Xavier continues magical March by knocking off Arizona

One of the final at-large teams selected into the field now stands 40 minutes from a Final Four, meaning the winner of Saturday’s West Regional final between Gonzaga and the 11th-seed Musketeers will reach college basketball’s grandest weekend for the first time.

Lefty Tatum Spangler fans 18 to lift Coronado over Rancho

Coronado’s Tatum Spangler struck out 18 batters and outdueled Rancho pitcher Sam Pochop in a 5-1 victory that kept the visiting Cougars undefeated in the Class 4A Sunrise League.

Man in wheelchair struck, killed in Pahrump

The crash happened about 8:20 p.m. at the intersection of South Blagg Road and state Route 372, just west of state Route 160.

Mason leads Kansas to 98-66 rout of Purdue

Player of the year front-runner Frank Mason III poured in 26 points, Kansas turned on the jets in the second half and the top-seeded Jayhawks soared to a 98-66 blowout of No. 4 seed Purdue on Thursday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals.

LETTER: Las Vegas cab companies caused their own demise

If all the good drivers from all the companies got together, this never would have happened. If we had support back then, we never would have been let go. As a result, Uber and Lyft never have been needed.

2 Nevada Assembly bills will dislodge fast-lane hogs!

Outlawing every petty nuisance of life certainly isn’t the job of the Nevada Legislature. If it were, there would be scores of people on death row for answering their cell phones during a movie.

Man, woman dead in apparent murder-suicide near Henderson

Henderson police are calling the deaths of the 55-year-old man and 54-year-old woman an apparent murder-suicide after the bodies were found with gunshot wounds.

Las Vegas cruises to road win over Green Valley

Las Vegas jumped on Green Valley early with six runs in the second inning on the way to a 14-3 road win over Green Valley.

Gonzaga survives scare from West Virginia, heads to Elite 8

Jordan Mathews hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with under a minute to play and top-seeded Gonzaga survived a rough shooting night for both teams to beat No. 4 seed West Virginia 61-58 Thursday night to advance to the West Regional final.

Oregon advances to Elite 8 with win over Michigan

Tyler Dorsey scored 20 points and made the go-ahead layup with 1:08 left, and third-seeded Oregon ended No. 7 Michigan’s dramatic postseason run with a 69-68 victory in a Midwest Regional semifinal on Thursday night.

84-year-old inmate dies in Carson City prison

Homer Burton who was serving time in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center, died Tuesday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

7 Henderson mayoral candidates set to debate Monday

A debate Monday for seven candidates running for mayor of Henderson will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water Street.

 
Moonlighting public defender blocks justice

There’s a public defender in charge of Assembly Judiciary, and he’s preventing proposals by Nevada’s Attorney General to help veterans and victims of rape, domestic violence and human trafficking from even getting hearings.

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