FRESNO, Calif. — At a time when his prevailing emotion could be frustration, UNLV’s Tre’Von Willis has a valid reason for saying he’s “very excited.”
For several years, Miguel Torres was one of the best mixed martial artists in the world, even though he was competing in relative obscurity.
You could argue the closest we have to him is the president-elect, a person who can excite and unify masses while performing on a platform of hope. Barack Obama has promised change. Manny Pacquiao allows others to live it.
After dominating first-place Fresno on Monday in a 4-0 win in which the Wranglers also pounded the Falcons in three fights, Las Vegas had nothing left for Tuesday’s rematch at the Orleans Arena.
NEW YORK — Shortly after news spread that gun-toting terrorists had launched a deadly siege on Mumbai, 75 blue-and-white police cars, lights flashing and carrying 150 officers, fanned out across Manhattan.
•Ricky Vazquez was convicted of second-degree murder, not voluntary manslaughter as stated in a photo caption in Tuesday’s editions.
RENO — Some homeless men in Reno are criticizing new rules at a men’s drop-in center that they say prevents them from cleaning up to look for work.
A third physician who practiced out of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada has been hit with a medical malpractice complaint by the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners.
Cost containment is relative around the Clark County Government Center.
A law enforcement task force Tuesday arrested a fugitive in Las Vegas who is a suspect in a fatal shooting in Dallas, U.S. marshals said.
Back in July 1999, after jumping 25 new cars at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado, daredevil Robbie Knievel was asked what was next on his list of things to jump.
In an effort to gain more control over Southern Nevada air traffic, Clark County commissioners Tuesday cast a resolution to pursue federal legislation that will give the Aviation Department authority over what type of aircraft can fly from each airport in the county’s system.
This week readers want to know when Azure Avenue will go west all the way through to Lamb Boulevard; whether Clark County plans on putting up street lights on the western Las Vegas Beltway; and how to get on Interstate 15 north from U.S. Highway 95.
The federal No Child Left Behind Act, an education law intended to improve student achievement, can also help public schools weather the tough economic climate, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Tuesday.
A lawyer for Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki expects an indictment against him to be made public today.
An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability, an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.
Food might have been the trigger that caused a family dog to fatally maul a 2-year-old boy last week, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
RENO — Milton Glick, president of the University of Nevada, Reno, warned students, faculty and staff that more programs and jobs will be eliminated next year.
A 31-year-old Henderson man died Tuesday night on U.S. Highway 95 after he was ejected from his motorcycle and struck by a car, a spokesman with the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
O.J. Simpson’s co-defendant is asking a judge for leniency and the minimum six-year prison sentence in the robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers.
The license of convicted Las Vegas Valley cosmetic surgeon Stephen Seldon has been suspended pending a full-blown hearing scheduled for May 4.
CARSON CITY — The Legislature’s top lawyer gave her blessing Tuesday to a plan that would allow state government to take the unprecedented step of borrowing money from Nevada cities, counties and schools to cover its debts.
For the better part of five decades, Southern Nevada’s identity has been tied to growth.
The environmental movement’s relentless attack on the nation’s traditional power sources continued Tuesday.