Thanks to the United Football League’s six-game schedule, the Las Vegas Locomotives won’t have to wait long to try to avenge their lone loss.
The wind was blowing so hard, it seemed as if the big pirate ship in front of Treasure Island was going to wind up sailing down Las Vegas Boulevard.
Silverado found just the remedy for its sputtering offense Thursday night: a huge first quarter from Teran Madu-Jules and some clutch passing from Kyle Simmons.
Kody Lostroh could win his first Professional Bull Riders championship in the next 10 days and collect $1 million.
Most in drag racing thought Tony Schumacher’s run of five consecutive NHRA Top Fuel championships would end this year when noted crew chief Alan Johnson announced a year ago he would be forming a new team and leaving Schumacher.
With a 22-16 lead in the fourth quarter, Henderson International was less than 11 minutes from clinching a playoff spot.
As beautiful as it can be to watch Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees work their magic, this NFL season also has an ugly side. We’re seeing a plague of poor quarterbacks and pitiful teams and a disappearance of parity.
Swedish goalie Joel Gistedt and his Wranglers teammates made history Thursday at the Orleans Arena — just not the kind they wanted.
The dramatic saga surrounding Brett Favre might finally get some closure. His two-year wait to take a division rival into Green Bay and show the organization it made the wrong choice comes to fruition on Sunday.
UNLV’s trip to the Dallas-Fort Worth area will be an emotional one when coach Mike Sanford and four players visit injured Rebels linebacker Bryce Saldi tonight in a rehabilitation facility in Plano, Texas.
You’d think NHRA was enjoying a banner year from what you’ll see this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
It’s tough to deny the obvious, but both coaches tried Thursday night after seventh-ranked Basic routed Cheyenne in a 39-7 home victory.
A social services office in the downtown homeless corridor that closed because of budget cuts soon will reopen thanks to grant funding, Clark County officials said Thursday.
Another soldier from Nevada has been killed in Afghanistan, the second Silver State-related casualty in a week, according to the Department of Defense.
RENO — Eighteen months later, missing delegate ballots from a recessed Nevada state GOP convention will be counted.
CARSON CITY — Nevada can comply with a federal law that requires election ballots to be sent to military members and other residents overseas at least 45 days before an election, Deputy Secretary of State Matt Griffin said Thursday.
Attention, Gentle Readers: For the second time in 16 years, former Lt. Gov. Dr. Lonnie Hammargren doesn’t want to attract your attention by inviting you to his Nevada Day Open House.
A company that might build a sports arena in downtown Las Vegas is a more serious contender than a previous would-be developer, but the project is still linked to building a new city hall, Mayor Oscar Goodman said Thursday.
RENO — Health officials are urging the public to exercise patience and courtesy after a fight broke out when someone tried to cut in line Thursday at a Reno swine flu clinic.
A motorcycle officer shot a man in the back after he fled during a traffic stop Thursday afternoon, said a woman who witnessed the shooting.
Wayne Newton is continuing a show-opening tradition that started with Elvis and was revived last week by another icon.
University Medical Center is changing its policy on visitors because of the H1N1 emergency, officials announced Thursday.
Registered sex offenders in the Las Vegas Valley are receiving knocks on their doors in the days leading up to Halloween.
Good training, enough safety inspectors and the threat of hefty fines still won’t be enough to right the wrongs in worker safety in Nevada, as long as powerful employers in construction and gaming can use political juice to sabotage the final outcome of investigations into workplace deaths and accidents.
A Veterans Affairs employee from Las Vegas was indicted this week in a case of stolen valor and stolen benefits.
Halloween weekend has turned into a big thing on the Strip. On Saturday night, you’ll see all kinds of costume contests at clubs, with prizes hitting thousands of dollars in some cases.