UFC’s Derrick Lewis hopes tragedies help build bridge to unity

UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis ended his brief retirement and returns to the cage Saturday, but his thoughts are with those affected by tragedy in his hometown of Houston and Las Vegas.

Clark County school unions fighting plan for furlough days

At least two of the Clark County School District’s larger unions are rejecting the district’s proposal to identify two furlough days to save money and jobs amid a multimillion-dollar deficit.

Titus, Democrats introduce bill to ban sale of bump stocks

As President Donald Trump met with the victims and heroes of Sunday’s mass shooting, Rep. Dina Titus “personally delivered” to White House staff a letter inviting him to meet with the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, a group established by the Democratic Caucus after the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

If Golden Knights aren’t on Cox Cable, team should be embarrassed

We are 48 hours from the Knights playing at Dallas and officially bringing Las Vegas its first major league professional sports franchise, and as things stood Wednesday, it won’t be seen on the valley’s largest cable provider.

 
Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks, source says

Las Vegas Strip mass murderer Stephen Paddock used his Mandalay Bay hotel room to spray massive aviation fuel tanks with bullets Sunday night, a knowledgeable source told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Golden Knights lineup uncertain for season opener

In the wake of Tuesday’s moves that saw Vadim Shipachyov, Alex Tuch and Shea Theodore assigned to the team’s American Hockey League affiliate in Chicago, the roster remains a work in progress.

 
To shield fiance, woman took bullet in back at Route 91 Harvest Festival

Summer Clyburn didn’t realize what was happening at the Route 91 Harvest Festival until she turned around and saw her fiance, Michael Gracia, on the ground. Gracia, an officer with the Ontario (California) Police Department, had been shot in the head. Summer shielded Michael with her own body and took a bullet in the back.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Carrie Parsons, Seattle

A Seattle resident is among those fatally wounded in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest Festival Sunday, the Washington Post has reported.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Nicol Kimura, Placentia, California

Nicol Kimura and her close group of friends from Southern California had been looking forward to the Route 91 country music festival since buying their tickets nearly a year ago.

Malcolm Subban adds to Golden Knights’ goaltending depth

Malcolm Subban, who was claimed on waivers from Boston on Tuesday, joins a goaltending rotation that includes starter Marc-Andre Fleury and backup Calvin Pickard.

 
Farrell Hester II makes immediate impact at UNLV

Bishop Gorman graduate Farrell Hester II has started the past two games at middle linebacker for UNLV. He’s a freshman who worked his way up the depth chart.

 
Authorities still not clear on who Stephen Paddock was

Stephen Paddock, the gunman who rained bullets on the Route 91 Harvest festival on Sunday night, spent decades stockpiling weapons and ammunition, and he “meticulously” planned the night he sprayed gunfire from his room at the Mandalay Bay on a crowd of concertgoers on the Strip, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Wednesday.

County studies distribution of donated money for Las Vegas shooting

Clark County commissioners and staff will meet with representatives of a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit Thursday to determine how best to deliver donated money to victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting, County Manager Yolanda King said.

Families of mass shooting victims offer solace to Las Vegas

After Las Vegas on Sunday experienced the worst mass shooting in modern American history — breaking the record no community wants to break — comfort is on the way.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Pati Mestas, Menifee, California

Brooks and Dunn was her favorite country music act. But Jason Aldean — who was performing when Sunday’s shooting on the Las Vegas Strip began — was a close second.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Brett Schwanbeck, Bullhead City, Arizona

Schwanbeck, a long-haul trucker from Bullhead City, Arizona, was fatally shot Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Van Hoosen said he died from a head wound Tuesday afternoon at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.

Nevada fishing report, Oct. 4, 2017

LAKE MEAD — Striper fishing is still going strong. Anglers are catching the fish with anchovies in the morning and evening hours. Look for live shad in the back of Vegas Bay. Overnight fishing for catfish has been good at Government Wash. Anglers are chumming the water to entice bites. Smallmouth bass are hanging out along cliff walls in about 20 to 25 feet of water.

 
Daughter of ex-UNLV QB aids Las Vegas Strip shooting victims

Her father was UNLV’s quarterback after Randall Cunningham, so perhaps it wasn’t a big surprise how Savannah Stallworth reacted after deadly shots rang out at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured.

 
Zak Bagans hosts a candlelight vigil at Haunted Museum — VIDEO

Zak Bagans, the host of the Travel Channel paranormal series “Ghost Adventurers,” had planned to open his Haunted Museum on Monday afternoon, but delayed a day to swiftly assemble Tuesday’s vigil.

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