Palo Verde’s boys tennis team was originally scheduled to host Coronado on Sept. 4, but the regular-season showdown was called off because of rain.
Johnathan Loyd returned two punts for touchdowns as Bishop Gorman rolled to a 56-6 road victory over Spring Valley on Thursday night.
Midway through his sophomore season, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor is under fire from critics who want to see him benched or switched to wide receiver. None of it makes sense.
A win over Silverado had Liberty’s football team flying high last fall. But the Patriots quickly crashed and burned, losing the next three games and failing to make the postseason.
When UNLV gave up 28 fourth-quarter points in its 63-28 loss Oct. 3 at UNR, questions were raised about whether the Rebels quit.
It’s easy to spot the NFL’s game of the week, with the undefeated Minnesota Vikings traveling to Pittsburgh. So let’s take a serious look at some of the players involved, in particular Vikings stars Adrian Peterson and Brett Favre.
Everyone in motor sports — fans, racers, league owners — should have learned a lesson from what happens when two similar series wage war.
Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa will be warming up Garth Brooks’ new home.
A 40-year-old soccer coach accused of having an ongoing sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday, Henderson police said.
The world is upside down. Evidence for this manifested Thursday on the Strip. … Witness this: There’s a seminar called Facebook 101 scheduled at this year’s annual AARP convention, being held right now at the Sands Expo. … And look at Ed Murashi, for goodness’ sake. He’s got dark hair with less gray than a cloudless sky, looks in pretty good physical shape, and turned 50 a few months ago. And he’s an enthusiastic member of the AARP.
The Department of Motor Vehicle’s office on Donovan Way in North Las Vegas will not be offering written tests for commercial driver’s licenses Monday and Tuesday as the facility is remodeled.
CARSON CITY — If misery loves company, then Nevada’s state government can find solace in a national report Thursday that found seven other states will experience even higher tax revenue declines in the current fiscal year.
Recent polls suggest a deep divide over the issue of climate change, so it’s easy to imagine the arguments that might break out over news like this: Nevada just experienced its hottest September since people started keeping records of such things almost 115 years ago.
RENO — A 24-year-old gang member has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole in the fatal shooting of a Carson City teenager and attempted murder of a passer-by who tried to help the victim along U.S. Highway 395 south of Reno.
Metro Sgt. Ray Reyes took exception to Wednesday’s column on the aftermath of the death of officer Milburn “Millie” Beitel, who was driving fast and not wearing a seat belt when he rolled his police cruiser on Oct. 7 and suffered fatal injuries.
Three young gangsters accused of killing a southwest valley teen were just “busting a mission,” a slang term for committing a robbery, Las Vegas police were told.
Here’s an oddity. Stars are in Las Vegas for a big event, and you can see them up close — but not on a red carpet, and they’re not the usual 22-year-old reality TV stars.
A former Nye County commissioner has been sentenced to five years of probation for trying to bribe a Pahrump Town Board member.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Kingman man who entered a plea agreement in a 2007 homicide was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison.
The Regional Transportation Commission introduced nine new traffic cameras for residents who wish to check their morning commute route before leaving the house.
In a murder-suicide that claimed three lives, an 80-year-old man fatally shot his wife and son in their southeast valley home and then turned the gun on himself, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
David Finkelstein isn’t an EMT and doesn’t have direct daily contact with infants. … Yet he and many other Las Vegans on Thursday received H1N1 vaccinations that health officials have tried to reserve for those most at risk. …
All this week, people have not had to demonstrate that they indeed belong to one of the priority groups that the Southern Nevada Health District has stressed should be first in line. So some who aren’t in the groups — the health district doesn’t have an estimate of how many — have still gone home with a Band-Aid on their arm.
Dr. Lonnie Hammargren is one of the valley’s more colorful characters and owns of one of the area’s most unusual homes.
It’s one of the year’s most gripping thrillers, with a crackerjack team of undercover operatives tackling a clandestine high-risk mission.
Club Fortune casino in Henderson is celebrating its 10th anniversary Saturday with several promotions, including multiple points and a $100 cash giveaway every 10 minutes from 10 a.m.-5:50 p.m. All customers will be given a special anniversary T-shirt.
It looks like something cribbed from an arcade game. You know, the one with the remote-controlled claw that descends so that you can try and grab this trinket or that.
A free workshop on the basics of tea is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 5 and from 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center, 1575 Galleria Drive in Henderson. The one-session workshop, open to those 18 and older and sponsored by the City of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department, will cover tea categories, how teas are made and their origins. To register, visit www.cityofhenderson.com, activity 194026-38 for the first session, 194026-39 for the second, or visit any of the city’s recreation centers. For details, call 267-5850. …
Retitle a classic? Why not … “The King and Gloria Steinem”? … “The King and Betty Friedan?” … “The King and Germaine Greer?” “The King and Helen Reddy Singing ‘I Am Woman Hear Me Roar’?”
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