Allie Rossi and Alexis Vargas participate in a balloon release during a candlelight vigil at Knickerbocker Park in Las Vegas Friday, March 30, 2018.
Allie’s brother, Albert “A.J.” Rossi, along with fellow Centennial High School students Dylan Mack and Brooke Hawley, died in a car crash caused by a drunk driver in Huntington Beach, Calif. early Thursday. Vargas, who was also on the trip, was injured in the accident. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Morning Update – Saturday, March 31, 2018
Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, has acquired the Hard Rock Hotel with partners and plans to turn it into a Virgin-branded property by the end of 2019.
Rod Pena of the Henderson Police Department provides information about Friday’s triple shooting at the Terrible Herbst Car Wash & Lube in Henderson.
Friday’s headlines: 3 teens killed by suspected DUI driver, LVCVA focused on damage control, and Jerry Lewis’ home up for sale
A head-on collision Friday morning sent four people to the hospital with injuries police say were not life threatening. The crash occurred when the driver of a Honda Accord attempted to turn left onto Flamingo from Swenson Street. Police were not sure if either driver was impaired.
State road workers’ mistakes cost taxpayers more than $1 million. About $560,000 in federal funds built tortoise fences along I-95. But the fences were too short to protect the tortoises. And culverts for the tortoises were so poorly designed that a tortoise died trying to get under the freeway.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority paid consultants… to help thwart a Review-Journal investigation. One consultant wanted to search campaign records… to discredit a top Nevada politician and LVCVA critic. Thousands went to outside counsel and PR contractors. Authority staff emailed talking points to board members. Authority spokeswoman Jacqueline Peterson called the reporters “charlatan carpetbaggers.” But in the end, the Authority responded to the investigation by making reforms.
Three Centennial High School students were killed Thursday morning in Southern California when their vehicle was struck by a suspected drunken driver while they were enjoying their spring break, according to a family member of one of the victims.
Winchester Cultural Center hosted the “Mad Hatter Egg Hunt” event for those over 50. It included a tea party, bonnet parade and bunny hop dance. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
