One of the six people killed in a plane crash on a suburban Phoenix golf course Monday night was an international business student at UNLV. Helena Lagos, 22, was among those killed in the crash in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lagos enrolled at UNLV in 2014, a university spokesman said. Two others killed — Erik Valente and James Louis Pedroza — also were from Las Vegas. Authorities have not said who was flying the plane. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
Green Valley scored five runs in the fifth inning Thursday
to come from behind and beat Foothill, 5-3. The Gators scored five unearned runs in the inning with the help of four Foothill errors. Green Valley bunted three times in the inning, with two runners
coming home on a throwing error after Gavin Amelburu’s bunt. Joe DiGiacomo went the distance to get the win.
He allowed two earned runs on eight hits. The Gators improved to 10-10, 7-4 in the Sunrise League. Foothill fell to 11-7, 6-4.
The Las Vegas Aces host a WNBA draft party at the Mandalay Bay for season-ticket holders, and have the number one overall pick.
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on Drew Doughty’s hit on William Carrier on Thursday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Fan Controlled Football League CEO Sohrob Farudi said he wants to host his brand of football games in Las Vegas to be close to gambling. Fans vote on plays with Twitch or the league’s app. The quarterback executes the most-voted play on the field. Fans pick the teams’ names, logos, coaches and players.
Assistant Sheriff Charles Hank told a crowd that all the media after the Oct. 1 shooting surprised LVMPD. Hank said changes made after the shooting included new team training and public awareness campaigns.
The Golden Knights forward lost a skate blade late in the first period Wednesday against the Kings. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lights Out host Ben Gotz interviews Las Vegas Lights Defender Zak Drake.
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Golden Knights defenseman Colin Miller felt good about the Knights’ first NHL playoff game. The Knights won 1-0 against the Kings. Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal
President Donald Trump delivered remarks in the Rose Garden Thursday about how the GOP tax cut plan helped working families across the country. To his left stood Richard Kerzetski, president of Universal Plumbing & Heating Co. in Las Vegas. Debra J. Saunders/Las Vegas Review-Journal
It’s starts with money. CCSD has a lot. It has a $2.4 billion general fund. The superintendent controls almost none of it. Personnel expenses make up 87 percent of that. The rest goes to things like utilities, gas for school buses and textbooks.
A museum centered around cannabis and featuring a 360-degree theater will open in July in downtown Las Vegas.
Cannabition will open in Neonopolis at 450 Fremont St., according to the museum’s website. The museum also will house the world’s largest blown-glass bong at 22 feet. While at the museum, visitors are not allowed to smoke cannabis or use products with cannabis’s psychoactive ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol.
George Bignotti will be inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame on June 21. The former Las Vegas resident raced stock cars but made his name as an Indianapolis 500 crew chief. He served as crew chief on seven Indy 500 winners, including twice with A.J. Foyt and Al Unser. He also was head mechanic on Indy winners driven by Graham Hill, Gordon Johncock and Tom Sneva. Bignotti was an avid golfer and lived on Canyon Gate golf course in Las Vegas. He was 97 when he died in 2013. “As far as I’m concerned, he was the greatest mechanic that ever turned a wrench on an Indy car.”
The Lights FC is turning to Freddy Adu for a spark. The Lights are starting Adu on Saturday against Sacramento. The team wants more offense and believes he can provide it. The Lights are last in the USL in passing accuracy. Now I think that this is the hour for Freddy. … It’s a good moment for Freddy to start. The offensive performance, I think that (he has) many qualities to (help it).
A high-wind warning issued by the National Weather Service will remain in effect until 5 p.m. The strongest winds Wednesday night into Thursday morning were measured at over 60 mph in Summerlin, the National Weather Service said. Wind speeds topped out at 41 mph at McCarran International Airport. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
U.S. Army veteran La Don Henry is hoping to become Nevada’s first openly transgender state legislator.
UFC middleweight Brad Tavares will collide with Krzysztof Jotko at UFC on Fox 29 on Apr. 14. Ranked at no. 15 in the division, the native Hawaiian thinks a win over Jotko can push him closer to a title shot.
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Elaine Wilson shows how the newspaper goes from the newsroom to the printing press to delivery in a video originally posted live on Facebook.
Las Vegas Morning Update – Thursday, April 12, 2018
