The Nevada Athletic Commission is considering the use of instant replay in combat sports.
After struggling at the plate for the first seven innings in the American Legion state tournament, the eighth-seeded Arbor View Aggies (18-17) erupted for eight runs in the eighth and went on to beat No. 4 Green Valley 9-3 in an elimination game at Wilson Stadium. The win lifted Arbor View into Wednesday’s 5 p.m. losers’ bracket semifinal.
The U.S. Bowling Congress Open Championships completed its 154-day run at Cashman Convention Center on Friday, but the temporary bowling facility is busy again this week with the World Women’s Championships.
Former UNLV running back Frank Summers is going all out in hopes of landing a spot on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster. He’s been working out in Sarasota, Fla., in preparation for training camp, where players report Friday.
Travis Snider hit a three-run home run in the first inning, and 51s starter Fabio Castro and two relievers shut down the Tacoma Rainiers on two hits Monday as Las Vegas salvaged the finale of a four-game Pacific Coast League series with a 4-0 victory in Tacoma, Wash.
Privé nightclub plans to file an appeal of its liquor license denial today with Clark County officials and appears to think it will be open this weekend despite a mandate to close by midnight tonight.
A Las Vegas man was slapped with a 24-year prison sentence Monday for receiving and possessing child pornography despite his attorney’s argument that the string of images appeared on his computer without solicitation.
RENO — Federal prosecutors brought trumped-up charges against a Hollywood associate of “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis, two ex-sheriff’s deputies and a jail worker to pressure them to implicate Francis in a bribery scandal, a lawyer said.
A 23-year-old woman was arrested this past weekend and accused of having a role in the slaying of man who died July 6 in a southwest Las Vegas bar fight.
Kevin Franchow routinely walked the grounds of AnSan Sister City Park for exercise to control his diabetes, Las Vegas police said. … In addition to suffering diabetes, the 38-year-old Franchow used hearing aids, wore glasses and had the mental capacity of a 10-year-old child, police said. … It was during an early Sunday morning park stroll that Franchow crossed paths with two young men, one of whom shot him several times in the back. … Police said the motive appears to be robbery.
Boot Camp Las Vegas and county commissioners have struck a deal that clears the way for fitness professionals who want to lead groups in the county’s 94 parks. Businesses pay $1,000 a year for each park they use, and nonprofit groups pay $500 per park each year.
A man convicted of killing a drug dealer was spared the death penalty Monday after the jury deciding his fate became hopelessly deadlocked.
A Cheyenne High School librarian assistant was arrested Sunday after she was discovered performing oral sex on a 17-year-old boy at the campus, according to a police report.
The city of Las Vegas is accepting applications for the West Las Vegas Advisory Board, which is being set up to help organize the neighborhood and involve residents in improving the area.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons has filled two positions in his administration, hiring former Republican Assemblyman Lynn Hettrick and former Ethics Commission Director Stacy Woodbury.
The man killed Sunday night in an attempted robbery on Poppy Lane was identified Monday by friends and neighbors as Eric Fuentes.
Since Smokey Robinson divides his life between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, I asked the Motown hero how Vegas could be changed for the better.
UNLV Provost Neal Smatresk should be the university’s acting president for the next two years, the state’s higher education chancellor recommended Monday night.