With Hurricane Katrina bearing down on New Orleans, Phil Todora loaded up his aging car and headed to Las Vegas with his 17-year-old daughter, an aspiring rhythm and blues singer. That was 10 years ago this week.
A buzz surrounded Southern California football even before coach Steve Sarkisian slammed too many drinks and embarrassed himself in public. He slurred words, shouted profanities and generally played the part of a college kid at a frat party.
The unmanned aerial system test facility in New York is working on sense-and-avoid technology that could help commercial airliners detect and avoid drones that invade their airspace.
Taylor Swift may have won the most Moonmans on Sunday but it was her reunion with rapper Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards stage that stole the show, as West declared he will run for the U.S. presidency in 2020.
When U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials arrived at the dedication site of the Gold Butte Backcountry Byway in June 1989, they were met by a line of peaceful protesters from the Moapa Band of Paiutes. The Paiutes were deeply concerned about the road. An official byway meant increased access, more motorized vehicles and the potential for disrespect and destruction of sites that are part of the Moapa Paiutes’ cultural heritage.
Reading state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer’s statement about the Education Savings Accounts lawsuit left me amazed (“ACLU sues to block education accounts,” Friday Review-Journal). Nevada’s assistant Senate majority leader said “the ACLU wants to go back to a system of hard zoning, forcing poor and minority students into chronically failing schools and furthering cycles of generational poverty.”
The Federal Election Commission, founded by Congress in 1975, is an independent regulatory agency entrusted with a very narrow mission: to enforce campaign finance laws. No more than three of the six commissioners can be members of the same party, and at least four votes — a bipartisan majority — are required for any official commission action.
Brett Nicholas’ two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning sent the Round Rock Express to a 5-3 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Sunday in Round Rock, Texas.
Landon Orndoff catches air as he competes in the advanced BMX competition during the Craig Ranch Action Sports Competition at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas on Saturday. The official high temperature for Las Vegas was 107 degrees.
A man shot and killed by a Metro officer in a North Las Vegas foot chase on Saturday morning was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Jake Arrieta pitched a no-hitter Sunday night, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
Japan’s undefeated Tokyo squad came back from a 10-2, first-inning deficit to beat home-state Lewisberry, Pa., 18-11, on Sunday in front of more than 42,000 fans in Williamsport, Pa., in the Little League World Series championship game.
Wayne Dyer, the prolific self-help guru and motivational speaker, has died, Dyer’s family has announced on Facebook. Dyer, who announced in 2009 he had been diagnosed with lymphocytic leukemia, was 75.
Prolific horror filmmaker Wes Craven, who directed the slasher classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” died on Sunday afternoon, his family said in a statement. He was 76.
Junior Team Tennis to start Sept. 19
Mothership Coffee Roasters wants to transport your taste buds to another dimension of flavor.
Every day, there are countless abandoned, abused and neglected animals, and though more animal sanctuaries have been popping up to care for these creatures, a greater setback exists.
Animal rescues are usually set up as nonprofits, but helping animals be rehomed comes at a cost, so they have to be run like businesses. A case in point is the Doberman Rescue of Nevada, founded in December 2009.
There’s more to Tina’s Gourmet Sausage House than sausage.
Dogs are conceivably the most beloved animals across the nation. Despite this, every year, there are millions of homeless dogs euthanized in the United States.
The nonprofit V Animal Sanctuary recently moved to Pahrump following various zoning problems, code violations and issues with its lease at 2081 E. Eldorado Lane, in unincorporated Clark County.
Throughout his life, Sun City Summerlin resident Jim Brush has picked up pieces of a time long past. Now, he can take a trip down Memory Lane whenever he wants.
UNLV State of the University address planned
Larry Rubin, a retired podiatrist, is asking people to bare their “soles”: He and his wife, Arlene, are the founders of the Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Alliance.
One might say that Christine Watts found her calling in dispatch.
It is the second and final time that northwest Las Vegas resident and former Boulder City Police sergeant Dan Jennings has retired, but after 20 years in law enforcement, he refuses to sit still.
Alright, parents: Listen up. You may be thinking of introducing your son or daughter to the game of golf, but how to do it?
Pick up your toys! How boring is that? It’s much more exciting to get things out than it is to put them away, right?
Las Vegas writer Rob Key’s “Speak ‘Face’ Book” is billed as a fun and intriguing way to spice up your Facebook posts.
US Poet Laureate to visit Nevada State College