May the 4th be with you: 29 Star Wars Day sales, deals and freebies

Star Wars Day activities range from simple social media tweets and office humor to costume events and themed parties. However you plan to celebrate, here are some spectacular deals on Star Wars merchandise, movies, games and more.

Some sunny days, then more rain in Las Vegas

Don’t get too comfortable with the sunny skies and warm temperatures early this week, because another storm is expected to bring cooler temperatures and rain this weekend.

Arrests made in Lee’s Discount Liquor deadly shooting

On what would have been the 25th birthday of the southwest valley Lee’s Discount Liquor cashier who was gunned down during an armed robbery two weeks ago, two men were arrested Tuesday night in connection with his fatal shooting.

BASEBALL: Gorman rallies twice to stun Shadow Ridge

Braxton Wehrle’s two-out single to center field in the bottom of the eighth inning plated Bryce Ruggeroli with the winning run as Bishop Gorman’s baseball team rallied in both the seventh and eighth innings to edge visiting Shadow Ridge 7-6 on Tuesday.

More than half of Allegiant pilots dissatisfied, looking for other jobs, survey says

A survey commissioned by the Teamsters union says more than half of Allegiant Air’s pilots are looking for jobs at other companies because of dissatisfaction with the airline, raising the question of how the Las Vegas-based company can cope as qualified pilots become harder to find.

 
US serviceman killed by Islamic State fighters in Iraq identified

The Navy SEAL killed in Iraq on Tuesday was identified as Charlie Keating IV, a former Phoenix high school star distance runner and the grandson of the late Arizona financier involved in the 1980s savings and loan scandal.

McKay, Fritz help Coronado golfers win Southeast match

Grant McKay and Dylan Fritz each shot an even-par 72 at Anthem on Tuesday to share medalist honors and help Coronado’s boys golf team to victory in a Southeast League match.

Pete Rose says he won’t give up Vegas for baseball

Pete Rose said in an appearance in Las Vegas Saturday that he does not understand how Major League Baseball wants him to “reconfigure” his life.

Nevada first: DRI seeds clouds using unmanned aircraft

For the first time in aviation history, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has successfully tested a cloud-seeding payload during an experimental flight in Nevada.

Las Vegas restaurants with Cinco de Mayo specials

Numerous Las Vegas-area restaurants and bars are offering food and drink specials for the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo, which is Thursday.

MMA Rankings: Calm before a potential storm in the heavyweight division

The next few weeks will see a whole lot of the top fighters in the world competing and potentially some big changes near the top of several weight classes. That’s not the case in this installment of the CoveringTheCage.com rankings.

Construction starts soon for UNLV housing project

Construction will begin soon for a dormitory-style housing project near UNLV’s north side, driving the school’s yearslong push to lure more students to live near campus.

Tourism workers praised at rally on Strip

Southern Nevada’s peaking tourism industry took time to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week on Tuesday with a rally at one of the city’s newest visitor magnets.

NOTES: Desert Pines linebacker Fields tackles recruiting with gusto

Tony Fields, a 6-foot-2-inch, 205-pound linebacker, has been one of the area’s most heavily recruited players this spring. He has 19 scholarship offers — Northwestern was the most recent on April 30 — and his family has racked up plenty of hotel points over the past month and a half making unofficial visits on the weekends.

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