The knock on the door, strong and quick, jolted Barbara Hicks Collins awake. Someone must be in trouble, she thought. She flung open her front door to the shocking sight of her carengulfed in flames.
One day after Muhammad Ali died at age 74, his grandson Biaggio Ali Walsh on Saturday night was named Male Athlete of the Year at the Review-Journal’s first Best of Nevada Preps banquet at Red Rock Resort.
The NHL’s nine-member executive committee meets this week and is expected to recommend that Las Vegas join the league for the 2017-18 season while deferring Quebec City until 2018-19.
A Joe Gibbs Racing-powered Toyota has won seven of the past eight Sprint Cup races, and after Saturday’s final practices at Pocono Raceway’s tricky triangle, they appear to be in good shape to win Sunday’s Axalta 400.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Axalta 400 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
Cody Garbrandt is hoping that his next UFC bout is against champion Dominick Cruz, which would be another intriguing chapter in the Team Alpha Male versus Cruz saga.
Federal regulators are taking steps to rein in high-cost payday lenders, and state officials are studying ways to do the same.
World Series of Poker officials announced Saturday night that the “Colossus II” No-limit Hold ‘em tournament drew 21,613 entrants to the Rio Convention Center, making it the second-largest live poker tournament in history.
Just one day after the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, UFC fighters remember his legacy and how he influenced their careers.
Big heat and sunshine will continue this weekend. The excessive heat warning is in effect until 8 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
All due respect to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but he’s really not helping his party here.
When it comes to government policies and regulations, Nevada would do well to watch what California does — then do the exact opposite.
Program would allow those who receive parking tickets to avoid fines
GOP activist Tony Dane wanted Assemblyman Chris Edwards to be his 13th swing vote needed to install a conservative speaker in the Republican-controlled Assembly in early 2015, according to public records and a voicemail Dane left for Edwards.
Kevin Casey stepped into the octagon Saturday with a heavy heart for his father-in-law and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who passed away on Friday night.
For Brooklynn Mohler’s 19-year-old brother, stepping inside the Las Vegas trauma center where his sister died after an accidental shooting, brought back painful memories. But he and his parents, Jacob and Darchel Mohler of Henderson, returned to the University Medical Center’s trauma unit Saturday morning for a meaningful reason — the first National SAFE Day in Brooklynn’s name.
Beyond the ropes, “The Greatest” won fans with magic tricks or by drawing sketches of them.
The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth’s seventh annual “Homeless Youth in the Alley,” bowling tournament fundraiser helped raise money to continue providing services for the more than 11,000 homeless youth in Southern Nevada.
Opportunity Village continues to make scarves similar to the ones it made for Elvis, both as a tribute to its long association with the singer and to raise money for its programs that assist Southern Nevadans with intellectual disabilities.
District 4 candidates Susie Lee and Rodney Smith cast thier early votes at the Doolittle Community Center.
A man died after a shooting early Saturday morning in the northwest valley, according to Las Vegas police.
The Seine River peaked early Saturday around Paris, hitting its highest level in nearly 35 years — almost 4.5 meters (15 feet) above average — then began a slow descent.
The woman who died in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office. Henderson resident Emma Shaffter, 70, was pronounced dead on the scene near the intersection of U.S .Highway 95 and Flamingo Road’s northbound off-ramp. Another driver failed to stop for a red light and struck her Toyota Camry, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Imagine a devastating earthquake and tsunami have cut off Pacific Northwest coastal communities. Phone and internet service have collapsed. Ham radio operators living on the stricken coast fire up their radios, contact emergency managers and report on the magnitude of the disaster so that no time is wasted in saving lives.
Middleweight champ Luke Rockhold takes on Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 199 tonight from Los Angeles. Follow all of the action with our live blog.
Both of the U.S. military’s high-drama, high-dollar flying teams suffered crashes on the same day this week, but supporters say the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels are worth the money and the risk because they’re vital to recruitment and help citizens feel good about their military.