North Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man in connection with several burglaries.
Rancho junior pitcher Sam Pochop has been named the Gatorade Nevada Softball Player of the Year.
It’s not news that Cirque du Soleil has some of the most daring acrobats, powerful singers, stunning costumes and spectacular shows, but some people might be surprised to learn that the same people who make all of that happen also create fine visual art in their spare time. Their visual creative efforts are on display in “The Collective” at Eden Art Studio and Gallery inside The Arts Factory
When chef Bernard Tordjman died of cancer in November, it seemed his legacy was gone, too. But local restaurateur and friend Chanthy Walsh didn’t want to see it all go. Two months ago, she reopened Tordjman’s Henderson restaurant, offering the same menu.
Steven Patchin has seen photography morph from single-lens reflex cameras to today’s sophisticated digital ones. Now, he’s found a new passion — high dynamic range photography, applying it specifically to panoramic images.
In recognition of Friday as National Donut Day, the chain is offering a free doughnut with the purchase of a beverage.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 25 percent of U.S. adults have a mental illness and 54 million experience some form of a mental disorder in a given year. Patrick Bozarth, executive director of the Community Counseling Center of Southern Nevada, said that, particularly in a city such as Las Vegas, that disorder often leads to substance abuse of some kind.
The band at Foothill High School will sell fireworks, organize fundraisers and use any other method needed to get the money to travel to Pasadena, Calif., for the Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 2, 2017, at which the band recently found out it will be performing.
The city of Henderson was recently awarded a $60,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Reinvestment Fund that will help it invest in healthy lifestyles for its residents.
The U.S. Department of State estimates that 80 percent of the 600,000 to 800,000 people trafficked across international borders every year are trafficked for sex. Of those, approximately 80 percent are females and up to 50 percent are children. The questions for many sex trafficking and prostitution researchers are who are the buyers and why do they do it? After all, these are the drivers of this billion-dollar industry.
Jon Burpee likes to say he has a mammoth of an undertaking. As the first permanent superintendent of the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Las Vegas, he is in charge of leading the establishment of one of the nation’s newest parks. The monument was established in December to conserve a collection of fossils that are up to 200,000 years old.
The First Friday arts festival is scheduled from 5 to 11 p.m. June 3 at venues throughout the 18b Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
Core The Pilates Studio owner Jessica Rabbo said she’s seen plenty of success stories come out of her studio at 6115 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 104, with inches and pounds shaved away. But the successes that are most significant to her come from clients seeking rehabilitation from injury, illness and disease.
In honor of its semicentennial anniversary on the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Palace announced a series of events and promotions as part of its “Summer of Caesars.”
From the top of the first inning to the bottom of the ninth with two outs, the 51s led. But with one swing, the Reno Aces’ Peter O’Brien wiped it away with a two-out grand slam off closer Paul Sewald to send Las Vegas spiraling to an 8-6 loss.
Oregon sophomore Aaron Wise, who won the NCAA golf championship Monday, is turning professional and moving to Southern Nevada.
The summer boating season generally begins with Memorial Day weekend. That means the majority of boat owners store their vessels for most of the year. Unfortunately, when boats that have been stored for so long are launched in the spring, they sometimes harbor unknown mechanical or other issues.
USA Boxing executive director Mike Martino said no pro boxers will represent the country in Rio de Janeiro, saying the process is too far along at this point in choosing the team.
Cleveland Cavaliers-Golden State Warriors odds and propositions for the NBA Finals. The best-of-7 series begins Thursday in Oakland, California.
The bitter rivalry between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber has spanned almost a decade in two organizations and two weight classes. Cruz hopes it finally can be put to rest Saturday when they meet for the third time at UFC 199.
Less than a week after UNLV finished its baseball season under Stan Stolte — who became acting head coach Dec. 18 when Tim Chambers resigned following his arrest for driving under the influence — the school hired Stolte as head coach.
Jovan Mooring, who will enter UNLV as a junior, was named the Spalding NJCAA Division II Player of the Year after leading his team to a 34-4 record and third-place finish at the NJCAA DII Championships.
Dave Guinane has taught shooting since 1993 and has since given more than 40,000 lessons on a skill that comes easy to many and yet can bewilder even some who make tens of millions of dollars a year playing the game at its highest level.
Few athletes have the superhero qualities of LeBron James. Add the revenge factor of losing in the NBA Finals last year, coupled with James’ deep desire to bring a title to his home state, and it is easy to see the Cleveland Cavaliers pulling off the upset.
Paul Dewald, the 2015 WSOP.com Player of the Year, will join thousands of other players in the World Series of Poker’s $565 buy-in “Colossus II” No-limit Hold ’em tournament.
The NBA Finals should deliver soaring TV ratings and a strong wagering handle. The odds say the series probably will end painfully for the people of Cleveland.
Nevadans love their open space and public lands, favor renewable energy and are less likely to vote for a candidate who supported Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy in his 2014 standoff with federal authorities.
California resident Demario James Keyes, 37, died in police custody on June 27 after the knife-wielding man was subdued by a family at a birthday party near UNLV. Details about the incident emerged Wednesday at a Clark County fact-finding review.
Police said the man looked around as if he were a customer, then robbed the MetroPCS clerk with a butcher-type knife.
Nevada’s senior citizens’ health and quality of life was again ranked among the lowest nationally in a UnitedHealthcare report released last week, placing 42nd — a single spot above the state’s 2015 ranking.