East Africa, an orphanage and school that rescues street children up to 21 years old. Jacobsen helps support the school through her nonprofit Hope for Hearts, which she co-founded in 2007.
GREEN VALLEY GROCERY PROMOTION TO BENEFIT PHILHARMONIC
Three-day weekend at speedway brings everyone from old-school faves to the Strip’s top nightclub headliners.
The Mountain West will be aligned next season with the new bowl in Tucscon, Ariz. The league also has been in talks with putting a bowl in Melbourne, Australia.
CARSON CITY – The first collective bargaining reform bill of the 2015 legislative session was headed to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s desk on Wednesday after getting a unanimous vote in the Assembly.
A Michigan boy who was found emaciated in his own basement after an 11-day manhunt last year told a court on Wednesday that his stepmother led him to a downstairs hiding spot and urged him to remain quiet while authorities searched for him.
Brooklyn-based singer and rapper Theophilus London will replace the alt-rockers, who had to cancel due to a death in singer Jack Antonoff’s family. Here’s a look at the revised schedule:
In recent years, YouTube has become more than a way to gain five minutes of fame. It’s an outlet and support system for anyone going through a struggle, especially mothers.
A prom picture out of Colorado is causing a stir. The photo features eight high school students posed with assault rifles and a Confederate flag.
CARSON CITY — A joint money subcommittee Wednesday recommended shutting down Nevada’s Foreclosure Mediation Program, citing a recovering housing market and fewer participants than at the height of the recession when the program was established.
Attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will call more witnesses on Wednesday as they seek to spare his life by painting him as a normal teen who went astray when he followed his older, domineering brother in carrying out the attack.
Rep. Cresent Hardy predicted an immigration reform bill will pass Congress, but he was short on specifics as to what that bill might look like during an appearance before the group Hispanics in Politics on Wednesday.