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.
Girls flag football has taken the Clark County School District by storm, and coaches hope it gets only bigger.
With three Division I signees on her team last season, it wasn’t easy for Teirra Hicks to shine. The Centennial senior had no such problem Wednesday.
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.
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.
■ 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.
The Knicks and Nets meet tonight in Brooklyn, and both New York NBA franchises are off to dismal starts.
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.
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.
You have to admire the ambition of “Bonnie & Clyde” (9 p.m. Sunday and Monday), the miniseries that’s taking over Lifetime, History and A&E.
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.
Emotion and beer both flow freely in the latest roundup of Vegas music releases:
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.”
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.
Federal authorities announced the arrest Wednesday of a fugitive they say is linked to a racketeering and organized crime trial that continues this week in Las Vegas.
In spite of — or, come to think of it, maybe because of — the bleakness of winter, the season turns out to be a popular time for celebration.
MSNBC host Martin Bashir resigned from the network Wednesday, nearly three weeks after making graphic remarks on his show about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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.
Attorneys for the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission rested their case Wednesday against suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones, and the commission denied a motion by the judge’s lead lawyer to dismiss two key counts.
LUDLOW, Mass. — Ludlow has become the first surrounding community to sign a mitigation agreement with MGM Resorts International for its proposed Springfield casino.
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.
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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