Roundup: Foothill dominates Southeast meet

Host Foothill’s girls cross country team grabbed seven of the top eight spots to easily win a Southeast League cross country meet Wednesday.

Roundup: Faith Lutheran edges Legacy

Hayden Hillegass scored an unassisted goal with 15 minutes to play to give host Faith Lutheran a 1-0 boys soccer win over Legacy on Wednesday.

Roundup: Aggies take six of top seven spots to win meet

Arbor View’s boys cross country team grabbed six of the top seven spots, including the top three overall, as the Aggies easily won an eight-team race at Shadow Ridge on Wednesday.

Roundup: Faith Lutheran knocks off Centennial

Hailey Carroll had 21 assists and 15 kills, and teammate Kyrie Lorfing supplied 23 assists, 10 kills and three aces to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls volleyball team to a 21-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-20 home win over Centennial on Wednesday.

Roundup: Faith Lutheran knocks off Shadow Ridge

Stephen Dobrev went 2-0 in singles to life Faith Lutheran’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home win over Shadow Ridge on Wednesday afternoon.

Roundup: Sierra Vista puts away Foothill

Andrada and Ariana Stanciu each went 3-0 in singles play to help Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 home victory over Foothill on Wednesday afternoon.

Gunman kills 5 then self in Southern California

A gunman killed five people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself as a Kern County sheriff’s deputy closed in Wednesday, authorities said.

Support for President Trump questioned

I, and I’m sure thousands of other Nevadans, would like a few answers to a few questions of this newspaper.

Performance, price make NV Energy a bad choice for power

NV Energy is killing me with my electric bill. In my business, I have the freedom to purchase from the most competitive vendor on price, except for electricity. For my home and business, there’s no choice at all. I have to pay whatever NV Energy decides and put up with whatever quality service they deliver. The bills have been so ridiculous that I asked them to come to my house to see why it was so much. They set an appointment — and never showed.

Protesting professor needs a civics lesson

So Mark J. Bird, a professor at the College of Southern Nevada, decided to shoot himself in the arm to protest President Trump (“CSN professor facing gun charges,” Wednesday Review-Journal). Is this supposed to make the president resign his office? Has he heard of voting?

EDITORIAL: Reject proposed teacher contract

Nevada’s had its share of egregious union contracts over the years. The Clark County School District looks ready to add another entry to that list.

Time for Las Vegas tourism bureau to clean house

I’m appalled that new Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill thinks the main problem is their business practices have not “kept up with the times.” That implies he thinks there was a time when it was appropriate to help themselves to taxpayer-funded largesse and not to have financial controls.

Stewart, Storm beat Mystics 98-82 for WNBA title

Breanna Stewart led the Seattle Storm to their WNBA title Wednesday night, scoring 30 points in a 98-82 victory over the Washington Mystics in Game 3 of the best-of-five series.

 
GGG, ‘Canelo’ avoid face-off as fight night approaches

The Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin face-off watch continues for another few days, with the next opportunity on Friday at the weigh-in. No promises have been made that a staredown will occur then.

Pope Francis calls for clergy abuse summit

Pope Francis summoned the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences Wednesday to a summit on preventing clergy sex abuse and protecting children, responding to the greatest crisis of his papacy with the realization that Vatican inaction on the growing global scandal now threatens his legacy.

Apple unveils $1,100 iPhone at showcase event

Apple unveiled three new iPhones on Wednesday, including its biggest and most expensive model yet, as the company seeks to widen the product’s appeal amid slowing sales.

 
Prep soccer player tries to move on after best friend’s death

Holly Lindholm is a senior at Palo Verde who on Wednesday joined others to honor her best friend, Brooke Hawley, who was killed in March in a fiery crash in California, the result of a suspected drunken driver.

3 US magistrate judges in Las Vegas to retire in 2019

Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen, who will have served 18 years, recently announced that her retirement is set for April. Magistrate Judge George W. Foley Jr., who will have served 14 years, and Magistrate Judge Carl Hoffman Jr., who will hve served eight years, are set to retire in August.

Trump hopes to avoid political disaster with hurricane response

After a storm of criticism over his administration’s handling of last year’s Puerto Rico disaster relief, President Donald Trump is working hard to avoid political disaster by touting his administration’s preparedness as Hurricane Florence is poised to make landfall.

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