Last-minute touchdowns against New Mexico and San Diego State. A thwarted 2-point conversion pass against Hawaii.
With The Meadows’ boys soccer team coming off a 4-12 season, its chances of reaching the Class 3A Southern League postseason looked murky at best.
• LAKE MEAD — Shad have moved into shallow water, and striped bass are following them in. Boils have been seen along the beaches, near Hemenway, at 33-Hole and in the Las Vegas Wash area. Anglers are catching stripers from one-half pound to 2 pounds in close, while those fishing in 80 to 100 feet of water are reeling in fish from 2 to 6 pounds on live shad and while jigging with Kastmasters.
Keenan Graham had been on a manic three-week recruiting tour that weaved through Nebraska, Wisconsin and Colorado.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls cross country runner Taylor Inghram placed 17th at the Sunset Region meet to help Arbor View take third and qualify for state. Boys cross country runner Adonis Gaines placed 11th at the Sunset Region meet to qualify for state.
When it comes to power hitting, no one can launch bombs quite like Denny Crine. The 6-foot-6-inch, 300-pounder has a sweet swing and the physique of a cleanup hitter.
Barack Obama won Nevada on Tuesday because he crushed his opponent in the state’s urban counties and didn’t get killed in the rural areas of the state.
A man named by authorities as a figure in the drug-ring kidnapping of a 6-year-old valley boy was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury, a U.S. attorney’s office official said.
In the race for the Clark County School Board, Edward Goldman and Ron Taylor, two candidates with advanced degrees and professional educational experience, lost to homemaker Deanna Wright and dental hygienist Chris Garvey.
A man accused of attempting to kill his estranged wife and fatally shooting her boyfriend while armed with a chain saw and assault rifle Monday also will be charged in the slaying of the woman’s 18-week-old fetus, Clark County District Attorney David Roger said Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — Democratic Congresswoman-elect Dina Titus said Wednesday she refused to think beyond Election Day as she campaigned to unseat Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., in the 3rd District race in Southern Nevada.
A Pahrump woman whose candidacy for justice of the peace raised concerns about conflict of interest lost her bid for the bench on Tuesday.
Inadequate ground support at a Northern Nevada gold mine caused the April death of an underground miner who was crushed by falling rock, federal investigators say.
The woman who accused Gov. Jim Gibbons of attacking her in a parking garage has named more than a dozen people as potential defendants in her civil lawsuit, including Clark County District Attorney David Roger.
NEW YORK — Newsstands from Seattle to Las Vegas to New York quickly sold out of Wednesday’s papers declaring Barack Obama the nation’s first black president as some jubilant customers picked up two, three or even 30 copies as keepsakes.
CARSON CITY — The first African-American leader of the state Senate said Wednesday that Republicans and Democrats must work together on a plan to balance the state budget without cutting essential services.
Why would a successful cosmetic surgeon throw away his career to save a few thousand dollars a year by buying a knockoff version of Botox for wrinkle reduction, procedures that amount to less than 5 percent of his sales?
Exactly 24 hours after exhorting Nevada voters Monday that victory remained within his reach, U.S. Sen. John McCain congratulated President-elect Barack Obama in one of the finest concession speeches ever delivered.
After 70-year-old Eugenia Hedstrom was notified last winter by health officials that she should get tested for hepatitis and HIV, she worried about dying.
The Clark County District Attorney’s Office has dropped misdemeanor charges against the American Invsco employee named in connection with the now-halted hotel operation at the upscale Meridian condominium property near the Strip.
Two years ago, an 86-year-old woman got a 40-year, $274,000 mortgage with an introductory rate of 1 percent. Her monthly payment was a little more than $500 — but her income consists of only an $830 monthly Social Security check.
More than 200 artists from throughout the country will participate this weekend in The Great Craft Festival at Cashman Center.
At least we survived scary season. (After all, Tuesday was Election Day.)
Stomp Out Loud” will beat its last trash can at Planet Hollywood on Jan. 4, though producers hope to move the percussive revue to a smaller venue.
Some people seem like they can save just about anyone but themselves.
How historic, and how forgotten, was the night.
The plane truth: Southern Nevada’s affinity for high-flying fun emerges once again when Aviation Nation 2008 takes flight Saturday and Sunday at Nellis Air Force Base.