All a cute, curly haired 10-year-old girl named Gayla Peevey wanted for Christmas in 1953 was a hippopotamus. Then “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas” became the biggest hit song of that holiday season.
It’s not exactly a carnival or circus, but the SkillCon convention at the Rio drew in plenty of ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages Saturday with entertainment galore.
In her new book, “Lost in Las Vegas,” Ermelinda Manos reflects on the beginning of her career and pays tribute to the city that became home for her when she immigrated from Greece at age 12
Debra J. Saunders, a longtime political columnist with the San Francisco Chronicle, and Gary Martin, an award-winning political editor and national correspondent from the San Antonio Express-News, will cover the nation’s capital for the Review-Journal.
Nearly 2,000 UNLV graduates received diplomas during Saturday’s ceremony at the Thomas & Mack Center, which represents an increase of about 12 percent from the 1,766 degrees awarded last December.
With the Colorado River steps from her house, Susan Martinolich can soak up a serene landscape from her back patio. There’s so much beauty outside, she says, she isn’t bothered much by the abandoned concrete towers standing across the water in Laughlin — leftovers of the failed Emerald River resort.
With a forecast of 300,000 travelers coming to Vegas for the holidays, what’s the best way to get from McCarran International Airport to the downtown area? We put four modes of transportation to the test.
No one was injured during a Sunday morning fire at a motel just north of the Las Vegas Strip.
About 1800 NV Energy customers in Summerlin were without power Sunday morning.
Police in New York broke a car window to rescue a woman who turned out to be an extremely realistic mannequin.
Even after 81 years, stubborn myths still cling to the colossal construction effort that built Hoover Dam. But the most incredible story about the project is absolutely true.
A man was hospitalized after an early Sunday morning shooting in the east valley.
Feature filmmakers Michael and Janeen Damian have decided to swap life in the fast lane for a stroll down the greenbelt in Henderson’s MacDonald Highlands community. The couple bought their 5,000-square-foot dream home in June for $1.175 million. It had sold for $1.705 10 years earlier, and then for $830,000 in 2009.
Three takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 83-63 loss to Oregon on Saturday at Moda Center in Portland.
Tyrell Green launched the 3-pointer, and it found the bottom of the net with 2 seconds left to bring UNLV to within four points of Oregon at halftime.
Houston wide receiver Chance Allen’s college career ended earlier than expected, as the senior was suspended for the LasVegas Bowl against San Diego State for missing curfew.
The second-ranked UCLA Bruins came into Las Vegas with an understandable confidence and dispatched Ohio State 86-73 on Saturday in the first game of the CBS Sports Classic at T-Mobile Arena.
What the players and coaches said after San Diego State’s victory over Houston in the 25th Las Vegas Bowl.
Basking in the afterglow of becoming the NCAA’s all-time leading rusher in Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl, San Diego State running back Donnel Pumphrey had a hard time distinguishing fantasy from reality.
The 25th installment of the Las Vegas Bowl had all the ingredients for a great matchup, but San Diego State’s defense ruled the day en route to an easy 34-10 victory.
VegasInsider.com handicapper Micah Roberts scouts the 14 games remaining in Week 15.
The Cougars turned the ball over four times, allowed seven sacks, and set season-lows for total yards and points in their blowout 34-10 loss to San Diego State on Saturday.
Donnel Pumphrey rushed for 115 yards to become the NCAA’s all-time leading rusher and San Diego State intercepted Houston’s Greg Ward Jr. four times and had seven sacks en route to a 34-10 victory over the Cougars in the Las Vegas Bowl
Malik Monk’s 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining capped his 47-point outburst and lifted No. 6 Kentucky to a 103-100 victory over No. 7 North Carolina in the CBS Sports Classic at T-Mobile Arena.
UNLV’s Tony Sanchez, Martin Menzies and Kathy Olivier assist sports talk radio’s Ken Thomson in lifting the holiday spirits at Sunrise Children’s Hospital.
A look at the results of the Las Vegas Bowl. This year’s game was the 25th edition.
In one week, T-Mobile Arena played host to four programs that could cut down nets in Arizona come April, offering just days before Christmas the sort of electric atmosphere more reserved for Sweet 16 or Elite Eight games.