A cement truck crashed into a wall on U.S. Highway 95 early Saturday morning, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
For the fifth straight game, the 51s scored six or more runs. And for the fifth straight game, they went home with a win. Las Vegas beat Tacoma 7-4 to secure a series victory and move its record to 11-10.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a 4-1 favorite in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Geico 500 on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Only one other driver, Jimmie Johnson at 15-2, has single-digit odds.
“If the NFL says, ‘If you want to move to Las Vegas, Raiders, you can,’ then we’ve got to spring into action and we’ve got to come up with a program,” casino owner Steve Wynn said Friday. “I just thought it would be a great thing for the town, don’t you agree?” he added.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama.
UNLV has its big man, and Cheickna Dembele’s high school coach said the Rebels are getting a good one. He was being recruited by Michigan State and Syracuse and had a trip planned to Missouri.
I received a Twitter message from Ed Odeven, who covers pro basketball overseas for the Japan Times. He thought UNLV fans might want to know that Wendell White has been named MVP of the bj-league over there for the second time.
Miles Killebrew, a Foothill High School product and hard-hitting former Southern Utah safety, was selected in the fourth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday with the No. 111 overall pick by the Detroit Lions.
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. hinted at a possible return to the ring Saturday during the Showtime telecast of the Badou Jack-Lucian Bute title fight in Washington, D.C.
A wave of violent crime has rocked the valley this year, and April was especially deadly. Las Vegas police say the perpetrators seem to be getting younger and using more guns.
While many of the homicides that occurred in April throughout the Las Vegas Valley were clustered toward the northeast, the killings affected communities from Henderson to North Las Vegas.
Liz Alvarez, a 30-year-old nurse and an MMA fighter, is undergoing her second year of assessments.
Paul Harasim debuts as the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s new Metro columnist.
Aydin Sachs won two individual events Saturday to help Arbor View’s boys swimming team to a 197-102 win over Faith Lutheran at Pavilion.
Madelaine Lauger, Stephanie Platt and Allison Warnick each won one individual event and finished second in another Saturday to guide Palo Verde’s girls swimming team to a 201-92 victory over Centennial at Pavilion.
By 10 a.m. Saturday, the valley had seen .29 inches of rain and 1.62 inches for the month. The overall rainfall record for the month is 2.44 inches; the average rainfall for April is .15 inches.
Forty diverse picnic baskets dotted a plot of turf Saturday evening inside Pavilion 2 at the World Market Center.
Henderson police hear embellished explanations from motorists as to why they broke the law and were using their cellphones while driving.
A man is in the hospital after a shooting Saturday afternoon in North Las Vegas.
Shane Timmons and Josh Nashed hit consecutive two-out RBI singles in the seventh inning to lift San Jose State to a 5-3 win over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday in San Jose, California.
Police investigation indicates man was shot and later dumped on the road.
Rain forced the postponements of baseball and softball games scheduled to be played Saturday in Southern Nevada.
Las Vegas isn’t going to be mistaken for coastal California or the rolling hills of Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia, where the Masters is played. But when it comes to the high-end golf experience, Southern Nevada can hold its own.
Kenya’s president set fire Saturday to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a dramatic statement by this East African country against the trade in ivory and products from endangered species.
A building that collapsed amid heavy rains in Nairobi, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 134, did not have an occupancy permit, officials said Saturday as they ordered its owner to turn himself in.
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