Bats start quickly in Palo Verde rout

RENO — Palo Verde’s softball team is turning UNR’s Hixson Park into its own playground.

Audit: Clark County witness voucher system should be updated, reviewed

An audit of the Clark County District Attorney’s victim witness fees and expenses released Friday made several recommendations, including updating an antiquated 20-year-old voucher payment system and regularly reviewing calculations of payments made to witnesses.

DIVISION IV SOFTBALL: Harris’ walk-off hit sends Pahranagat Valley to title game

Madison Harris’ one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday plated Kennedy Huntsman with the winning run to lift Pahranagat Valley to a 6-5 victory over Eureka in the winners’ bracket final of the Division IV state softball tournament at Bishop Manogue High School in Reno.

LEFTOVERS: Not even president lures Lynch

The lengths to which Marshawn Lynch will snub talking to the media have become legendary. You may recall at Super Bowl media day this year the Seattle Seahawks star running back hid behind a curtain rather than face a sea of microphones.

Champions final a tasty World Cup appetizer

Soccer fans in the U.S. will see a lot of Cristiano Ronaldo in the next month, though probably not as much as was shown this week in Spain’s Vogue magazine.

51s closer Black finds daylight in Las Vegas

At the end of last season, after former Mets closer Bobby Parnell had neck surgery, New York manager Terry Collins said hard-throwing 51s right-hander Vic Black would be the leading candidate to replace Parnell if the need arose.

St. Rose chaplains stress spiritual aspects of care

So you walk into a hospital room and try to convert everyone to Catholicism, right? An emphatic “no,” says chaplain Hilda Pecoraro.

UFC 173 MATCHUPS

A breakdown of fights on the main card of UFC 173 Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden:

 
New water slide unveiled at Wet ‘n’ Wild

Staff members became Splash Test Dummies as they tested out the new Tornado water slide at the Las Vegas Wet ‘n’ Wild water park.

Arizona wildfire expected to nearly triple in size

A wildfire burning in a scenic Arizona canyon is expected to nearly triple in size as crews scramble to get the upper hand in less rugged terrain.

2014 State Baseball Tournament Glance

Follow the link for the schedule and results (when available) for the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association”;s state baseball tournaments.

8 ways to outsmart Disneyland crowds

Disneyland can quickly turn from “The Happiest Place on Earth” to a nightmare. The amusement park rakes in more than 16 million visitors a year, and while some seasons are heavier than others, there are tried and trusted tricks to make the trip a little easier.

2014 State Softball Tournament Glance

Follow the link for the schedule and results (when available) for the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association”;s state softball tournaments.

In this election, bedfellows make for strange politics

On the campaign trail, Republican lieutenant governor candidate Sue Lowden touts her decades in business as a casino executive to show she’s more qualified for the job of promoting tourism and economic development than her GOP opponent Mark Hutchison, an attorney and state senator.

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