The Korean War ended before Jim Simmons could be a combat fighter pilot. But on Friday afternoon in Henderson, the 84-year-old took to the skies in the same plane he last flew in training in the early 1950s.
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Tucker Thomason tossed a six-hit complete game, and Palo Verde got an early lift from Will Hamilton”s solo home run in the first inning during a 6-2 victory over No. 8 Coronado. Thomason held the Cougars scoreless before a two-run double to Jacen Yergensen in the seventh.
To say Harry Reid belongs on Nevada’s hypothetical Mount Rushmore suggests that three other people have wielded influence comparable to the longtime U.S. senator. In reality, no other figure in Nevada’s 150-year history has built as much power for himself — and as much leverage for the state — as the Searchlight native, who announced Friday morning that he would not seek re-election to a sixth term.
Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement raises questions about the future of the powerful political organization he has used to keep an iron grip on the Nevada Democratic Party for a decade.
Wide receiver Tysson Poots, who starred at Coronado High School and Southern Utah, is expected to play a prominent role for the Las Vegas Outlaws, the Arena Football League expansion franchise that will play its first game Monday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Tucker Thomason tossed a six-hit complete game, and Palo Verde got an early lift from Will Hamilton’s solo home run in the first inning during a 6-2 victory over No. 8 Coronado. Thomason held the Cougars scoreless before a two-run double to Jacen Yergensen in the seventh.
The 7-5 loss was a tough one for UNLV, which needs to win the series against San Diego State, the first-place team in the Mountain West, to have a realistic chance to establish some momentum in what has been a disappointing start to the season.
Mojave’s Kationa Baughman won three individual events Friday, and shattered the meet record in the 300-meter hurdles to earn Outstanding Female Athlete honors at the Grant Bushman Invitational in Overton.
Actor Darius McCrary was jailed on Wednesday for failure to pay child support.