Incoming Findlay Prep player Markus Howard, a 5-foot-11-inch guard, led the state of Arizona in scoring at 32.4 points per game last season as a sophomore. He averaged 15.0 points for the USA basketball U16 team that beat Canada in the FIBA Americas Championship to win a gold medal in Argentina.
Shawn Porter and Adrien Broner will meet in the main event tonight at the MGM Grand Garden in a Premier Boxing Champions card on NBC. The 12-round bout will be fought at a catch-weight of 144 pounds.
The desalination conversation is getting downright salty. Whatever drives your interest in a water future that includes desalination, there’s no shortage of opinions on the subject.
A Canadian arrested in Beatty on Friday and accused of stealing three vehicles told detectives that he left luggage at McCarran International Airport with “contents that would harm a lot of people there,” the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said.
The jury in the New Orleans suburb of Gretna deliberated for less than three hours to reach its verdict, after the man told the court he did not commit the crime.
The city of Henderson frequently gets it wrong, especially when it comes to openness. So it’s worth noting when the city gets it right.
Casa Paradiso is a beautiful Spanish-style ranch home in Spring Valley near the 215 Beltway and Jones Boulevard. If you’ve ever seen the Old Mission in Santa Barbara, Calif., you would recognize its influence. From the roof tiles to the landscape choices, it’s not hard to imagine you’re at “America’s Riviera” instead of in Las Vegas.
For some sports enthusiasts, however, setting aside enough space for your favorite games isn’t an issue, it’s a priority. A 18,000-square-foot home in Spring Valley, which is listed for $25 million, features a separate 14,192-square-foot recreation building and adjacent baseball diamond with a regulation-sized infield.
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, former UNLV and NFL quarterback Glenn Carano, golf pro Joe Kelly and rodeo coach Ric Griffith were inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on Friday at Orleans Arena.
Honda Motor Co’s U.S. unit said on Friday it has linked the September 2014 death of a woman in Los Angeles, California, to the rupture of a Takata airbag inflator, bringing to eight the number of fatalities related to defective Takata airbags.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit two three-run homers and Johnny Monell added another to power the 51s to an 11-5 win over the Fresno Grizzlies in a Pacific Coast League game Friday in Fresno, Calif. Nieuwenhuis also homered Thursday for Las Vegas, which has won eight of its past nine games.
The Stanley Cup and other NHL trophies will be on display at the MGM Grand hotel’s main lobby in Las Vegas in advance of the NHL Awards, which will take place at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden.
If you’re a parent, you are probably eager to find ways to teach your children how to be wise with money without feeling like you are nagging or lecturing them. Spoiling your children or not teaching them money management can wreak havoc down the road. Here are 30 strategies for raising children who will grow up with a realistic and healthy perspective on money.
A Las Vegas native who traveled the world as an Associated Press journalist and who covered politics for the Review-Journal since 2010, Myers died Friday following a long battle with cancer.
The response from parents to my previous two columns on Nevada’s groundbreaking Education Savings Accounts was overwhelming: Tell me more!
Talk about getting something for nothing. Former New York Mets star Keith Hernandez told NJ.com he still receives royalties for a few “Seinfeld” episodes he appeared in in the 1990s.
After hours-long bus delays left thousands stranded following Southern Nevada’s first RiSE Lantern Festival, event organizers plan to light up the night sky in a new location — and out of the watchful eye of a federal agency.
You might find information like “athletic and toned” or “a few extra pounds” on an online dating profile, but no site says whether a user is HIV positive or has a history of gonorrhea or chlamydia.
Markus Howard already had a strong admiration for the Findlay Prep basketball program before transferring even appeared to be a possibility.
Faith Lutheran standout Mark Rubalcaba was named the Gatorade Nevada Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year on Friday. He won the long jump and triple jump in leading the Crusaders to the Division I-A state team title.
In the midst of a large backlog of pending immigration cases, the Las Vegas immigration court is getting two new judges, a spokeswoman said Friday.
Miami Beach’s bar scene isn’t all bikini-clad bartenders serving overpriced shots to sunburned spring breakers (though there’s a lot of that). Leave Ocean Drive behind and you’ll find a craft cocktail lounge, a ’90s punk rock bar and a basement dance club complete with a bowling alley and ice rink.
The Golden State Warriors celebrated their first NBA title in 40 years with a parade in the streets of Oakland, Calif., and a rally at the city’s convention center on Friday.
It’s nearly Father’s Day, a reminder of the joys of parenthood, but also the complications. Those sometimes play out in Nevada court systems, and one lawmaker tried to address parenting problems this year in Carson City.
Faith Lutheran standout Mark Rubalcaba was named the Gatorade Nevada Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year on Friday. He won the long jump and triple jump in leading the Crusaders to the Division I-A state team title.
Nature goes through drastic measures to ensure life continues. Here’s an example of one of those measures.
Temperatures over 110 degrees pose dangers for people living, working and having fun in the Las Vegas Valley. But Lakes Mead and Mohave, big draws for boaters, anglers and hikers from California, Arizona and Nevada, pose an even greater risk to life.
Sean’s Park, touted as the first hands-on learning and recreational project of its kind for those with physical and intellectual disabilities, will soon be serving Southern Nevada families. Opportunity Village, a nonprofit organization, began fundraising for the project in 2008 and collected just shy of $4 million.
