Given that I only hang with you only once each week, Good Reader, I’m normally reluctant to continue a dialogue from the previous week. But there are exceptions that feel important to me, and this is one of them.
In less than three months in the majors, Las Vegan Kris Bryant has quickly become one of the game’s most popular players.
Former “Deadliest Catch” producer Joe McMahon was shot and killed early Friday morning in front of his home in Pasadena, Calif. He was 25 years old.
Jake Gyllenhaal is tremendous in the boxing tale “Southpaw.” The movie? Not so much. It’s the best performance I’ve seen in a bad movie since Julianne Moore won an Oscar for “Still Alice.”
Standing beneath an ornate chandelier in the circular, stone-walled foyer of his Canyon Gate dream home, broker Ken Lowman uses a description not common in the Las Vegas real estate scene. In a town filled with Tuscan and French-country references, he mentions a different region of the Old World.
Rich Little, the man of a thousand voices, has lived in many Las Vegas and Southern California neighborhoods including Malibu, The Lakes, Turnberry Place and Queensridge. But the master impressionist declared the Red Rock Country Club to be his favorite, so last September he bought a five-bedroom bungalow on the golf course right across the street from his former residence.
Driving along West Sahara Avenue, many Las Vegans might not have much of a mental picture of what is behind the walls of Canyon Gate Country Club. Ponderosa pines rising above the property’s perimeter and a waterfall-lined grand entrance obviously signal that things are quite nice inside.
Nevada lobbyists spent a record $153,079 to wine, dine and court state lawmakers during the 2015 session, though most of the expenses were for group events sponsored by various organizations, records filed with the Legislative Counsel Bureau show.
Police are investigating whether a man killed by a prostitute in Charleston, W. Va, could also be the prime suspect in four local cold cases.
The U.S. Indian casino market recorded its fifth consecutive annual gaming revenue increase in fiscal year 2014, collecting more than $28.5 billion, according to figures released this week by the Washington, D.C.-based National Indian Gaming Commission.
Silver State Schools Credit Union’s (SSSCU) on Friday reported net income of $4.96 million in the second quarter of 2015 and year-to-date net income of $7.84 million compared with $5.01 million and year-to-date earnings of $7.51 million in 2014.
A Las Vegas judge has scheduled a March trial for an Arizona chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the Palms, but the defendant’s lawyer said he plans to seek another dismissal.
Three traffic lanes in front of the Bellagio will be blocked along the southbound Las Vegas Strip for four days next week as show producers build a stage for a performance on the property’s lake in mid-August.
A member of the Brazilian men’s water polo team who won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games is wanted on a warrant for sexual assault, Toronto police said on Friday.
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PGA Tour veteran Robert Allenby and his caddie had a heated dispute during the Canadian Open that led a midround firing.
Henderson resident James Kish is a builder.
Premiering at 10 p.m Aug. 2, the locally produced “The Damon Elliott Show” promises a look at Las Vegas’ “hottest dayclubs, restaurants and nightclubs.”
More than a thousand taxi drivers protested in Rio de Janeiro on Friday against ride-sharing company Uber [UBER.UL], blocking roads and stalling traffic during morning rush hour as tensions rise in the city over the mobile app ride service.
Prosecutors said on Friday they are unaware of any building surveillance video that captured the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer at the University of Cincinnati in a weekend traffic stop.
A northern California wildfire continued to rage Friday, threatening homes and torching 6,900 acres in Napa and Sonoma Counties, authorities said.
Name the last time you saw a superstar singer during a Las Vegas show thank a billionaire from the stage for the jewelry around her neck. Maybe never, right? The rare public display of affection happened Wednesday night at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
The female prison worker accused of smuggling tools to two inmates who recently staged a daring escape from an upstate New York facility will be arraigned on criminal charges next week.
Te-te-te, tequila! Today is National Tequila Day. Why is today National Tequila Day? Beats us, the origins of the observance seem to be as murky as a glass of mixto.
In the days leading up to Sandra Bland’s death, she wasn’t eating and was emotional, a former jail mate said.
It’s no secret that the Japanese have a penchant for pushing the oddity meter with their television game shows.
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Ex-smokers may have fewer and less severe hot flashes during menopause than women who continue to smoke, a small study suggests.
On Thursday, pop star Swift tweeted a “my bad” after mistakenly believing that a Minaj tweet was all about her.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a man whose body was found near a central valley cemetery Wednesday morning.
A recycling facility in eastern Las Vegas Valley caught fire Thursday night, according to the Clark County Fire Department.