Timothy Blackburn robbed a Bank of America depository in December 1998 for more than $1 million — the largest bank robbery in Nevada’s history. After eluding authorities initially, Blackburn was caught and jailed at the North Las Vegas Detention Center. In August 1999, he escaped, guns blazing, with his wife’s help, and disappeared for weeks only to be found at an apartment near Boulder Highway. Former FBI Agent Henry Schlumpf, the lead on the case, remembers vividly the hostage situation that would end tragically. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The emphasis was less on far-off science fiction and more on practical systems designed to improve how people live and work right now.
Former UNLV quarterback Anthony Colandrea, the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, committed to Nebraska on his visit to campus Tuesday.
The county introduced a plan that would impose a $1 monthly surcharge on every telephone line to help pay for 911 infrastructure improvements.
Tavari Pearson, who previously received an eight-to-20-year suspended sentence, has been indicted in a car theft case.
The complaint claims a downtown casino and railroad company’s failure to repair a hole in a fence allowed a California man to crawl through and be hit by a train.
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool.
Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and AI platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.
Pedro Jimenez, 59, of Ontario, California, was arrested and charged with one count of leaving the scene of a crash after a Dec. 18 hit-and-run.
Nevada’s labor market overall is a “mixed picture,” says a new report.
Protections for a disappearing, funny-looking bird species are causing the BLM to take a second look at a cross-Nevada transmission line that is costing ratepayers billions.
Golden Knights forward Tomas Hertl will make his first Olympic appearance for Czechia in Italy in February, becoming the seventh Knight to make an Olympic roster.
The Athletics are having issues securing the trademarks associated with their planned Las Vegas relocation.
Teams can start interviewing candidates not employed by another organization as soon as they have an opening. But for coaches employed by other teams, the process is more formal.
Sitting on almost an acre in Southern Highlands, the custom, single-story home is 5,534 square feet, with three bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that they do not plan to pursue the death penalty for a man accused of killing three people in a 12-vehicle crash.
Zillow’s home price index for the Las Vegas Valley showed a 2.1 percent drop in home prices in 2025.
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Ed Graney has been named the Nevada State Sportswriter of the Year for the ninth time in the past 15 years.
The Raiders will interview Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph and Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak for their head coaching job.
Las Vegas police provided an update on the second officer-involved shooting in the valley Tuesday morning, this one in the southeast.
