Vince Taormina, a sophomore catcher at Silverado High School, was named a second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
There are two sure-fire ways to know you’ve reached A-list celebrity status: Spend a night partying at the Playboy Mansion, and have a band named after you.
An invite to play for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League prompted Chace Stanback’s return to Las Vegas this week.
At Reno, pinch hitter Eric Campbell squeezed home the go-ahead run as part of a three-run ninth inning, and the 51s (51-46) rallied to win their third straight.
The single greatest accomplishment of all the firefighters, emergency responders and volunteers who battled this month’s Carpenter 1 Fire and helped displaced Mount Charleston residents? One of the worst natural disasters in Clark County history could have been much, much worse.
Every year, The Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada recognizes and honors people and corporations that have helped raise awareness of the local LGBT community.
Las Vegan Kris Bryant won the Golden Spikes Award, USA Baseball announced on Friday. The award is given annually to the nation’s top amateur player.
ARLINGTON, Texas — A woman riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in North Texas died Friday when she fell from a ride that is billed as the tallest steel-hybrid coaster in the world.
While the rain was coming down around Las Vegas on Friday night, it was raining punches inside the Hard Rock Hotel along with a mix of thunder and lightning, courtesy of John Molina and Mickey Bey.
Las Vegas has long served as an ideal stop for truckers and travelers making the long journey from northern Utah to Southern California.
PHOENIX — More than 150 passengers were forced to sweat it out on an Allegiant Airlines plane for 2 1/2 hours after a maintenance issue left the aircraft without adequate air conditioning.
Green Valley Presbyterian Church., 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, will present classical guitarist Jack Cimo at 7:30 p.m. July 27. A goodwill offering will be taken (454-8484).
After a rush of last-minute talks with Palestinian officials, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sealed a step toward relaunching the long-halted Mideast peace process, announcing Friday that Israel and the Palestinians had agreed on a basis for returning to negotiations.
NEW YORK — Shares of Diamond Resorts International Inc. surged in their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Mount Charleston visitors hoping to see charred and scarred terrain this weekend could face potentially deadly flash floods and debris flows because of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service and Las Vegas officials.
Hyatt Hotels may not operate a resort complex on the Strip, but that doesn’t mean frequent customers of the worldwide lodging chain are on the outside looking in.
John Bartheld has been breeding miniature cows on his farm for seven years, hoping to recreate black and white markings in the pattern of a panda to make a “panda cow.”
The 2013 state legislative session wrapped up less than two months ago, but that hasn’t kept lawmakers from eyeing their next go-round.
Firefighters reported good progress in their fight against two lightning-caused wildfires in Elko County in Northern Nevada on Friday morning.
The Century 16 auditorium was packed – 421 men, women and children who had turned out for a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.” When a bizarre figure, helmeted and clad in black, appeared before them in a cloud of smoke, they reacted with bemusement and amazement, shock and confusion and – finally – horror.
You want the wild times? There are more than 360 pages of them in “Rod: The Autobiography.”
As the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 burned, Ye Meng Yuan was lying on the ground just 30 feet away, buried by the firefighting foam rescue workers were spraying to douse the flames.
In a rare and public reflection on race, President Barack Obama called on the nation Friday to do some soul searching over the death of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his shooter, saying the slain black teenager “could have been me 35 years ago.”
Two of the nation’s largest regional banking companies with subsidiaries in Nevada posted second-quarter earnings Thursday that topped Wall Street expectations.
House Republicans voted Friday to dismantle the troubled No Child Left Behind law for evaluating America’s students and schools, saying states and local school districts rather than Washington should be setting rules for ensuring that kids are getting good educations.
Three women stood Thursday in a place no local ever wants to be: stranded on the shoulder of I-15.
A nonnative snail discovered in the Truckee River around Reno earlier this year exists in greater numbers than expected, Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said.
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