While those in the scientific field know that technology has changed forensic science, laymen may not realize just how far advances have come.
Some musicals don’t deserve their musical scores. The latest case in point: “The Bridges of Madison County,” which continues at The Smith Center through Sunday.
Instagram star Dan Bilzerian has a $1.2 million prop bet on the line: Can he ride a bicycle from L.A. to Las Vegas in 48 hours?
We again have foolishly mixed athletic gifts with moral compass, shocked those we admire most for their physical skills in sports aren’t also shining examples of virtue and acceptance.
Brooke Johnson described the UNLV women’s basketball team’s loss to UNR last week like taking a dagger to the heart. Johnson got the Lady Rebels back on track Wednesday by throwing her own daggers at Boise State.
When Holly Miller walked up to her son Tyler Louis White’s vigil Wednesday night, his friends and family happily laughed when they saw what she was wearing: A jersey from his childhood football team that read “TYLER’S MOM.” And she cried.
Nine shows, no repeats. And no “Hamilton.” Instead, The Smith Center’s 2016-17 Broadway Las Vegas season spotlights the reigning Tony-winner for best musical, “Fun Home”
A board composed partially of representatives from local trauma centers recommended not designating any of three new applicants as a Level 3 trauma center during a meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Coronado (21-4) won its first Sunrise Region title last week and will play in the state tournament for the first time when they meet Northern Region champ Carson (24-4) in the Division I semifinals at 8 p.m. Thursday at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.
With the bulk of the attention paid to nationally ranked Centennial and Bishop Gorman, Liberty stealthly rolled to another strong season and earned a spot in the Division I state semifinals. The Patriots will face Bishop Manogue (21-1) at 6:20 p.m. Thursday at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center. Centennial (29-1) meets Reno (27-3) in the other semifinal at 3. The winners play for the state title at 6:10 p.m. Friday.
Before I can graduate, there’s some basketball to discuss. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association boys and girls state tournaments are in Reno this week, and I took a break from writing my book about the 2015 football season (“The Year of the Butt Punt”) to make the trip north and check out all the action.
Striper fishing has been good in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead. Fishermen have been catching fish using crankbaits in shad patterns and jigs.
A male is hospitalized in unknown condition after he was shot near Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center, police said Wednesday night.
Coronado won its first Sunrise Region title last week and will play in the state tournament for the first time when they meet Northern Region champ Carson in the Division I semifinals at 8 p.m. Thursday at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.
With the bulk of the attention paid to nationally ranked Centennial and Bishop Gorman, Liberty stealthly rolled to another strong season and earned a spot in the Division I state semifinals.
Adelson School’s boys basketball team will make just its second appearance in the Division IV state tournament this week. And the Lions will try to win their first state crown without compromising the observance of their school’s faith.
The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners had a backlog of 525 complaints at the start of 2015. An additional 1,078 complaints were filed last year — about three per day. By the end of the year, 570 complaints were pending.
A mile-long, $2 million road project designed to make Charleston Boulevard safer for pedestrians will begin in late summer and last five months.
A 23-year-old man who was found dead in a car Tuesday afternoon near Desert Inn Road and Interstate 15 was identified Wednesday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Adelson School’s boys basketball team will make just its second appearance in the Division IV state tournament this week.
And the Lions will try to win their first state crown without compromising the observance of their school’s faith.
The city of Henderson wants to be more “age-friendly,” and wants ideas from its residents on how to do so.
An explosion of reported early syphilis cases in Clark County since 2012 has been deemed an outbreak by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has agreed to be vetted by the White House to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, his office confirmed Wednesday.
A Bureau of Reclamation official targeted in an FBI-led corruption investigation sat on the boards of two public companies tied to an accounting firm agents raided last week.
The decade-old tip pooling program at Wynn Resorts’ Las Vegas properties is still alive despite an adverse ruling this week by a federal appellate court.
Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “bad for America,” and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans.
Spend some time with military veterans, and you’ll hear a common theme: frustration and despair at the difficulty of dealing with the bureaucracy of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
On Saturday, my husband and I went to our assigned Democratic caucus site at Del Webb Middle School, arriving a few minutes before 11 a.m. The courtyard was crowded with people standing in a line that was already snaking around two U-turns
Two people are hospitalized after being struck by a truck Wednesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
The America Donald Trump needs to win the GOP presidential nomination looks a lot like Nevada. Trump, the front-runner in the Republican race, captured the Nevada caucuses Tuesday by winning nearly everywhere.
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