Spinach has been made famous by the rough-around-the-edges Popeye the Sailor Man. So much so, that we often forget about his counterpart “Olive Oyl.” Let’s take a moment to shine the spotlight back on olives. After all, behind every strong man, there is a great woman.
The Clark County School District was starting to regain the community’s confidence. It was showing signs that it could be trusted to wisely spend significantly more tax money on public education. Slowly but surely, business leaders who had long doubted the bureaucracy’s effectiveness were joining forces to build support for a better, more accountable K-12 system.
Annie Walker’s freshman season at Palo Verde was full of close calls.
U.S. Rep. Joe Heck and other GOP lawmakers are responsible for the Ebola crisis because federal budget cuts have crippled the ability of the government and hospitals to deal with an infectious disease outbreak, Erin Bilbray, the Democrat challenging Heck, charged Monday.
Ryland McDermott caught more than a few people by surprise when he won the Sunrise Region boys singles tournament last year.
Police say they’ve flushed out a man accused of stealing the handles and pipes of toilets in parks and restaurant restrooms around a Florida city.
Averiana Mitchell never expected her first high school tennis season to be a smashing success.
Coronado’s girls golf team has been a top-three state finisher in each of the last two seasons.
Two days after the RiSE festival near Jean, the event’s organizers are finishing cleanup.
Julia Becker and Sydney Smith have alternated the top spots in most of Faith Lutheran’s golf meets this season.
Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, who dressed generations of celebrities in red carpet and evening gowns, has died after battling cancer at 82.
Brittanie Jordan had seven kills, three aces and two assists to lead Valley’s girls volleyball team to a 20-25, 25-8, 25-7, 23-25, 16-14 victory over visiting Canyon Springs on Monday.
When the former UFC middleweight champ broke his leg in the cage Dec. 28, it could have ended his career. But he battled through the rehabilitation process — and depression — and says he’ll be 100 percent against Nick Diaz at UFC 183 on Jan. 3.
Gabriella Nevinger scored with about 10 seconds to play to give Desert Oasis’ girls soccer team a 2-1 home victory over Bonanza on Monday.
Spring Valley’s Tyson Perkins scored three goals and put home the game-winner on a penalty kick with 10 minutes left Monday to lift the Grizzlies to a 4-3 boys soccer victory over visiting Cheyenne.
The mother and grandparents of a foster child placed in the same home as 16-month-old Michell Momox-Caselis, who was killed Oct. 12 in an apparent murder-suicide involving her foster father, said they raised concerns about the foster home on numerous occasions, but that authorities didn’t listen.
Some Southern Nevada doctors are prescribing different drugs to meet their patients’ need for pain relief after federal officials changed the classification of a widely prescribed medication.
Ben Roethlisberger passed for two touchdowns and wide receiver Antonio Brown added another on a gadget play during a dizzying stretch late in the first half, helping the Pittsburgh Steelers rally for a 30-23 win over the mistake-prone Houston Texans on Monday night.
Facebook wants assurances from the Drug Enforcement Administration that it’s not operating any more fake profile pages as part of ongoing investigations.
Americanized cider, which is sweeter and often mixed with other fruit juices or purees to create new flavors, is becoming more like a cocktail — and enjoying a similar level of popularity.
In a ramshackle old building in Budapest, tourists pay to be locked up in a room and try to escape by solving a series of mysterious clues, opening locks and finding their way out.
A medical doctor, a business school adminstrator and the UNLV provost were unveiled Monday as the three candidates to be the next president at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
One of the three women held captive in a Cleveland home for about a decade told a crowd she has been able to forgive her kidnapper and find peace in her life.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has teamed up with a television producer to tell stories about his office.
A Clark County high school teacher who lost his job — twice — after theft charges and drug problems was found dead in the Henderson Detention Center on Sunday.
UNLV will face a Utah State football team that has lost its top two quarterbacks to injuries. The Aggies will start Craig Harrison on Saturday, and freshman Kent Myers also could be called upon.
A photo snapped during a recent debate in a hot studio with a malfunctioning air conditioner has become campaign fundraising fodder.
The Royals eschewed power to build a talented young team around speed, pitching and defense. In the first eight games of the postseason, the Royals have put that winning formula on display by sweeping aside three opponents.
The parents of an autistic high school soccer player who was duct-taped to a goal post in a prank earlier this month don’t want charges filed against two students involved if they apologize and do community service, the parents’ lawyer said Monday after he and his clients met with local officials.
