Jared Temple, who celebrated his 18th birthday Saturday, was one of seven Gators to win an individual region title as host Green Valley rolled to its sixth straight Sunrise Region championship.
Valentine’s Day arrived three days early at Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah. Student Hayden Godfrey passed out nearly 900 carnations to girls at his school, “and it was totally worth it,” he said.
As expected, Arbor View captured the Division I Sunset Region wrestling tournament, outdistancing 2015 champion Shadow Ridge, 179-165.
Dai’jon Payno, who entered the tournament with a 17-0 record, captured his first region title with a 7-6 decision over Faith Lutheran’s Cameron Cox at 195 pounds and helped Mojave win its first region title since 2008.
President Barack Obama has a number of likely options as he looks for a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday.
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died, setting up a major political showdown between President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Senate over who will replace him just months before a presidential election.
Pope Francis called on Mexico’s government on Saturday to fight endemic corruption and drug trafficking and he then prayed with thousands before the icon that unites the country — the Virgin of Guadalupe.
The House last week approved a bill to give restaurants more flexibility on posting calorie information and protect them from frivolous lawsuits and even criminal charges for adding an extra pickle or two.
The Mustangs were 12-0 in the Division III Southern League, and all four of its remaining games were at home. But The Meadows dropped two consecutive games to make things interesting before finally closing out the title with a 66-51 home win over Mountain View on Saturday.
Charles Holiday scored 28 points to help Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team to a 73-42 home win over White Pine on Saturday.
Marcella Peek had 25 points, 21 rebounds and 10 blocked shots to lead The Meadows girls basketball team to a 50-44 win over visiting Mountain View on Saturday.
Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush clashed angrily over the Iraq war, the Bush family and Trump’s business dealings at an acrimonious debate that underscored the importance of South Carolina’s primary in a week.
In a recent interview, Luke Rockhold talked about protecting himself from taking unnecessary strikes to the head, taking the belt from Chris Weidman at UFC 194 and what he intends to do to him in their upcoming rematch.
A second electric car company is planning to build a manufacturing plant in Southern Nevada, and it’s further along in development than Faraday Future — it has two car models it is showing off in Las Vegas this week.
The three-day Presidents Day weekend kicked off with continued warm temperatures and sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service.
Zyon Butler and Jermained Leavy each recorded pins in less than a minute in championship matches to help Spring Mountain’s wrestling team win the Division III Southern League title in West Wendover on Saturday.
A group of volunteers gathered Saturday morning outside the entrance of Gilcrease Orchard, ready to get to work building habitats designed to make life a little easier and safer for burrowing owls that gravitate to the area outside the North Tenaya Way farm.
A dangerous cold snap bringing life-threatening cold was settling in across the northeastern United States on Saturday and a snow squall triggered a pileup of dozens of vehicles on a Pennsylvania highway that left several people dead.
Meleane Ngaue threw four touchdown passes — three to her sister Ilaisanna — to lead Desert Pines’ flag football team to a 26-12 win over Moapa Valley in a Sunrise League play-in game at Spring Valley on Saturday.
A man was shot Saturday morning when two people apparently broke into a Henderson home, police said.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hopscotched to different stops throughout Southern Nevada on Saturday, visiting a Strip casino, rallying supporters at a Henderson union hall and dropping by several businesses.
It’s been almost 20 years since Bruce Buffer first graced the Octagon as the UFC’s announcer. He discusses his tenure as the voice of the Octagon and why he feels lucky to be where he is.
The sport of MMA is a young one that is constantly evolving. “Big” John McCarthy, a referee of the sport since UFC 2 who helped to create the unified rules of mixed martial arts, talks about some rules that could be amended.
Kevin “The Monster” Randleman, 44, passed away on Thursday. Last week, he attended the World MMA Awards and shared a special moment with UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler.
President Barack Obama’s proposal to levy a $10-a-barrel tax on oil reminds me of an eternal truth that applies to almost all working humans: Once you know you are on short time, about to be transferred or discharged, a certain puckish insouciance seeps into the performance of your daily duties.
The New Hampshire primary results have solidified the reigning cliche that the 2016 presidential campaign is an anti-establishment revolt of both the left and the right. Largely overlooked, however, is the role played in setting the national mood by the seven-year legacy of the Obama presidency.
The true cynic is the person who has given up hope that things can change, embracing and eventually even defending the status quo.
It was so nice of Nevada Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson to remind us of how much he and the Republican-run Legislature were looking out for the interests of children when they pushed through their “groundbreaking” education reform bill (“School choice,” Feb. 3 Review-Journal letters).
It’s no easy task for a public school to achieve success serving high numbers of low-income children. But two Clark County School District campuses have shown that it is indeed possible.
Nevada’s system of gaming industry regulation is known as “the gold standard.” Today, there’s a stain on the integrity of that system, one that calls into question the image of the industry and the people responsible for overseeing it.
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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