LEXINGTON, Ky. — If he’s faking enthusiasm for a game that means little in the big picture, Kentucky guard Jodie Meeks is as good an actor as he is a shooter.
Feeling his team could struggle at the plate in only its second season at the varsity level, Legacy baseball coach Bill Dexheimer has preached “routine plays” in hopes of building a successful program.
Exclusivity is an upsetting trend to everyone except perhaps Jim Nantz. It is everything college football has become and everything we once could count on the NCAA Tournament avoiding.
Two injuries to high-profile fighters have forced the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship schedule to be reshuffled.
If Gov. Jim Gibbons were starring in a Hollywood gangster movie, this would be the moment he realizes he’s about to be rubbed out.
About 500 students entered the fray of the state budget battle Monday by rallying in the Valley High School football stands to defend education and their favorite clubs.
Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath — tonight’s St. Patty’s Day “host” at Lavo nightclub — doesn’t miss being a talking head on “Extra.” And he thinks entertainment news shows, with their “’80s feel,” “are dying.”
Republican former state Sen. Joe Heck announced his plans to challenge Gov. Jim Gibbons for the 2010 GOP gubernatorial nomination on Monday, as resistance in his own party to the unpopular governor continues to intensify.
WASHINGTON — Jon Porter may be gone from Congress, but his earmarks remain.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley on Monday rebuked Gov. Jim Gibbons by introducing legislation that would require Nevada to accept federal stimulus funds for the unemployed.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Leaders of Colorado City, where members of a polygamous religious enclave reside, are filing complaints accusing Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan of misconduct.
A man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old stepson was sentenced Monday to spend life in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years.
Brothel owner Maynard “Joe” Richards has changed his plea to guilty in connection with an attempt to bribe a Nye County commissioner in 2005.
A sharp decline in building fees could result in Clark County cutting more than 50 jobs in May to offset a $4.2 million deficit in its development services department.
One public meeting was listed in error and another was not listed in Sunday’s This Week column. The Southern Nevada District Board of Health will not meet Wednesday as indicated. But the Solid Waste Hearing Officers will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Clemens Conference Room at 625 Shadow Lane.
CARSON CITY — State lawmakers and Gov. Jim Gibbons’ top aide differed Monday over what some legislators consider badly timed pay raises for many of the governor’s staff members compared with the 6 percent pay cuts he has proposed for other state employees.
The top Small Business Administration official in Nevada said Monday that President Barack Obama’s small-business aid package will be a particular boon to the once booming and now deflated Nevada economy, but at least two local business owners disagreed.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is sending out mixed signals when it professes support for nuclear energy but then proposes to stop work at the proposed Yucca Mountain storage site for used nuclear fuel, a Republican senator said Monday.
The man accused of shooting and killing a 39-year-old mother of two at a traffic stop pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder.
When Florida police uncovered a diary describing a brutal murder in Las Vegas, they opened the first chapter of a gruesome 2006 homicide that ensnared three people, including a mother of two.
CARSON CITY — More than 200 measures were proposed Monday in the Nevada Legislature as lawmakers rushed to meet a deadline for bill introductions by individual lawmakers.
CARSON CITY — State Senate Finance Committee members expressed concern Monday about a bill that would require the state Department of Motor Vehicles starting in 2010 to issue driver’s licenses that comply with the federal Real ID Act.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it has warned 15 mining operations to clean up their health and safety practices or face stricter enforcement.
Given politicians’ preoccupation with lists that rank states — and the constant yammering from Nevada officials about being at the bottom of lists for this and that — we’re happy to report the Silver State is tied for 10th in a key measurement of government accountability.
Robert McCarthy of Chicago found a perfect birthday gift for his dad during their weekend celebration in Las Vegas. Her name is Cheryl and she costs $200 a day.
ATLANTIC CITY — Four of the nation’s largest labor unions will team to kick-start stalled contract talks with casinos in four states, starting with New Jersey, officials announced Monday.
Wall Street is viewing today’s quarterly earnings announcement by Strip casino giant MGM Mirage as the most critical report in the company’s history.