Long before TV shows such as “American Pickers,” Ron Bommarito was knocking on the doors of old-timers to size up their wares.
The number of public school students who took an AP exam last year increased by 3 percent, and the challenging courses are seeing broader participation.
A man running for Nevada governor was locked in a Pahrump prison for nearly two years. Another gubernatorial candidate was arrested as a teenager for DUI and assaulting a police officer. And an attorney general candidate was arrested four times for public intoxication and theft.
Nevada sports books lost between $7 million and $10 million on NFL games Sunday in one of the most lopsided days in state betting history, according to multiple media reports.
Floyd Mayweather is planning on fighting Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo.
Colorful altars and sugar skulls took center stage at the Springs Preserve’s 10th annual Dia de Muertos celebration in Las Vegas.
Patrick Jordan Outhoummountry, 22, and his service dog were at a power box about 8 p.m. May 24 inside an apartment complex at 98 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. when he got into an argument with a 19-year-old woman over her touching his dog, an arrest warrant said.
Las Vegas Valley residents got a chance to launch their Halloween pumpkins into the air rather than tossing them into the garbage at the annual Pitch-A-Pumpkin event Sunday at the Silverton.
Jordan Spieth, even after finishing the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at 7-under 277 and tied for 55th, could find positives after a lengthy layoff.
The schedules and scores (when available) for the state boys soccer tournaments are here.
The schedules and scores (when available) for the state girls soccer tournaments are here.
The schedules and results (when available) for the state girls volleyball tournaments are here.
District shouldn’t abuse the tactic
But instead of pointing at consumers and businesses, the federal government would do well to re-examine its own role in the problem.
President Donald Trump’s attempt to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are illegal aliens not only is a violation of the 14th Amendment.
Not much use in reviving the measure
Tom Brady threw for 294 yards and a touchdown, and James White ran for two scores to lead New England past Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay.
President Donald Trump is urging voters in Tennessee and Georgia to back Republicans in statewide races, warning that Democrats want to destroy the country with high taxes and illegal immigration as well as divisive politics.
Scott Bradlee has long wanted to bring his inventive Postmodern Jukebox production to Vegas. He told Saturday’s audience at Mirage’s Terry Fator Theater that was so enamoured of his surroundings, “I haven’t left this building in two days. I have not seen sunlight in that long.”
The 25-year-old with a scientific approach to the game captured the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday at TPC Summerlin, finishing 21-under par for the event.
The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody and 20th Century Fox are — for now, at least — champions of the world.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say they’re investigating a possible murder-suicide involving an 11-year-old boy in Litchfield Park.
Two people are expected to survive after a shooting Sunday afternoon in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
More water will be flowing through the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon than normal.
The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is scheduled to get a new — and by most accounts, improved — date in 2019: Oct. 3-6.
A Los Angeles-area teacher was arrested on suspicion of punching a 14-year-old student who used a racial epithet and threw a basketball at him in a classroom, authorities said.
Police officers, firefighters, sheriff’s deputies and members of the public turned out for a candlelight vigil for a Southern California fire captain who’s in critical condition after being hit by a car while riding his bicycle.
UNLV senior Olle Thestrup won the Flight One singles title in the Easley Memorial Classic by outlasting UCLA sophomore Connor Rapp 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6) in the championship match Sunday.