It was Allen Panowich’s 101st birthday on Wednesday. And he had a few friends over to celebrate. The World War II veteran was honored at his Las Vegas home with a barbecue party.
Thomas Pomponio, a butcher from Manahawkin, New Jersey, won the World Series of Poker’s “Colossus” event and the $1 million first prize Wednesday at the Rio Convention Center.
Kevin Durant drained a big 3-pointer with 45.3 seconds left and scored 31 points as the Golden State Warriors moved within one win of postseason perfection and payback by rallying to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-113 on Wednesday night to take a 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals.
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced racketeering charges against more than two dozen reputed Russian mobsters and associates, including Razhden Shulaya, the alleged leader of a Soviet mafia syndicate who is accused of running gambling, stolen goods and protection rackets in several states across the country.
What’s to stop auto manufactures from lining the roof-tops of their EV vehicles with lightweight flexible solar panels and have them transfer the energy captured to the batteries already on board?
As usual, the focus is on the poor misunderstood inmate who made terrible life decisions, rather than the suffering victims and those who will become victims.
Trump isn’t saying he’s against the ideas that led to these deals. He’s just saying these deals are not to our advantage. He’s just killing all of these deals to protect American workers and taxpayers.
The league’s list of taboo advertising categories remains wildly inconsistent and downright hilarious.
A 24-year-old substitute bus driver with the Clark County School District used his position and social media “to further a sexual relationship” with a 17-year-old student, according to an arrest report obtained Wednesday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Sibling skaters Billy and Emily England drew roar and standing applause on their debut on “America’s Got Talent” on Tuesday night.
A Las Vegas police officer told officer Kenneth Lopera to release his chokehold on Tashii Brown, but the officer continued his hold for another 46 seconds, a Metropolitan Police Department report on the officer’s arrest shows.
Apartment developer The Calida Group plans to buy a long-litigated 15.6-acre parcel near the southeast corner of Rampart Boulevard and Alta Drive and build a 359-unit rental complex.
President Donald Trump’s cryptic “covfefe” post may be deleted from Twitter, but the message will be enshrined on a set of vanity plates in the Silver State, a Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles spokesman confirmed this week.
Thomas Randolph had six wives. Four are dead. On Monday, lawyers are scheduled to start picking jurors for a trial on charges that Randolph hired a hitman to kill his last wife and then killed the hitman.
I’d like to take credit for writing a killer column on the topic, but the credit for killing one bad bill belongs to Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson.
The casino industry may find its business model vaporized like travel agencies, DVD stores and land lines unless leaders transform themselves with innovation, a speaker at a one-day innovation conference in Las Vegas said.
Las Vegas Municipal Judge Heidi Almase has never met actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. But a picture appeared on her re-election campaign’s Facebook page Tuesday night that showed the two standing shoulder to shoulder.
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday denied an appeal of their April approval of a long-term exclusive franchise agreement with waste hauler Republic Services.
Daniel Negreanu has endured multiple close calls in his quest for his seventh career World Series of Poker bracelet. Add another one to the list.
Data for last five years show an average of slightly more than 2,500 bites were reported to animal control officials in Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County each year
The Las Vegas City Council approved $325,000 for local agencies that work with homeless people and seniors, in the city budget that takes effect July 1.
In the 1920s, the lure of air conditioning alone was enough to get people into movie theaters.
State officials have approved an Idaho utility company’s plan to close a coal-fired power plant in Nevada about 10 years ahead of schedule and raise monthly bills for customers to cover depreciation costs.
The public is invited to comment on the draft developed by a 27-member internal working group next week at a public roundtable.
The Wimp 2 Warrior program at Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas is at the midway point of the 22-week training camp.
The head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked Congress on Wednesday for $30 million and staff to review the expected restart of the license application to permanently store nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada.
We need to stop trying to scare people and instead have a rational discussion as to what, if anything, should be done.
Here are your Wednesday afternoon headlines.
UNLV football head coach Tony Sanchez joined ESPN Las Vegas Wednesday to talk the team’s viral #ThisIsLasVegas videos with Las Vegas Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney and ESPN Las Vegas host Mike Pritchard.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people