Dustin Griffie and Blake Wilson learned the importance of teamwork. The two incoming seniors at Foothill High School, 800 College Drive, received gold medals for Web design at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo., June 23-27.
Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some people lobbing Molotov cocktails and other objects at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Dom the Bom’s Triple Threat — made up of 8-year-old Henderson triplets Dominic, Lyric and Phoenix Evans — is set to perform Aug. 19 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City as competitors in the ABC television show “America’s Got Talent.”
Henderson calendar highlights include the free Keep the Spirit of ‘45 Alive Spectacular concert and free film screenings.
When you go to a musical — a good one, anyway — you leave the theater whistling the score. But if you see “Ghost the Musical” — which concludes its first and, we presume, only national tour at The Smith Center through Sunday — you leave whistling the set. And the special effects.
Four quarterbacks are vying to become Arizona’s starter, including Bishop Gorman High School graduate Anu Solomon. But UNLV coach Bobby Hauck said the key is to prepare for the offense and not the person running it.
Lenders filed 1,037 notices of default to start foreclosure proceedings in July, up 128 percent from July 2013, RealtyTrac reported. It’s the highest number of starts since October, when the state’s Homeowners Bill of Rights took effect and put new restrictions on banks looking to foreclose.
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Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura has settled a lawsuit with a former deputy who had sued him after being fired.
Call it a “soccer stadium” and Las Vegas Councilman Bob Coffin volunteers to correct you. “You really want to call it a multi-purpose stadium,” Coffin says.
It’s no secret Nevada schools are doing poorly, “remaining at the bottom of all those lists,” but that’s not the entire picture, said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dale Erquiaga on Wednesday. The truth is even worse than the stats would have you believe, he added.
Rain, wind and even light hail were reported Wednesday night as a weak thunderstorm moved through the valley, the National Weather Service in Las Vegas said.
Coaches looked for 14 kids who understood that everyone had a role. No flamboyance. No cockiness. No arrogance.
Matt Reynolds tripled twice, the second one with the bases loaded in the fifth inning, to help the 51s to a 6-4 win over the Iowa Cubs on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Cancun has long been a popular destination spot for Americans looking to get away for a fun-filled vacation without straying too far from home. If you’re looking to head down to Mexico’s popular Yucatan Peninsula, don’t limit yourself to this party city. Explore Mexico’s natural beauty and rich Mayan culture by branching out a little further than you might have planned.
Area bar owners have until Friday to have their establishments listed in this year’s Las Vegas Review-Journal guide to NFL team bars.
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. served as a gas station in the sky for many aircraft participating in Red Flag exercises over the Nevada Test and Training Range.
U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., on Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama, saying the White House doesn’t have a “coherent foreign policy,” which is causing the United States to lose its leadership role around the globe.
Maybe we’re being naive — or just really, really old — but every time the WWE comes to town, we keep hoping for the return of Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka.
“Get ready for one last ride,” the trailers scream. It almost would have to be the last ride.
It’s the chicken-or-the-egg question, tribute artist division: Does someone become a tribute artist because he’s already a fan of a celebrity? Or does a tribute artist become a fan only later, after the tribute artist’s physical resemblance to a celebrity prompted him to learn more about the artist for professional reasons?
Las Vegas police on Wednesday identified the officer who shot a knife-wielding man after a domestic dispute. Kyle Kuhn, 31, was wearing a mask when he advanced toward police Monday holding a knife before being shot by Sgt. Sara Bradshaw, 45, police said.
Defense lawyers for the six defendants charged in the massive scheme to take over homeowners associations, including alleged mastermind Leon Benzer, have asked to delay the Oct. 14 federal trial up to six months.
Tiger Woods has removed himself from consideration for a U.S. Ryder Cup captain’s pick because of back problems.
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