A 7-year-old boy suffered a “significant injury” to his leg after a pitbull bit him Friday night, causing a neighbor to fatally shoot the dog to protect the child, according to Las Vegas police.
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The two Las Vegas boys that died in a trailer fire on East Carey Avenue near Lamb Boulevard on Jan. 26 have been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A generous gesture by Doris Postelle couldn’t have come at a better time for Nellis Air Force Base Maj. Paul Hamel.
If you’re not a football fan, then it can be easy to feel sidelined at Super Bowl events and parties. But it’s the perfect time to visit the cinema, have an outdoor adventure or explore the city’s cultural offerings.
After 56 days of no precipitation in the Las Vegas Valley, snow has hit the Spring Mountains and showers have hit the valley — but not enough to end the record-breaking winter dry spell.
Southern Nevada’s oldest retired cops will soon find themselves patrolling a new beat: the insurance market. Come April 1, the Metropolitan Police Department no longer will offer secondary Medicare coverage to retirees over age 65.
The castle where defense lawyers Oscar Goodman and Harry Claiborne were kings, which saw a string of mobsters pass through and was the site of the infamous Ted Binion murder trial, is half torn down.
Super Bowl weekend is expected to ring up some super numbers in terms of tourism. The game betweeen the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos is expected to draw 292,000 visitors, up 2.5 percent from last year.
Many roads in the valley are named because they sound as if they came from a Zane Grey novel, and at first glance, one might assume Hidden Well Road is in that category. Peg Crockett knows that is not the case.
Important paintings by Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir are among 400 items that will be sold this spring. The sale of Huguette Clark’s collection also has a local connection — her father was a senator who founded Las Vegas.
Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California may be named for a tree you can see closer to home, but it also offers some other attractions worth the 200-mile drive from Las Vegas.
Question: I have planter boxes that get hours of direct sun. I’ve tried everything from corn to edamame, grapes, peppers, tomatillo and many others. I have even put up shading, but either there is too much sun or maybe I overwater. I’d like to start now and get a jump on summer.
This year, the Summerlin Half Marathon will benefit the Southern Nevada 0ffice of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. To help people train for the 13.1-mile event, Summerlin Half Marathon is hosting the Team In Training program.
Air Force Airman Michael J. Ocampo graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. Ocampo is the son of Edna Contreras of Las Vegas. He is a 2007 graduate of Sierra Vista High School.
