You can’t fault a team that managed 13 sacks all last season after trading away the league’s best edge rusher in Khalil Mack for taking a defensive end, and it’s not like Clelin Ferrell of Clemson fell into 27 career sacks for one of the nation’s top college programs.
A 55-year-old inmate died in the infirmary unit at High Desert State Prison on Sunday, the Department of Corrections announced.
Talent and character. The Raiders sought this combination, general manager Mike Mayock said Thursday evening, when approaching a signature draft in which the franchise owned eight picks, including an NFL-high three in the first round.
A man arrested Thursday in Las Vegas on suspicion of domestic battery appears to be a popular Latin singer, court records show.
Brody Vanwagoner learned a little something about eggs and sidewalks in his fourth grade class at Staton Elementary School. “There was like this idiom at school that ‘it’s so hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk,’ so I just wanted to see if you could actually do that — to see if it’ll actually fry,” he said Thursday in front of his Summerlin home.
The biggest upset on the menu of NFL draft props at Las Vegas sportsbooks was on under 3½ quarterbacks taken in the first round.
Jacob Scavuzzo belted a sole home run in the top of the ninth inning to lift the El Paso Chihuahuas to a 9-8 win over the Las Vegas Aviators.
The top-seeded UNLV women’s tennis team will play in the Mountain West Championship semifinals for the fourth straight year after beating eighth-seeded San Jose State 4-0 in a quarterfinal Thursday in San Diego.
Disney said Wednesday that “Avengers: Endgame” grossed about $107.2 million in China on Wednesday, where it first opened and that’s already the most lucrative single day ever in Chinese theaters.
Raiders general manager Mike Mayock asked prospective player just how the players would adapt to life in Las Vegas once the team moves to town in 2020.
NFL Alumni Las Vegas chapter held their first draft party at the Linq and the alumni present give their take on the Raiders first pick.
A large crowd at Raiders organized draft party on the Las Vegas Strip cheered as the team selected Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell with the fourth-overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Decorated 97-year-old World War II fighter pilot Clarence “Bud” Anderson made an appearance Thursday at Nellis Air Force Base.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has painted himself into a corner.
Nevada will be one of the most important states in the 2020 presidential election. That would change if the National Popular Vote goes into effect.
From the Duh Department comes the annual news that Social Security and Medicare remain on the brink of insolvency.
The Clark County coroner’s office featured educational programs Thursday for children of county employees to celebrate Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
Centennial scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning, and Weber State-bound pitcher Amanda Sink tossed a no-hitter to lead the Bulldogs to a 3-1 win at Shadow Ridge in the conclusion of a game interrupted by rain on March 20.
Dominyk Bullard’s sacrifice fly scored Gavin Mez with the go-ahead run in a three-run seventh inning that lifted Bishop Gorman’s baseball team to an 8-7 win at Coronado on Thursday.
Meaghan McInerney was 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs on Thursday to power Desert Oasis’ softball team to a 10-5 win at Green Valley.
Gideon Belnap had 21 kills and 13 digs on Thursday to help host Arbor View’s boys volleyball team rally past Shadow Ridge, 18-25, 25-22, 27-25, 25-22.
The Raiders completed an active first round Thursday evening by selecting former Mississippi State safety Johnathan Abram with the No. 27 overall selection.
A Massachusetts judge was indicted Thursday on charges that she helped a man who was living in the U.S. illegally sneak out a back door of the courthouse to evade a waiting immigration enforcement agent.
The Raiders have a new starting running back, drafting Alabama’s Josh Jacobs on Thursday evening with the No. 24 overall pick.
A sold-out crowd at Las Vegas Ballpark will witness history Friday night as the Las Vegas Aviators host their inaugural postgame fireworks show.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man after a barricade situation in the east valley Thursday evening.
Jake Johnson carded a 6-under-par 66 at Bear’s Best on Thursday to earn medalist honors and lead Bishop Gorman to victory in a Southwest League match.
On performing while pregnant, Alanis Morrissette says, “I have felt, and have seen, that people who come to my shows are thoughtful, really smart, really sensitive and in tune with what’s going on.”
