WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker has trained in Las Vegas for the past four years. The New Zealander will go toe-to-toe with Anthony Joshua in an unification bout for the WBA and IBF heavyweight championship on Mar. 31.
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.
The UFC Performance Institute is getting wrapped in promotional signage featuring heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier. Their fight for the heavyweight championship will headline UFC 226 on July 7 at T-Mobile Arena during International Fight Week.
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
Kats sits down in March 2018 with the daughter of Jerry Lewis to reminisce about the Lewis home in the historic Scotch 80s neighborhood which is up for sale. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tom Dyer, exhibits manager for the Nevada State Museum at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, talks about the new exhibit, “Finding Fremont: Pathfinder of the West.” The traveling exhibit is scheduled to open Friday April. 6. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson joined Covering the Cage ahead of UFC 223 and said he’s already beaten Khabib Nurmagomedov mentally. Ferguson vs. Nurmagomedov will headline the Apr. 7 pay-per-view set to take place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The annual Nightclub and Bar Show came to the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, bringing in more than 30,000 industry professionals. Bars and restaurants in the U.S. are selling less alcohol, as third-party services increasingly deliver beer, wine and liquor to the home. Recreational cannabis is also pressuring on-premise alcohol sales, as state regulations prohibit bars from selling marijuana products. However, new forms of entertainment such as esports and virtual reality could help attract younger audiences to bars.
A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting Thursday near downtown Las Vegas.
Review-Journal reporters Adam Hill and Heidi Fang talk UFC 223 live via. SKYPE with Ufc Interim Lightweight Champion Tony Ferguson on his main event clash with number 1 contender Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Victor Joecks discusses Democrats trying to keep their positions secret and barring press from events.
Kyle Busch (old fart) Martin Truex Jr. (old fart) Ryan Blaney (young lion) Joey Logano (old fart) Brad Keselowski (old fart) Denny Hamlin (old fart) Kevin Harvick (old fart) Clint Bowyer (old fart) Kyle Larson (part old fart, part young lion) Kurt Busch (old fart)
Las Vegas Morning Update – Thursday, March 29, 2018
A man was shot and killed Thursday morning in North Las Vegas. A police spokesman said a man was taken to a hospital where he died. NLV police blocked off a portion of North Daley Street near East Carey Avenue.
Malala Returns to Pakistan for First Time Since Attack Six years after Malala Yousafzai was brutally attacked by the Taliban the Nobel Peace Prize winner has returned to Pakistan. The 20-year-old arrived on Thursday morning, accompanied by heavy security. Yousafzai was an advocate for girls education, writing under a pseudonym. When she was 14, she was shot in the head by the Taliban. She was rushed by an air ambulance to Britain for treatment.
Two people inside a house at 1590 Glassy Pond Drive were hospitalized after a Thursday morning fire. A neighbor who tried to help also was taken to a hospital. Neighbors were able to help rescue a woman, who was in a wheelchair, but couldn’t get to a man on the second floor.
The man was inside the burning home for “quite a while” before firefighters were able to reach him. He suffered life-threatening injuries. A neighbor trying to get to the second floor to help the man was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The fire was contained to the second floor and the cause has not yet been determined.
Bryan Salmond, David Schoen and Steve Carp recap the Golden Knights loss to the Arizona Coyotes, including what the Knights need to do before the playoffs roll around.
Vegas Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant speaks on right wing Alex Tuch’s ability to impose his will and his strengths.
After a 3-2 loss to the Arizona Coyotes, the Vegas Golden Knights players and head coach spoke about the need for consistency and stronger starts as they prepare to head into the playoffs.
Bryan Salmond recaps the Golden Knights 3-2 loss to the Arizona Coyotes.
Starting Wednesday the NHL hockey operations staff will determine whether interference took place instead of having the referees decide. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On a conference call leading up to UFC 223 on Apr. 7 in Brooklyn, New York, former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk continued to insist that a poor weight cut cost her the title belt. She will rematch Rose Namajunas in the co-main event of the pay-per-view.
On a conference call leading up to UFC 223 on Apr. 7, interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and title challenger Khabib Nurmagomedov spent most of their time throwing verbal jabs at each other.