On the first day of practice in his fifth season as UNLV basketball coach, Dave Rice finally was surrounded by what he envisioned all along.
This time sophomore Kurt Palandech knows he will be the one getting the football. UNLV coach Tony Sanchez named Palandech the Rebels’ starting quarterback for the game against San Jose State at 6 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier spent several minutes praising his opponent Alexander Gustafsson on Saturday night after surviving a back-and-forth slugfest to retain the belt by split decision in the main event of UFC 192 in Houston. It was only a matter of time before the subject turned to suspended former champion Jon Jones.
Attorneys for the city of Los Angeles have agreed to pay $2.85 million to the family of a black grandfather who died in police custody after being shot with an electric stun gun and placed in a choke hold, according to court records.
Minutes after the checkered flag was waved at Saturday night’s Rhino Linings 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, I sidled over to where a NASCAR truck series official was updating championship points. He could have used his fingers instead of calculator.
Here’s the irony. The faster college football has become, the slower it gets.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services reached a $400,000 settlement with the City of San Francisco over Nevada’s busing of indigent mental patients to the city in years past.
Las Vegas businessman Mike Patton grew up playing video games on consoles like the Atari 2600 and 5200 before developing a fascination for home theater systems.
Almost a third of cactuses are at risk of extinction because of threats including illegal trade and a spread of farms in arid areas, making the spiny plants among the most vulnerable species, scientists said on Monday.
A person in a wheelchair was fatally struck by a truck in the central valley Monday night, according to Las Vegas police.
Las Vegas police said a man intentionally struck a woman with a truck before crashing through a wall and into a central valley house Monday night.
A woman who wore traditional Muslim dress to pose as the mother of a 5-year-old girl so she could take the child from a Philadelphia school and sexually assault her was sentenced on Monday to 40 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.
The fundamental goal of drug decriminalization is to put criminals out of business. It’s to bring billions and billions of dollars in black-market, back-room commerce into the sunshine.
Pope Francis told a Roman Catholic meeting on family issues on Monday that the Church should not be a stuffy “museum of memories” but have the courage to change if that was what God wanted.
General Mills Inc is recalling 1.8 million boxes of gluten-free Cheerios cereal because they may contain wheat, which can cause adverse reactions in people with gluten allergies.
The world had been wrecked. An asteroid impact in Mexico compounded by colossal volcanism in India 66 million years ago had killed about three-quarters of Earth’s species including the dinosaurs. But relatively soon afterward, a plucky critter that looked like a beaver was thriving.
One of the most popular reasons to stop at a 7-Eleven is to fuel up when you’re on the go — for cheap. This convenience store chain offers low prices and great deals. But which items at 7-Eleven are guaranteed to be a good buy? What are some of the best ways to save money at 7-Eleven?
Two games into Kam Chancellor’s return, the Seattle Seahawks sure are glad the strong safety is back. Chancellor, whose holdout over a contract dispute led him to miss the season’s first two games, came up with a win-preserving play Monday night.
Caesars Entertainment Corp’s casino business sparred with a group of creditors in a trial on Monday over the exact date that the casino operator went bankrupt, in a battle that could determine whether the company’s restructuring deal can go forward.
Martin O’Malley has political roots with the Service Employees International Union. He returned to them in Las Vegas on Monday.
Manny Jahuey scored his third goal of the match with one minute to play Monday to help Silverado’s boys soccer team earn a 3-3 tie with visiting Cheyenne.
Rain stormed into the valley Monday morning and evening, leading to power outages, crashes and flooded roads.
Vashti Cunningham had 13 kills and three aces Monday to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team to a 25-17, 25-15, 20-25, 25-16 victory over visiting Legacy.
While “hot tub canoodlers” and “business bar boozers” receive their share of withering looks from their fellow hotel guests, no group inspires more wrath than inattentive parents.
Samantha Meyers scored twice Monday to lead Spring Valley’s girls soccer team to a 3-1 win at Clark.
Letters from Virginia Starrett, David Baker and Ed Dornlas
Bonanza’s Rebecca Oertel shot 2-over-par 32 at Eagle Crest on Monday to take medalist honors in a Northwest League match.
A gun safety group urged the White House on Monday to take a series of steps it said would help prevent the kind of mass shooting that killed 10 people at an Oregon community college last week and renewed the debate on gun control.
Amendments to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, sealed on Monday, marked arguably the most significant trade deal in over 25 years for 12 countries involved, including the United States.
Despite the evolution of iPads, smartphones and apps to disseminate the news in one form or another, your local newspapers still hold an integral position in gathering and reporting the news.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people