On Thursday, nearly a year to the day since he was named Rookie of the Year in the National League, Las Vegas native Kris Bryant was named its Most Valuable Player, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a ballplayer during his playing career.
The Rams lost a large chunk of their scoring but return five letter winners who hope to pick up the slack.
Former Strip illusionist Jan Rouven pleaded guilty Thursday in Las Vegas to possessing, receiving and distributing child pornography.
Eleven of the 16 new associate superintendents for the Clark County School District are currently assistant chief student achievement officers, a similar position that the district is eliminating as it moves forward in its massive mandated reorganization.
Police say they are not sure why a man fled from a routine traffic stop that preceded an officer-involved shooting late Monday night in an east valley cul-de-sac.
Las Vegas-based Golden Entertainment Inc. on Thursday announced that Charles Protell will be named executive vice president, chief strategy officer and chief financial officer of the company.
After a bit of a tease, Netflix has released the full trailer for its forthcoming TV adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” full of Neil Patrick Harris in various forms of (debatably effective) disguise.
Amazon expects to begin operations by the summer of 2017 out of an 813,120 square-foot fulfillment center that is currently under construction off of North Lamb Boulevard just north of Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas.
Convoy of Hope community outreach event, starting at 10 a.m. at t 3900 E. Bonanza Road, expects to serve more than 10,00 people. Free haircuts, groceries including Thanksgiving turkeys, mammograms, cancer check-ups, and veterans’ and other community services will be available.
Our entertainment picks this week include Il Divo and Gino Vannelli.
A Clark County judge slapped a gag order Thursday on lawyers involved in the civil case over the death of attorney Susan Winters.
Clark County is accepting applications to fill former state Sen. Ruben Kihuen’s vacant District 10 seat. The deadline is noon on Nov. 30.
Culley Elementary School was on lockdown for 20 minutes Thursday morning as police searched for three men who fled from a stolen vehicle. The lockdown was lifted shortly after police took the men into custody
“The contribution rates are stable and the funded ratio is increasing,” a Public Employees’ Retirement System executive officer says.
The Nevada Gaming Commission will continue to require gaming licensees to maintain distance from the marijuana industry that is expanding in the state and will address specific issues on recreational use as they occur.
If county clerks verify 55,234 valid signatures by Dec. 1, measure would go before the 2017 Legislature.
The Los Angeles Rams have broken ground on their billion-dollar stadium and its surrounding entertainment district.
Pazienza fought just three of his 60 bouts here. But two of those bookend the new biopic “Bleed for This,” starring Teller as the boxer who returned to the ring after suffering a broken neck.
Tickets for the R&B star’s July 15 show go on sale Monday.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is facing a challenge from one of her caucus’ frustrated younger members as the party faces another two years in the minority.
Sitting in front of a large cardboard box filled with pears, Lizianette Gilbes stuffsat least five pieces of fruit into a mesh bag then puts them in an ever-growing pile.
Danny Tarkanian filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing newly elected Congresswoman Jacky Rosen of defamation.
With mortgage rates surging following the election win of Donald Trump, homebuyers may feel compelled to snap up loans before rates rocket even higher.
President-elect Donald Trump will meet on Sunday with Mitt Romney and may discuss bringing him on to his team as secretary of state, a source familiar with the meeting said on Thursday.
The Hard Rock Cafe adjacent to the Hard Rock Hotel at 4475 Paradise Road will close Dec. 31, a spokeswoman for Hard Rock International said Thursday in a statement.
Now in its 21st year, and seventh in Vegas, EDC will once again engulf Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a cocoon of light and sound from June 16 to 18.
Employers are expected to add about 10,000 jobs during the season, Chelsea Walburg, an economist with the Research and Analysis Bureau of Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said in a statement.
What the UNLV Rebels said following their 74-62 victory over UC Riverside on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
EDC’s 20th anniversary drew a record crowd of 400,000, and officials are promsing an even larger party in ‘17.
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