Follow the link for the schedule and results (when available) for the softball region tournaments in Southern Nevada.
Coronado sophomore Charleen Jordan won the 100 hurdles and the 300 hurdles, ran anchor on the winning 1,600-meter relay team and placed third in the 100 to cap one of Saturday’s best performances in the Division I Sunrise Region track and field meet.
Hackberry Canyon in the southwestern section of the 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument remains so enchantingly unspoiled it’s easy to forget you’re in the 21st century. And that’s the point of going there. While the hike is quite remote, the reward is a stunning narrow canyon, carved by a perennial stream, flanked by lush vegetation. If you go right now, there are also wildflowers.
Green Valley sophomore Abby Richter broke state records in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 backstroke Saturday to spark the Gators to the girls team title at the Sunrise Region swimming meet at UNLV’s Buchanan Natatorium.
Officers and medical units were called about 3:45 p.m. to the 1500 block of East Katie Avenue where a man was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant hit the first home run of his career, a three-run shot to left field Saturday night against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.
Jordan Sadovia came through with a 10-pitch at-bat, singling home a run to tie the game 4-4, and the Gaels went on to defeat Arbor View 7-4 on Saturday for the Sunset Region baseball title. Gorman had beaten Arbor View 9-1 to force a second game in the double-elimination tournament.
Mother’s Day is a special time of togetherness for Laura Lee DeFelix and her daughter, Ann Marie Brokl. They cherish this time, because each of them faced multiple bouts with cancer and survived.
Foothill, which managed just five runs on 13 hits in three regular-season games against Rancho this season, exploded for 33 hits in two games and stunned the Rams 12-2 and 12-10 to win the Sunrise Region softball title and advance to the Division I state tournament.
Letter carriers around the Las Vegas Valley did double-duty on Saturday. While delivering and picking up mail, they also retrieved bags of food as part of the Stamp Out Hunger program.
The Las Vegas skies may look threatening, but the National Weather Service doesn’t expect much rain at Rock in Rio.
Senior Dana Finkelstein won medalist honors Saturday at the NCAA St. George Regional in St. George, Utah, leading the UNLV women’s golf team to a fourth-place finish and a berth in the NCAA Championship. The Rebels advanced to the NCAAs for the fourth time.
Taylor Tempel went 4-for-5 with two doubles and scored three runs Saturday to lead Fresno State to an 8-3 win over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game at Wilson Stadium.
Las Vegas police Saturday evening asked for the public’s helping finding a missing woman who may be in danger.
If you aren’t into one of the bands at Rock in Rio, just wander back to the Disneyland-meets-New York-New York streets and you’ll find plenty of distractions.
Softer alt-pop acts dominate opening day or new festival’s “Rock Weekend”
The Beagle Freedom Project on Saturday celebrated the one-year anniversary of nine dogs being adopted in Nevada after living in a laboratory their whole lives.
At least one person died during Saturday’s storm that brought a tornado to Cisco, Texas, fire Chief Walter Fairbanks tells CNN. One person was critically injured.
The owner of a Colorado barbecue restaurant who drew criticism for offering a “White Appreciation Day” discount says his idea is to celebrate Americans of all races, not just one.
On Earth Day last month, just as a hearing was getting underway on an application by the data-storage company Switch to leave Nevada Power, the utility’s parent company came out with a little-noticed press release.
This is one of the most intense videos you’ve ever seen.
Traffic on northbound Interstate 15 is flowing again after a Saturday afternoon crash shut down some lanes near the Charleston Boulevard exit.
Mariah Carey got her some Tyson Beckford and Chippendales love Thursday night. She stepped on the Rio stage and was treated to a chair dance.
Henderson scholar Gary Solomon pictures an urban world with management company-supplied drones zipping through neighborhood skies automatically leveling fines and fees.
For the past five months, Heidi Heath has been serving up her grandmother’s cheesecake recipes alongside her mother, Kathy Bastian, at Gotta Love Cheesecake.
There used to be a bonus animatronic free show in one corridor of the Forum Shops in Caesars Palace.
No Doubt, Gary Clark Jr. and Taylor Momsen were among the standouts of a busy first day.
Through interviews with school district leaders, Nevada education officials and child welfare advocates, the Review-Journal discovered state laws and local policies that provide loopholes educators can use to evade detection and discipline in cases of suspected sex abuse.
An 85-year-old nun and two Army veterans sent to prison after breaking into a U.S. defense site for storing enriched uranium for nuclear bombs did not commit sabotage and should be re-sentenced, an appeals court has ruled.