Centennial’s Amanda Sink sets state record with 20 strikeouts
 
Centennial’s Amanda Sink sets state record with 20 strikeouts

Centennial beat Durango 12-0 on Wednesday, but that was only part of the story. Centennial righty Amanda Sink struck out 20 batters, a state record for a seven-inning game. It was a pitchers’ duel early, with Durango’s Trinity Valentine matching Sinkl through three innings. But Centennial broke through in the fourth, and put it away in the fifth. Centennial will play Palo Verde on Wednesday, and Durango will play Bishop Gorman.

UNLV track team in MW Outdoor Championships
 
UNLV track team in MW Outdoor Championships

UNLV track coach Yvonne Wade and sprinters Kaysha Love and Destiny Smith-Barnett talking about winning the Mountain West Indoor Championships and entering the outdoors meet. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

McCarran International: Airport, technology incubator
 
McCarran International: Airport, technology incubator

A Clark County, Nevada, representative touted the role of McCarran International Airport as a technology innovator on Monday. The airport owns and operates all 20,000 pieces of hardware on site, which includes computers, signs, boarding passes and boarding gate scanners. The airport is used to test new technologies like bag tags that emit electromagnetic waves for tracking.

Airline gift card misuse by employees gets attention at LVCVA
 
Airline gift card misuse by employees gets attention at LVCVA

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Board approved a series of recommendations Tuesday to curb employee misuse of airline gift cards. An audit in April found that CEO Rossi Ralenkotter used $17,152 in airline cards for personal travel for himself and his family. The Las Vegas Review-Journal had requested employee gift and travel records months before the gift card disclosure in 2017, but the authority did not provide any records of the airline cards. It maintains there was no process in place at the time to track the use of the cards. Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly used $699 in airline cards for a trip with his daughter. Bill Noonan, a senior vice president at Boyd Gaming, who ordered the review of policies: “We’re not done. There could easily be more.” The recommendations approved Tuesday included storing the cards under lock and key and requiring written approval of any gift card requests and recording receipts.

Gallant Gallant On Playoff Schedule
 
Gallant Gallant On Playoff Schedule

Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant goes over the playoff schedule ahead for the Knights.

Palms to unveil new steakhouse, club and lounge on May 18
 
Palms to unveil new steakhouse, club and lounge on May 18

The Palms has announced that May 18 is the official opening date for its new steakhouse, lounge and nightclub. Scotch 80 Prime will open in the space that formerly housed N9NE Steakhouse. The menu will feature Japanese Kobe alongside USDA prime beef selections, and the world-class Scotch collection is expected to be one of the largest retail selections in the U.S. Camden Cocktail Lounge is one of two news concepts from Clique Hospitality’s Andy Masi and nightlife partners Ryan Labbe and Jason “JRoc” Craig. Apex Social Club, from the same team as Camden, will occupy the former Ghostbar rooftop space and is described as an “open-air boutique nightclub.” The Palms is in the midst of a $620 million renovation. Restaurants from Bobby Flay, Marc Vetri, Chris Santos and Michael Symon are also in the works.

Las Vegas GOP campaign adviser pleads not guilty in ‘sex slave’ case
 
Las Vegas GOP campaign adviser pleads not guilty in ‘sex slave’ case

Benjamin Sparks entered a not guilty plea Tuesday Sparks, a Las Vegas political advisor, is accused of domestic battery. Lawyer Gloria Allred is representing the victim. His ex-fiancee told the RJ that Sparks sexually enslaved and beat her. He is believed to be in Texas. Allred warned Sparks: “You can run but you can’t hide.” The woman provided copies of emails, text messages and a signed contract laying out her duties as a “slave in training” to Benjamin Sparks. A police report shows that Sparks evaded police after the domestic dispute at the woman’s home on March 29. According to the emails, documents and text messages obtained, Sparks and his ex-fiancée signed a 5-page contract saying she would be his “slave and property.” Under the contract, the woman was forced to kneel and look down when she entered his presence. She was also required to be nude at all times, have sexual relations with him whenever he wanted and wear a collar in private. Sparks most recently worked on Rep. Cresent Hardy’s campaign, and has since been fired.

Developer has plans for 777-room casino hotel in downtown Las Vegas
 
Developer has plans for 777-room casino hotel in downtown Las Vegas

Downtown Las Vegas developer Derek Stevens is planning a 777-room hotel and casino along the Fremont Street Experience, the first bottom-up resort construction project in years for the downtown area. The downtown block was leveled last year — the Las Vegas Club and Mermaids casinos and Glitter Gulch strip club were razed to make way for the new hotel-casino. The development would transform the west end of Fremont Street, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said. Plans call for the hotel-casino to sit at the block bounded by Fremont Street, Main Street and Ogden Avenue, with a pedestrian bridge over Main Street connecting it with an above-ground parking garage.

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