Referee Steele among ’14 Boxing Hall of Fame class

Richard Steele worked with some of the greatest fighters of the past quarter century. On Wednesday, the Las Vegas referee was reunited with the sport’s best when he was selected for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Green Valley wrestling standout taps into extra motivation

Donovan Peek wrote down his goals for the season and posted them on his bedroom mirror. It didn’t take long for the senior on the Green Valley wrestling team to complete the list, either.

Christmas gift suggestions for anglers

With Christmas just around the corner, some of you might be pondering gift ideas for that angler in your life. This sometimes can be a frustrating task because anglers who have been around awhile can be picky about the baits or tackle they use, and those who are new to the sport might not yet have an idea of what they might want. Either way, you can’t go wrong by placing a new fishing rod under the tree.

Fishing Report, Dec. 5

■ LAKE MEAD — While fishing for striped bass has been good at sunrise, the best bite has occurred just after sundown. Anglers working a remade Old Henry, a type of spinning lure, have had success through the Vegas Wash area. Those fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass have been catching at or near their limits while working the backs of coves with drop shots. With a cold front approaching, fish will be getting ready to head for their winter holding areas, which can be at depths ranging from 15 to 50 feet. This will increase their appetite, as the fish feed up for the winter, but the cold weather also will make them lethargic.

Nevada launches $200 million tax credit program

Seven community development entities, or investment funds, won a combined $200 million in state tax credits meant to support economic development and job growth in Nevada. The catch is they must invest 85 percent of the credits within one year.

Go see the ships come sailing in …

The 37th Annual Christmas Parade of Lights is scheduled to set sail at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor and Lake Mead Marina Complex in Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Lesson in $560k fine for Arizona firefighters’ deaths: Protect lives

An Arizona commission approved a nearly $560,000 fine on Wednesday against the state Forestry Division in the deaths of 19 firefighters after an investigative agency found that officials put protection of property ahead of safety and should have pulled out crews earlier.

These discs put emotions in motion

Emotion and beer both flow freely in the latest roundup of Vegas music releases:

Promoter hopes show is grand slam for Rock & Roll Academy

Chuck Brennan says he is a major supporter of charity events in Las Vegas, but “normally, the first thing I’m trying to do is figure out how to get the heck out of there.”

Locals Only: Quick, quick, run St. Nick!

If you think it’s hard explaining to your little ones how Santa Claus manages to be inside every shopping mall at once, just wait till they get a load of thousands of them running through the streets of downtown.

Former Rebel Keon Clark sentenced to 8 years in Illinois prison

Former UNLV star and NBA player Keon Clark, who has said he is trying to turn his life around, was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday in a plea agreement with prosecutors on weapons and driving under the influence charges.

U.S. secretary of education shown Clark County School District successes

Clark County public schools may be struggling according to almost every assessment, but they have a “chance to break through,” according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who visited the nation’s fifth-largest school district for the first time in more than two years on Wednesday.

Reid decision on staff health insurance triggers new Obamacare criticism

A decision by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to exempt some of his top aides from having to buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act has triggered another flurry over Obamacare.

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