Station Casinos to unveil enhanced loyalty card program

When card-carrying customers of Station Casinos make their way to any of the company’s 20 properties — including the Palms — on Tuesday, they’ll be able to earn points and spend them on most non-gaming amenities under the new My Rewards program.

Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys running into tough spot

The Eagles are live underdogs at Dallas in a prime-time showdown featuring two surprise teams and three of the NFL’s top rookies.

 
Carlos Condit’s still wavering on retirement — VIDEO

UFC welterweight Carlos Condit has flirted with the idea of retiring since losing a razor-thin decision to Robbie Lawler in his bid for the title. Though Condit has since fought Demian Maia, the Albuquerque-based athlete says he’s still undecided about what his future holds.

Master plan to hold Halloween events

Enjoy Halloween with several events for the entire family — and four-legged friends — today, tomorrow and Monday as the Lake Las Vegas Fall Festival continues in MonteLago Village.

Lennar’s offers multigenerational homes

As one of the nation’s leading builders, Lennar understands that dual living situations are a growing trend today in American Living, with more than 50 million Americans living in multigenerational homes — typically defined as three generations together under one roof.

Pardee Homes offers five neighborhoods in Inspirada

Pardee Homes offers a collection of new and final-chance homes among five neighborhoods — Escala, Montero, Solano, Bella Verdi and Alterra — in Henderson’s Inspirada master-planned community.

Master plans hold Halloween events

Local master-planned communities are celebrating All Hallow’s Eve with fun family activities all weekend leading into the main spooky event.

Engine part ejected in American Airlines fire at Chicago O’Hare

Investigators were scouring Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Saturday after an engine caught fire on an American Airlines plane attempting to take off on Friday, as a source said a detached engine part had hit a nearby building, something the design should have prevented.

 
FedEx plane catches fire, crashes in Florida

A FedEx Corp. airplane caught fire on Friday at an airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the fire has been extinguished, a company spokeswoman said, giving no details on whether anyone was injured in the incident.

Murky legal issues remain in case of Reno protester hit by car

A variety of complicated legal issues are emerging in the prosecution of a Reno man accused of provoking assault by driving his truck into a crowd of protesters, and two men in the group accused of battering him, area lawyers say.

RJ Picks: UNLV vs. San Jose State

UNLV is on the road against San Jose State tonight. The Rebels are favored by 2 1/2 points.

Early voting numbers in Nevada looking a lot like 2012’s

With some rural tallies from Friday still uncounted, Democrats hold a lead of about 28,500 votes over Republicans, according to the Nevada secretary of state’s website. Democrats held a lead of 28,652 after the first week in 2012.

Coroner identifies woman struck and killed by car in Las Vegas

Ashley Murillo, 28, was sitting with a man on a wall near East Charleston and South Las Vegas boulevards Wednesday night when a woman driving east on Charleston in a 2011 Toyota Camry drove onto the sidewalk, hitting both people. Murillo later died at University Medical Center.

 
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Las Vegas drug convictions rely on faulty police field tests

Even as they continue to employ field drug tests to secure arrests and gain convictions, neither the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department nor the Clark County district attorney’s office has informed local judges of the long-standing knowledge of their unreliability.

State Assembly District 5

Education is a key issue for two political novices vying for the Assembly District 5 seat, and while they agree on many things — both hold a middle ground on recreational marijuana and background checks for gun purchases — they have different thoughts on how to solve the state’s public school system, which falls last in the nation on education ranking.

State Assembly District 9

The race for Nevada Assembly District 9 is a rematch of the 2014 election, but this time Republican David Gardner is running from the perch of incumbency. He faces Democratic challenger Steve Yeager.

Assembly District 8

The three people running in Assembly District 8 agree that breaking up the Clark County School District could positively affect student achievement, but differ on other ways to make strides in education.

Election a done deal for some Nevada candidates

Some candidates on the Nov. 8 general election ballot need just one vote to secure victory. Others won’t even appear on the ballot.

Question 1 would expand firearm background checks

A lot of emotions — and money — have poured into the campaigns for and against Question 1, a Nevada ballot initiative proposing to expand firearm background checks to private-party sales and transfers.

1st Congressional District

Three challengers face an uphill battle in trying to unseat Democratic incumbent Dina Titus in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District.