Here’s how you can watch Astros-Royals Game 1

The Major League Baseball American League Division Series between the Houston Astros and the Kansas City Royals kicks off today with the Astros visiting Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to tune in.

Preventative surgery: Is it for you?

At 17 she found the first lump in her breast and had it removed.

Book festival to feature ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ true crime panel

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of books have been greatly exaggerated. If anything, the advent of eReaders, such as the Kindle, have created more reading, and traditional books — disparagingly called “dead tree books” — don’t seem to be going away any time soon.

Judge postpones trial in Tammy Meyers slaying

A judge on Thursday postponed trial for two men accused in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old mother Tammy Meyers.

Detective shot Oregon shooter, ‘saved lives,’ DA says

One detective served in the Marine Corps; the other is an Air Force veteran. They were among the first four officers to approach the building at the Oregon community college where shooter Chris Harper-Mercer took nine lives last week in the nation’s latest mass shooting.

Galaxy Pilates offers antigravity experience

It’s not just Cirque du Soleil performers who get to hang in the air and do striking poses. With the opening of Galaxy Pilates, 1970 Village Center Circle, Suite 5, regular people can do it, too.

Thursday Night Football: Colts at Texans preview

Matt Hasselbeck will start at quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday at Houston, ESPN reported.

Reducing waste seen as key to ending hunger

In Southern Nevada, as across the country, people are going hungry every day. Dan Williams, of Three Square food bank, said the national “meal gap” is 8.6 billion meals a year.

 
Here’s how Republicans will select Boehner’s replacement

House Republicans will cast secret ballots on Thursday to elect their party’s nominee to succeed House Speaker John Boehner, who is resigning at the end of the month.

Here’s how you can watch Rangers-Blue Jays Game 1

The MLB postseason continues today with the start of American League Division Series games. First, the Texas Rangers head to Toronto to face the Blue Jays in Game 1. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to catch the game.

 
Indiana frat suspended after suspected sex hazing incident

A fraternity at Indiana University has been suspended due to a hazing incident caught on video in which new male chapter members were encouraged to perform sex acts on women in front of other fraternity members, the school and the national fraternity said on Thursday.

East valley artist’s murals add flavor to new Cupcakery — PHOTOS

Step inside the newest location of Pamela Jenkins’ The Cupcakery at 1150 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 105, and you’ll be greeted by more than just her trademark frosting-crowned confections. Every wall in the place is covered in snarky sweet mural work by east valley artist LeslieAnn Farrell.

POP Club: Partnership promotes Power of Produce to kids

Southern Nevada kids can join the POP (Power of Produce) Club at the fresh52 farmers market to learn about local farming and to participate in tastings and other educational activities as ways to expose them to more fruit and vegetables.

Las Vegas Book Briefs for Oct. 8-14, 2015

Bonnye Matthews plans to sign copies of her Winds of Change Series novels about early Americans at 2 p.m. Oct. 8 at the 567 N. Stephanie St. Barnes & Noble.

View Caption Contest, Oct. 8, 2015

Send caption submissions to aking@viewnews.com by Oct. 24. Limit five submissions per entry. Include your full name and area of the valley. Look for the winning contest entries in the Nov. 5 editions.

 
U.S. Treasury investigating how ISIS has acquired Toyota trucks

The U.S. Treasury is seeking information from Toyota about how ISIS has gotten hold of the automaker’s trucks, which have been shown in the terror group’s propaganda videos.

News from around the Valley, Oct. 8-14, 2015

The Bureau of Land Management has declared the Las Vegas Natural History Museum a federal repository for all archeological and paleontological finds in Southern Nevada.

 
Oregon shooting hero hit by 7 bullets released from hospital

Chris Mintz, the man credited with likely saving lives during the mass shooting at a college in southern Oregon last week, has been released from the hospital after treatment for multiple bullet wounds, the hospital said on Thursday.

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