The Desert Oasis sophomore Dajaah Lightfoot hit 2 of 4 free throws in the closing seconds of overtime, at one point rebounding her own miss with her teammates all 40 feet from the basket, and lifted the Diamondbacks to a 55-54 win at Arbor View in a battle for second place in the Northwest League.
While the winning quarterback went to Disneyland, the loser was tossed in a dumpster. Cam Newton will find out how difficult it is to bounce back from a Super Bowl defeat, especially after he was trashed by critics for immature antics.
Numerous people have worked Jessie Vargas’ corner over the years. And always lurking but never entering the ring with him has been Dewey Cooper. Until now.
We are 85 days from the Kentucky Derby. While it seems the feats of Triple Crown champ American Pharoah just happened a day ago, there is a new, talented crop of 3-year-olds ready to take over.
NASCAR is looking more like the NFL every day. First it added playoffs, and penalties for unnecessary roughness. Now it has announced a franchise system patterned after those in football and the other stick-and-ball sports.
Less than a year after breaking ground for a $6 million Fisher House where families of wounded warriors can stay while their loved ones recover, officials for the foundation and the nonprofit Nevada Military Support Alliance opened the 2-story building at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center campus on Thursday.
Couples argue and end up going their separate ways for many different reasons. But money is one of the most common sources of friction. More than one-third of adults who have relationship stress said finances are the primary cause, more so than annoying habits.
A motorcyclist was critically injured Thursday night after a crash on the southbound U.S. Highway 95-Interstate 15 interchange, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said.
Zaahid Muhammad scored 19 points Thursday to lead Canyon Springs’ boys basketball team to a 60-55 home win over Las Vegas.
Liliana Cadacio completed 14 of 16 passes for 136 yards and four touchdowns Thursday as Cheyenne’s flag football team secured the Division I-A Sunset League title with a 38-15 win over visiting Sierra Vista.
Maureen Macato scored 18 points Thursday, and Rancho’s girls basketball team overcame a slow start to earn a 56-40 victory over host Coronado and clinch third place in the Southeast League.
As he heads into his next fight against Michael Bisping, Anderson Silva wants the fans to know he was not knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs.
The revolution ended not in a hail of bullets but with a cookie and a smoke. The FBI agents who had surrounded an Oregon wildlife refuge responded with “Hallelujah.”
Desert lovers are getting an early valentine on Friday, when President Barack Obama will designate three new national monuments in California, including two on Southern Nevada’s doorstep.
This week’s spring-like temperatures have made for great walking weather, and there are few better places to stroll than the UNLV campus. Fred Albrecht planned it that way.
Flowers and other tributes marked the anniversary of Jerry Tarkanian’s death on Thursday at Tark’s statue next to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled over health care and Wall Street in a debate on Thursday, with Clinton accusing Sanders of misleading Americans on his health care plan and making promises “that cannot be kept.”
A New York City police officer was convicted of manslaughter on Thursday for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a darkened public housing stairwell.
A Nevada lawmaker known more for her controversial comments than political prowess has again thrust herself into the national spotlight.
A six-count criminal complaint was filed Thursday in Las Vegas against Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with federal law enforcement officers.
Springlike weather has arrived in the Las Vegas Valley ahead of schedule, with above-average high temperatures, light winds and clear skies.
Matthew Dobbs rolled a 701 series Thursday to lead Desert Oasis’ boys bowling team to a 7-2 victory over Shadow Ridge in the Sunset Region final at The Orleans.
UFC middleweight Michael Bisping will collide with Anderson Silva in London at UFC Fight Night 84. While it’s a battle Bisping’s had on his radar for some time, he was critical about “The Spider” testing positive for banned substances following UFC 183.
A fire burned through a home in the central Las Vegas Valley on Thursday afternoon, the Clark County Fire Department said.
Rev. J Barry Vaughn, rector of the Christ Church Episcopal, joins other ministers from his church to deliver ashes to anyone on the Strip for Ash Wednesday.
Top individual records in each weight class, as submitted by coaches.
Even though everyone has expected for weeks that Donald Trump would win the New Hampshire Republican primary, the scale of that win should unsettle both his rivals and the pundits.
Last month, a Carson City judge approved a proposed ballot measure for a $13 minimum wage, allowing supporters to begin gathering the necessary signatures to put the measure before voters in November. If approved, Nevada’s minimum wage could rise by 58 percent, gradually moving from $8.25 up to $13 in 2024.
Just in case you had any lingering doubts about the Hillary Clinton campaign’s expectations for the Nevada Democratic presidential caucus Feb. 20, let the campaign’s state director put your mind at ease.
The teen girl who was shot during a home invasion in Summerlin early Wednesday is recovering at University Medical Center, her mother Janeen Hinden, 52, said Thursday afternoon.
