Lawmaker Calls For Annual Session
(Carson City, NV) – Nevada’s legislators could meet every year in Carson City if one lawmaker has his way. Las Vegas Assemblyman Tick Segerblom has called for a constitutional amendment to allow...
View ArticleMets’ Duda Placed On DL With Muscle Strain
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mets outfielder Lucas Duda has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained muscle between his ribs. The Mets recalled infielder Zach Lutz from Triple-A Las Vegas...
View ArticleTitus Positions for Congressional Run
Former Congresswoman Dina Titus is laying the groundwork for another run for the House. Titus tells the “Review-Journal” she has resigned from the federal Commission on Civil Rights, and says it’s...
View ArticleSportsbooks Hoping for NFL Settlement
(Las Vegas, NV) — Vegas oddsmakers are among those hoping for a settlement in the NFL’s labor dispute. Without an agreement between players and owners, a season-long lockout could cost sports books...
View ArticleKhan KOs Judah
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Amir Khan got another big win, even if he would have liked to do it in a bit more spectacular fashion. Khan stopped Zab Judah in the fifth round of their scheduled 12-round unification...
View ArticleGen X Women Party At 40
A new trend among Gen X-ers is to celeberate mid-life with big parties or getaways. Guest Host, JD Hayworth, talks about the new Sweet 16....
View ArticleSportsbooks Hail End to NFL Lockout
Football fans are hailing the end of the NFL lockout, but few are happier than the operators of Las Vegas sports books.
View ArticleLingerie Football Poised for Kick-Off
(Las Vegas, NV) — Las Vegas’ franchise in the new Lingerie Football League is getting ready for its first-ever game. The Sin is one of 12 national teams hoping to get a foothold among football fans,...
View ArticleShould Illegals Be Shot?
Guest Host, KLUC’s Chet Buchanan, discussed just that with callers. Part One: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/nyc.podcast.play.it/media/d0/d0/d0/dY/dE/dU/d5/YEU5_4.MP3 Part Two:...
View ArticlePsst… Wanna Buy A Baby?
Guest Host, Chet Buchanan talked with Lisa Remillard, Channel 13 News Anchor, about a Las Vegas baby selling ring....
View ArticleHispanics Now Largest Student Group
(Las Vegas, NV) — Hispanics now make up the largest group of students in Nevada. The state Department of Education says during the last school year, nearly 39% of students were Hispanic, edging out...
View ArticleUNLV Coach: No Tweeting
(Las Vegas, NV) — UNLV football players will have to give up Twitter if they want to be on the team. That’s the rule just implemented by coach Bobby Hauck. The “Las Vegas Sun” says according to...
View ArticleBig Shows This Weekend
(Las Vegas, NV) — Fans of music and comedy will find many choices in Vegas this weekend. Entertainer Charo plays the South Point tomorrow and Sunday night, while Montgomery Gentry performs at the...
View ArticleRebels Shock Hawaii For First Win
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tim Cornett ran for an 80-yard touchdown and Phillip Payne caught two scoring passes to help UNLV shock a fumble-prone Hawaii 40-20 on Saturday night. Cornett’s first-quarter run was...
View ArticleMayweather KOs Ortiz
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. remained unbeaten Saturday night by knocking out Victor Ortiz with a right hand late in the fourth round. The punch came just after the two fighters had hugged in...
View ArticleSloppy Rebels Stunned by Southern Utah
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Austin Minefee ran for two touchdowns while his teammates had three interceptions for scores, lifting Southern Utah to a stunning 41-16 victory over UNLV on Saturday night. Nick...
View ArticleRebels Put The 0 In Reno
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Tyler Lantrip passed for 366 yards and three touchdowns and Nevada’s defense held UNLV to 110 total yards as the Wolf Pack beat the Rebels 37-0 Saturday for their seventh straight...
View ArticleNew Nevada Congressional Districts Proposed
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A panel of court masters has proposed splitting Nevada’s northern congressional district that includes Reno and most rural areas of the state as part of a plan to redraw boundaries to...
View ArticleRebels Roped On The Road
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Brett Smith passed for two touchdowns and caught a pass for another to lead Wyoming past UNLV 41-14 on Saturday. The victory, in the Mountain West Conference opener for both...
View ArticleBig Shows This Weekend
(Las Vegas, NV) — If you like music, there’s plenty happening this weekend in Las Vegas. Little Feat performs tonight at Boulder Station, while k.d. Lang takes stage tomorrow at The Palms. Also...
View ArticleAmodei Endorses Romney
Congressman Mark Amodei is the latest Nevada Republican to support Mitt Romney.
View ArticleRebels Dump Rams
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Quarterback Caleb Herring had a 5-yard touchdown run with 1:20 remaining to lift UNLV to a 38-35 victory over Colorado State on Saturday afternoon at Sam Boyd Stadium. In a game with...
View ArticleHenderson Fire Displaces Several Residents
HENDERSON (CBS Las Vegas) – At approximately 10:38 a.m. Sunday morning, crews from the Henderson Fire Department responded to a reported fire on High View at the Martinique Bay Apartments, near the...
View ArticleSilvano Alves Wins PBR Title
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Silvano Alves held on to his sizable lead to win the Professional Bull Riders world title and $1 million bonus, and Robson Palermo jumped from fourth to first place Sunday to take...
View ArticleRebels Fall To Winless Lobos
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Demarcus Rogers scored a 2-yard touchdown with 1:15 left Saturday as New Mexico defeated UNLV 21-14 for its first victory of the season. Rogers’ run capped a 34-yard drive set...
View Article1 dead, 16 injured in 2,000-acre Reno Wildfire
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Fire Chief Mike Hernandez says a firefighter suffered first and second-degree burns while taming a sudden wildfire that spread through northwestern Nevada. The estimated number of...
View ArticleUNLV Upsets Top-Ranked North Carolina
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chace Stanback had a career-high 28 and added 10 rebounds to help UNLV beat top-ranked North Carolina 90-80 on Saturday night in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational....
View ArticleDanny Tarkanian Considering Congressional Run
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian says internal polling shows he has name recognition to win a U.S. House seat in Nevada, but he isn’t sure he can raise the most money in...
View ArticleIndyCar Will Not Return To Vegas In ’12
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The IndyCar Series will not race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway next season. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was killed in a 15-car accident at the Las Vegas track in the...
View ArticleRebels Fall At Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ben Brust came off the bench and scored a career-high 25 points to help No. 14 Wisconsin beat UNLV 62-51 Saturday. Wisconsin (8-2) ripped off a 13-0 run midway through the first...
View ArticleMayweather Reaches Plea Deal
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. will plead guilty in Las Vegas to reduced charges in a plea deal settling felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend and a...
View ArticleMayweather Future In Doubt
(Las Vegas) Boxing champion and Las Vegas resident Floyd Mayweather Jr. will need to go before the Nevada Athletic Commission in order to fight in 2012. KXNT talked with Nevada Athletic Commission...
View ArticleNew Homes Sales Hit Record Low
(Las Vegas, NV) — New home sales in Las Vegas hit a record low in 2011. Home Builders Research says just under 3900 new homes were sold last year, the lowest since the company began tracking the...
View ArticleCharter Schools Earn High Marks
(Las Vegas, NV) — Nevada charter schools are moving up in a national ranking. Dr. John Hawk, the president of the Charter School Association of Nevada says even with the better ranking there is...
View ArticleReno Fire Partially Contained
(Reno, NV) — Firefighters will know later today the extent of damage from a raging wildfire south of Reno. This morning, Reno Fire Battalion chief Tim Spencer says the fire is 50% contained. Winds of...
View ArticleMayor Accepts Food Stamp Challenge
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is accepting a challenge to live on less than five-dollars worth of groceries every day for a week.
View ArticleGovernor Won’t Endorse GOP Candidate
(Carson City, NV) — Governor Brian Sandoval isn’t backing any of the remaining Republican presidential candidates before this Saturday’s state caucus. Sandoval tells the “Las Vegas Sun” he’ll attend...
View ArticleGingrich Regroups After Florida
(Las Vegas) Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made a campaign stop in Las Vegas Thursday morning. Just two days after being beaten soundly by Mitt Romney in Florida, the former speaker...
View ArticleSports Books Expect Profit
(Las Vegas, NV) — The New York Giants were not the only winners of the Super Bowl. Las Vegas sports books will likely be in the black from yesterday’s game. Oddsmakers made the New England Patriots...
View ArticleFeds Fine Vegas Airline
(Las Vegas,NV) — Allegiant Air has been fined 100-thousand dollars by the federal government for a pair of violations. The Department of Transportation says the Vegas-based airline failed to...
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