A national assessment shows Nevada students continue to trail their peers on math and reading tests, though a report released earlier this week suggests the Silver State has made more progress than any other state when considering its high numbers of poor and minority students.
Cali Thompson had 39 assists, six aces, two kills and seven digs, and Carolyn Andrulis added 11 kills and nine digs Tuesday to help Coronado’s girls volleyball team win the Southeast League title with a 25-13, 25-13, 25-14 win over visiting Foothill.
Long before Lenny Dykstra was imprisoned for grand theft auto, among other charges, the former hard-charging player for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies apparently already had a criminal mind.
The Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the New York Mets 5-4 in 14 innings and draw first blood in the marathon opener of the best-of-seven World Series on Tuesday.
Construction on the Supreme Court and appellate courts of Nevada started Tuesday with a ceremonial groundbreaking in downtown Las Vegas.
The Golden State Warriors raised their 2014-15 NBA championship banner on Tuesday night at Oracle Arena before their season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Police in West Haven, Conn. said they arrested a 19-year-old man for carrying a fake AR-15 gun near a school.
College coaches already knew Devion Clayton was a talented cornerback prospect.
This season, the senior at Silverado is showing recruiters he can also can play on the other side of the ball.
“Rush Hour” producer Arthur Sarkissian is hoping to finish what casino mogul Kirk Kerkorian started: the big-screen story of Las Vegas lawman Ralph Lamb.
Another massive rainstorm in the Mojave Desert, another flood in Death Valley, another absurdly long timetable for repairs to damage that affects regional tourism.
In the U.S., we’re spoiled in many obvious ways — Disneyland, Netflix, and free refills to name a few — and we’re also spoiled in a less obvious and often overlooked way: free carry-on luggage with unlimited weight.
David Ginsburg scored two goals Tuesday to help Western’s boys soccer team complete a perfect Sunset League season with a 4-0 win at Faith Lutheran.
Megan Donnelly’s first-half goal accounted for all of the scoring, and Faith Lutheran’s girls soccer team moved into a tie for first place in the Sunset League with a 1-0 win at Western on Tuesday.
Henderson police are seeking a man they said robbed a U.S. Bank Tuesday evening, a department spokesman said.
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in a fatal July shooting said to be related to a marijuana deal in a central valley apartment, according to police documents.
A Kansas City, Missouri, nail salon owner has been charged with arson and murder in the deaths of two firefighters killed when a wall collapsed while they were fighting a blaze earlier in October, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
A collision between a North Las Vegas fire truck and a truck that ran a red light Tuesday morning has been blamed on the truck driver’s texting, the fire department said.
A 23-year-old Independence, Missouri man is charged with the brutal death of his mother, and court documents describe the bizarre behavior that officers say he exhibited after his mother’s body was found.
The sign on the outside of the athletic training center adjacent to Bishop Gorman’s football field celebrates the team’s 2014 national football championship.
In seeking the death penalty against Ammar Harris next week, prosecutors are expected to dredge into his criminal past, including the fact that he has been a pimp “most of his adult life.”
It didn’t take long for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to replenish his luxury car collection.
The hair that hits the floor at West Hill Barber Shop these days is grayer than it once was. Customers don’t crowd into the friendly confines of Jerry Stump’s clip joint as they did a generation ago.
The Senate on Tuesday narrowly rejected an amendment that U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said would have strengthened privacy protections to a cybersecurity bill that was later approved by the upper chamber.
A longtime city employee will oversee Henderson’s parks, street maintenance and city facilities.
Nevada’s 150th anniversary came to a ceremonial close Tuesday in Carson City with the dedication of a tree on the Capitol grounds and the awarding of memorabilia from a yearlong series of events to state museums.
When a bankrupt operating unit of Caesars Entertainment went on the market earlier this month, the package consisted of 38 casinos, including Caesars Palace on the Strip. But those watching the sale have focused more on what isn’t being offered.
Authorities have received the results of toxicology tests performed on Lamar Odom earlier this month after the basketball star was found unconscious in a rural Nevada brothel.
The sign on the outside of the athletic training center adjacent to Bishop Gorman’s football field celebrates the team’s 2014 national football championship.
A man was shot dead Monday night in an apartment complex near the intersection of Lake Mead Boulevard and Torrey Pines Road, according to Las Vegas police.
The identity of a married businessman videotaped having sex with a stripper at a rendezvous outside the country might never be made public in court documents.