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People all around the world have heard of the Las Vegas Strip, but very few know how the four-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard got its name. Legend traces the moniker back to the city’s earliest days and gives a shady former cop the credit.

In the wake of recent attacks on places of worship, vigilance has become a priority for many congregations in southern Nevada and across the globe. A deadly assault on a Jewish synagogue in Manchester on Thursday morning resulted in the deaths of at least two people and injuries to at least four others. This incident follows a similar attack on a Jesus Christ Church of Latter-day Saints congregation in Michigan, which claimed four lives.

A potential government shutdown could impact thousands in Southern Nevada. The Entertainment Capital is a hotspot for international and U.S. tourists, but with that popularity can come challenges if there's a shutdown.

Truman Capote was convinced he had written a bestseller when he published his 1966 masterpiece In Cold Blood. But what he and readers didn’t even realize was that In Cold Blood had pioneered a new classification of novels: true crime.

Online commentary surrounding conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination is now spilling into local classrooms. In the days following his death, social media posts attributed to Clark County School District (CCSD) teachers surfaced. Some teachers have been removed from classrooms, Superintendent Jhone Ebert confirmed this week.

Las Vegas loves to promote its cowboy bonafides — from Vegas Vic to our Helldorado Days and rodeo events — but how much of that is advertising, and how much of that is actual history? Was Las Vegas ever really part of the Wild West? Co-host Sarah Lohman sits down with ÐÔÊӽ紫ý history professor Michael Green, who explains just how much of a frontier town Vegas really was.

Following the recent targeted shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, we talk with a history expert on how political violence has intensified over the years.

Today, the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý, serves more than 30,000 students and offers more than 180 graduate degrees. But it began with just a few dozen students gathered in some spare space at Las Vegas High School, and the vision of one very determined state lawmaker.