LAS VEGAS — Police are looking for answers after a mother was shot and killed while driving home — right in front of her kids.The shooting occurred at the intersection of

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Bernie Curtis, who has worked for four sheriff’s departments in California and Nevada, is the new head of the state Parole and Probation Department.Curtis takes over from John Gon…

by Benjamin Spillman Las Vegas Gaming Wire LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Owners of the tourism Web site Vegas.com are taking their act international. The Las Vegas-based company behind the site is scheduled…

The new 116,000-square-foot Cherry Club Las Vegas opens tonight, hosted by Scott Baio and joined by various porn stars from around the country.

Baio (Chachi from “Happy Days”) will serve as a judge for 21 amateur Cherry model finalists competing for the title of Miss Cherry Pie and $1,000 in cash. And they won’t have to worry about Baio, since he married his longtime girlfriend last year (Baio was a frequent guest of the Playboy mansion before being banned from dating too many Playboy Playmates).

The first gentlemen’s club to be located on the Las Vegas Strip, Cherry also boasts a waterfall and wave pool with cherry-shaped inner tubes big enough for two. Positioned on various water stages are Cherry dancers wearing white clothing designed to quickly turn dry to wet to dry again from water that’s encouraged to be splashed.

In another first, Cherry is also the only club in the nation to be completely account-based: patrons can receive cards in the mail and add money to them via credit card or cash at the cashier. All transactions are cashless, including dances, where dancers will scan your card in advance. This conveniently addresses the problem of getting bills wet in the pool.

The “Breaking the Cherry” ribbon-cutting ceremony begins tonight at 8 p.m. Complimentary food will be available from area eateries, with an open bar of Three Olives cherry vodka the first two hours of opening.

Each night, Cherry will feature an anonymous dancer who’s never danced before. The patron who correctly identifies her at the end of the evening will be randomly drawn and refunded of all his night’s dances. Guesses can be made via card swipe at kiosks throughout the club.

Tonight only, locals with photo I.D. receive the first dance and first drink for free. After the grand opening, locals will always receive 2-for-1 cocktails, bottle specials, and a special whirlpool lounge.

Appropriately, the club is located south of Sahara Hotel & Casino in the old Wet ‘n’ Wild location.

To reserve a private booth or for more information, visit this link.

NORTH LAS VEGAS — Police said a 38-year-old man was jailed on murder and attempted murder charges in a weekend shooting that left a man dead and a woman critically wounded in a vehicle outside a Nort…

NORTH LAS VEGAS — Police said a 38-year-old man was jailed on murder and attempted murder charges in a weekend shooting that left a man dead and a woman critically wounded in a vehicle outside a Nort…

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Wealthy Reno businessman and powerbroker Harvey Whittemore urged the state water engineer on Monday to approve his plans to pump rural Nevada water to a huge, $30 billion developm…

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Wealthy Reno businessman and powerbroker Harvey Whittemore urged the state water engineer on Monday to approve his plans to pump rural Nevada water to a huge, $30 billion developm…

LAS VEGAS — Jurors are hearing graphic details in the trial of two people accused of torturing and killing a 42-year-old man in Las Vegas and fleeing to Florida.Joey Salas, 32, and Cassandra Thomas, …

LAS VEGAS — Jurors are hearing graphic details in the trial of two people accused of torturing and killing a 42-year-old man in Las Vegas and fleeing to Florida.Joey Salas, 32, and Cassandra Thomas, …