For those following Southern Nevada’s competing sports arena plans, here’s something to keep an eye on: whether Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman goes to Europe in October.
A federal officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement was injured Wednesday night while trying to enforce a routine court order for deportation.
State Sen. Dina Titus, a Democratic congressional candidate, on Thursday presented a plan she said would create jobs in Southern Nevada, largely through expanding the renewable energy industry.
The Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday ended their eight-year Triple-A affiliation with the Las Vegas 51s by agreeing on a two-year player development contract with the Albuquerque Isotopes.
Southern Nevada homeowners who get scolded for over-soaking their sod will cringe at this news.
Flu season is around the corner and the Southern Nevada Health District wants to get residents immunized. The health district’s vaccine campaign starts Monday.
O.J. Simpson and auctioneer Thomas Riccio had talked for weeks about their sting to surprise some memorabilia dealers and retrieve hundreds of treasured Simpson family photos, Riccio testified Thursday.
If you’re one of the legions of adults who frequent nudie shows on the Strip, I’d like to introduce you to a fun new drinking game. It’s called “Real, Fake, Uneven.” Figure out the rules for yourself.
WASHINGTON — Nevada could make history on Nov. 4 by becoming the first state to send an all-female, multiple-member delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.
CARSON CITY — The Campaign Finance Disclosure Project has given Nevada its fourth straight failing grade because of weak campaign finance laws and practices.
The valley’s three public housing authorities, tasked with helping provide affordable housing for the poor, took another step Thursday toward consolidating into a single “superagency” that would be among the country’s largest housing authorities.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — The attorney leading the Arizona defense of the prophet of a polygamous sect has filed a motion here to suppress evidence seized in the controversial raid on the church’s Yearning For Zion ranch in Texas.
Las Vegan Ernie Curcio lived in New York for five years as a budding stage director, but he avoided going to see all the anti-Bush and anti-war plays there. It’s not that they insulted him politically. He just found them kind of redundant.
Every five minutes from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (through Oct. 5), the Silverton is giving away $50 cash to a random customer who is playing any slot, video poker or video keno machine with his Discovery Club card inserted.
In the 1970s, Pete Rose and Johnny Bench supplied rocket fuel for Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine.
The Epicurean Charitable Foundation’s seventh annual Scholarship Fundraiser, with entertainment by Sara Bareilles, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 on the beach at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets start at $500; for more information, call 932-5098. …
Unless you’re an Emeril Lagasse die-hard — Would that be an Emhead or maybe a Gasbag? — you probably remember the chef most from his salad days on the Food Network, where he was occupied not with salad but with bamming and kicking things up a notch and spreading the gospel of his updated version of the best of New Orleans’ Cajun/Creole cuisine. And then maybe you tasted the fruits of his labors at one of his restaurants in New Orleans or at Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House at the MGM Grand right here in Our Fair City.
Yuletide staples the Trans-Siberian Orchestra bring seasonal cheer to the MGM Grand Garden on Nov. 20. Tickets are $25, $39.50 and $49.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the MGM Grand box office, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.
He compares himself to Jesus — you know, if Christ considered Budweiser a sacrament.
The dude on the other end of the line wants to know what she’s going to wear on her upcoming tour, a Wiffle Ball of a question, lobbed underhanded.
Nevada didn’t do very well in a new report compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education.