That was not the way UNLV wanted to start Mountain West play.
North Las Vegas police are attempting to make contact with a man who is holed up inside his home and possibly holding a toddler hostage.
A long 3-point try by Jerome Seagears fell short at the buzzer, and one game into the Mountain West season, UNLV already is in a situation of desperation.
Results from post-Christmas boys and girls basketball tournaments.
On three occasions this season, Desert Oasis was either ahead or tied in the fourth quarter and lost.
Clutch free-throw shooting prevented that from happening a fourth time, as the host Diamondbacks defeated Shadow Ridge 82-75 on Wednesday in the championship game of the Tri-State Holiday Invitational.
Veteran Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Carlos Condit appeared at ease as he played to the crowd during Wednesday’s open media workouts on the casino floor at the MGM Grand in advance of his title bout against champion Robbie Lawler on Saturday.
Authorities in the Belgian capital Brussels on Wednesday called off the city’s traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks display, citing fears of a militant attack.
Megan Morton had 20 points Wednesday to help Boulder City’s girls basketball team to a 61-20 win over Elsinore (Calif.) in the Nighthawk Classic at Murietta, Calif.
New Year’s Eve is quickly approaching — but do you have your plans in order? If you want to have your best New Year’s Eve yet, check out these apps that can save you time and money.
Did you wait too long to find a babysitter for New Year’s Eve and will now be ringing in 2016 by sitting at home with your kids? Netflix created a way to help give you some privacy when the clock strikes midnight.
Metro is investigating a body found Wednesday afternoon in Mountain Springs, an unincorporated area of Clark County that sits just south of the Spring Mountain range and in between Las Vegas and Pahrump.
Can’t make it to Times Square on December 31? Worry not; chances are there’s a folksier New Year’s Eve celebration closer to your home.
Samantha Thomas, a junior who transferred from Marian High in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., with her sister Bailey prior to this season, scored 31 points as host Centennial routed Reno, 91-56 in the title game of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
Former PRIDE Fighting Championships heavyweight champ Fedor Emelianenko returns to the cage for the first time since June 2012 when he takes on Jaideep Singh in the main event of the Rizin Fighting Federation card in Saitama, Japan.
Manny Pacquiao has finally made up his mind, and he didn’t go with a fresh face.
As a general rule, foul weather is a blessing for duck hunters. Winds and cloud cover associated with weather fronts help to increase daytime bird activity and reduce glare from shotgun barrels and hunters’ faces, which can then translate into increased opportunity and success for waterfowl hunters.
Government Wash has some great fishing to catch bait before catching striped bass and catfish.
A 72-year-old inmate serving time for sexual assault against a minor has died, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Wednesday.
The Nevada Supreme Court hit the restart button for attorney Noel Gage, one of three men convicted after an investigation into doctors and lawyers in cahoots to drive up medical costs in personal injury cases.
Katie Ryan answered her phone from home the night Lakeisha Holloway decided to plow her Oldsmobile into people strolling the Las Vegas Strip, killing one and injuring 35.
The threat of terrorism has not significantly changed the visitor experience in Las Vegas, not since 9/11 and not since this year’s unnerving attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.
Regarding the ruling in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, Reuters reported the following: “A grand jury cleared two Cleveland police officers on Monday in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was brandishing a toy gun in a park.” The prosecutor said there was a lack of evidence indicating criminal activity.
You win some, you lose some. That’s a constant in Las Vegas — and it holds just as true in the arts as it does in the casino.
The FBI is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the person or people responsible for wrapping bacon around a central Las Vegas mosque’s front door handles Sunday morning.
When fireworks boom from atop seven hotels to ring in the new year on Las Vegas Boulevard, it is expected to be colder than in New York City when the giant ball drops.
While Disney has to be pleased with the way its $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm is turning out, thanks to the galactic success of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the man who created the “Star Wars” universe doesn’t feel the same way.
An undisclosed settlement was reached Wednesday in a civil case involving a patient who was sexually assaulted in 2008 at Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center.