The mobster with the movie star looks and the certifiable paranoia brought Las Vegas much more attention after his death than he did during his short life.
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A father of six with a flair for lettering found his niche in the neon-bathed streets of a fledgling gambling town called Las Vegas.
A wealthy man who wanted to make his own way in the world brought Southern Nevada into the commuter aviation age by developing its own scheduled airline.
A female flier when soaring through the clouds was a man’s domain, she helped put Las Vegas on the aviation map and bring commercial air travel to the valley.
Without ever living in Las Vegas, a publicist left his mark on the town.
Publicity played a big part in Las Vegas’ formative years as a resort destination, and one publicist used every cornball stunt he could think of to get hotels’ showgirls global exposure.
Shady dealings did little to dull the luster that this private man brought to the city of glitz
Despite having little authority, this tax collector had enough bluff and bluster to force the likes of Bugsy Siegel to pay his gaming fees, thus paving the way for Nevada’s control over the industry.
A developer, who did much more than just build houses, will continue to have an impact on Las Vegas well into the next millennium.
With his no-nonsense approach, former Las Vegas Mayor C.D. Baker helped bring the city’s dilapidated infrastructure out of the Depression and into the modern era.
Taking his cue from Howard Hughes, a Southern Californian found the land on the west side of Las Vegas to be a bountiful construction spot for thousands of houses.
Not willing to bet his town’s future on a roll of the dice, a county commissioner pushed and received backing for an unconventional idea amid all this gaming
With a lilting Irish brogue and a head for business, a not-so-wealthy young man found his calling in a vast wasteland.
A dentist whose mother was horsewhipped by the Ku Klux Klan found the Mississippi of the West had its own share of prejudice
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As 2025 comes to an end, Santa won’t be the only thing coming to town as the Las Vegas Valley readies to host holiday and New Year’s Eve celebrations over the next two weeks.
A Las Vegas gun range provided a man a Soviet-era submachine gun that exploded after a malfunction, which left him with “severe and debilitating injuries,” according to a lawsuit.
The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion, after the 46th drawing passed without a big winner.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo called for “heightened law enforcement vigilance” in response to worldwide antisemitism after a fatal terror attack in Australia.
