Family members have identified the victim of a suspected DUI crash that happened on Thanksgiving in southwest Las Vegas. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County District Judge Susan Johnson ordered civil lawyer Jeff Brauer handcuffed in her courtroom this week, threatening to have him jailed through the Thanksgiving holiday, after finding that he violated a longstanding order to pay court costs and attorney fees. (
Clark County prosecutors are increasingly charging fatal DUI suspects with murder. However David Westbrook and his wife, Deborah, are public defenders who are litigating a case involving such a defendant and have already filed a brief with the Nevada Supreme Court noting case law has already rejected this practice. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A 35-year-old woman was killed in a crash on Thanksgiving morning after a suspected DUI driver ran a red light in southwest Las Vegas, police said. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Raiders saw a 3-game win streak snapped by the New York Jets and will go into face division rival Kansas City Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney and Vegas Nation podcast host Heidi Fang break down what the Raiders can do to rebound into the win column.
For the hundreds of campaign workers currently making the pre-caucus push in Nevada, the holidays can be a trying time. There is a lot of work to be done. Some campaigns are in an intense growth period, while others are struggling to hang on.
But it is also a time in which relative strangers from different corners of the country — people who may have never met otherwise — turn a shared belief in a political candidate into personal bonds that often survive well past Election Day.
Clouds move into Las Vegas Valley early Wednesday ahead of a winter storm that is expected to bring rain to the valley and snow in the mountains. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Evertt Rogers, the barn manager at Signature Farm equestrian facility north of Las Vegas, stepped out of his house and saw an intense fire burning on top of Gass Peak and the searchlights of a helicopter on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The completion date of the cable netting that will support Allegiant Stadium’s roof has been pushed back for a second time. COO Don Webb says that the cable netting is not on the “critical path,” so a hard-set completion date is not necessary.
Dr. Cole Sondrup, emergency department medical director at Southern Hills Hospital, talks about shopping and football injuries from the Thanksgiving holiday. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sheilah Johnson talks about her grandson, Jae-Juan Williams, who was shot and killed on July 25, 2019, in Las Vegas. He was 19. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal @EliPagePhoto)
In a new edition of the Vegas Nation Stadium Show Rick Velotta and Mick Akers discuss the latest construction on Allegiant Stadium with an interview from Don Webb.
Alfie Szeprethy, executive chef at Toasted Gastrobrunch in Las Vegas, makes Elvis French Toast by layering banana, peanut butter and bacon between brioche and grilling it in French toast batter. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On Tuesday, Cassie Smith, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and child abuse charges in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son, Daniel Theriot.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois announced Monday, Nov. 25 that she has fired football coach Tony Sanchez after five seasons. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Las Vegas Valley could see snow this week as a major winter storm heads toward the Great Basin just in time for Thanksgiving, according to the National Weather Service. (James Schaeffer, L.E. Baskow / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With a flip of an actual switch the Cosmopolitan lit their tree to signal the start of the Las Vegas holiday season. Golden Knights favorites Marc-Andre Fleury and Max Pacioretty were on hand to help with the event and skate around the rink with fans. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
How to protect yourself against the most common holiday fraud (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rachel Lee asked the judge to give Anthony Wrobel, 44, the maximum punishment allowed by law for killing her mother, but added she could not harbor anger and resentment. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man shot an employee Wednesday at a restaurant near Warms Springs Road and Marks Street, then was shot by officers, according to the Henderson Police Department. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Snow falls at Mt. Charleston as the Las Vegas Valley deals with a winter storm on November 20, 2019 (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In the latest edition of One-on-One Johnathan Abram traveled to Las Vegas to go house hunting with his wife Br’iAnna and his daughter Harlee in preparation for the team’s move to Las Vegas next season.
Rain and thunderstorms are forecast for the Las Vegas Valley with a winter storm warning beginning at 4 a.m. Wednesday for high elevations in the Sheep Range, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Mount Charleston, according to the National Weather Service.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is asking the public for any information to help identify a dog found on U.S. Highway 95 over the weekend with a gunshot wound to the face. (Michael Quine and Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
How you wear your hat and the boots you choose are very important to a real cowboy and cowgirl. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas judge Tuesday ordered the unredacted release of police records that sought the arrest of former tourism boss Rossi Ralenkotter and other defendants on felony theft charges. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr.Ken Sieranski of The Animal Foundatuon talks about the health of Dudley, a dog that was shot in the face and found on a highway near Las Vegas (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The $2 billion Allegiant Stadium remains on time and on budget, even though completion of the cable net to support the translucent polymer roof won’t be completed until mid-December.
The reason: Other projects within the 65,000-seat stadium were completed well ahead of their projected completion dates.
On Monday a jury found Manuel Mata III guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying of Maria Flores and one count of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Elizabeth Gomez, as well as one count of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon for critically wounding her 4-year-old daughter.
The two-week-long demolition of the cafe, which began Monday afternoon, is one of the first steps of the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel’s transformation to Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The resort-casino will close its doors Feb. 3 for renovations, and is set to reopen in the fall of 2020.