Behind the keyboard, he’s no Neil Simon. After all, Simon never penned anything remotely resembling “Die Mother (expletive) Die.” Yet 43-year-old playwright/actor/director Ernest Hemmings has been one of the steadiest (read: persistent and creative) figures on the Vegas community theater scene since he arrived 17 years ago from Cleveland.
Jose Villagrana, 21, of North Las Vegas was the front-seat passenger in a vehicle that crashed into a streetlight in the median near Civic Center Drive and Cheyenne Avenue, police said.
State game wardens ask public’s help locating the poacher or poachers who killed an adult moose last month near Jarbidge, about 500 miles north of Las Vegas, and removed its head and most of its meat.
Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio has announced he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Flake.
Think “Jeopardy!,” just without the big money. The National Academic Quiz Tournaments Nevada State Championship is slated for 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 27 at Doral Red Rock High School, 610 Crossbridge Drive. It’s free and open to the public.
Elijah A. Watson’s arrest came almost a month after the Dec. 9 shooting on the 4100 block of Overbrook Drive, which left one man dead and another seriously wounded. He is facing first-degree murder and other charges.
Herr began working for the city as a traffic engineer in March 2004 and became director of public works in October 2015. He oversees an annual department budget of $109 million and a team of more than 400 full-time and 850 part-time and seasonal employees.
Editor-in-chief Florian Boitin said putting Giuliana Farfalla on the cover was in line with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s tradition of being “resolutely opposed to all forms of exclusion and intolerance.”
When the Las Vegas Stadium Authority meets Thursday, it will consider the nominations of 16 people from eight organizations to fill seven positions on the new Las Vegas Stadium Benefits Oversight Committee.
In the dark of night, Thomas Tighe saw two vehicles slowly being swept away by a river of mud and debris flowing down the road in front of his house in Montecito, California.
Former 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney was treated for prostate cancer last year.
Almost half an inch of rain fell over the Las Vegas Valley overnight, according to the National Weather Service.
NBA star LeBron James, rapper Diddy and other artists have responded with outrage to an advertising image by retailer H&M showing a black child in a sweatshirt with the words “Coolest monkey in the jungle.”
A flood of crashes and several water rescues kept emergency personnel busy on Tuesday as heavy rainfall continued throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Swiss authorities near the famed Matterhorn peak have closed ski slopes, hiking trails, cable cars, roads and train service into the nearby town of Zermatt amid a heightened risk of avalanches, stranding some 13,000 tourists in the town.
Last year was among the best ever for Las Vegas home sales despite plunging inventory, according to a new report.
Alabama was voted No. 1 in the final Associated Press college football poll after the Crimson Tide beat Georgia in the national championship game. Unbeaten Central Florida finished sixth.
The rival Koreas took steps toward reducing their bitter animosity during rare talks Tuesday, as North Korea agreed to send a delegation to next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea and reopen a military hotline.
Health officials say people who went to a West Jordan 7-Eleven within the past two weeks might have been exposed to hepatitis A.
Customs officers at Dulles International Airport in Virginia have seized nearly $55,000 worth of counterfeit Air Jordan shoes.
A strip mall in the southwest valley was heavily damaged after a blaze that started Monday night and continued burning into early Tuesday morning.
