Oakland Raiders running back Jalen Richard talks about the veteran leadership Marshawn Lynch brings to the field and how wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson motivates him.
• The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors have approved a $1.4 billion upgrade to the convention center. The board voted unanimously to approve the expansion and renovation project. Now administrators can get to work seeking a construction manager. The projects are expected to be finished by 2023.
• The new flyover ramp at the Centennial Bowl interchange will open July 12. The 60-foot-tall bridge will link the 215 Beltway with southbound U.S. Highway 95.
• A North Las Vegas man is accused of attacking his girlfriend when she refused to take a selfie with him. Police say 19-year-old Dasean Williams punched, choked and threatened the woman with a gun. He’s been arrested on assault and attempted murder charges and is due in court June 23.
• The Clark County School District will pay $900,000 to settle claims that an autistic student was improperly restrained by a teacher’s aide. The family claims the restraint happened to their then 11-year-old son at Variety School during the 2011-2012 school year.
The park will include 12,000 acres along the East Fork of the Walker River.
Cheyanne Vlismas is heading into what may be her last amateur fight at Tuff-N-Uff’s Pack the Mack event. The strawweight fighter talks training with Miesha Tate and why no one will claim her belt.
1. A homeless man was shot during a Sunday night shootout in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven. Police say that just before 7 p.m., a shooter in a vehicle opened fire on two people standing in the 7-Eleven parking lot on Rancho Drive near Washington Avenue. One of the men fired back and a homeless man was struck in the crossfire. The two men with guns were arrested and the homeless man is in unknown condition.
2. The Clark County coroner has identified a man shot and killed at an adult store over the weekend. Police say 31-year-old Starsky Tautava entered Adult World around 7 p.m. Friday when a part-time security guard said he recognized the man for previously destroying property inside the business. The two got into an altercation when the guard drew a gun and shot Tautava in the chest. As of Friday night, the guard had not been arrested.
3. Brace yourselves for heavy traffic ahead of EDC weekend. The music festival is expected to clog up I-15 between Craig Road and Speedway Boulevard, which is already facing delays due to construction. Next Monday’s morning commute could also clog with partiers competing with usual work traffic. Officials are warning EDC attendees that traffic and high temperatures can be rough on vehicles and suggest stocking up cars with emergency supplies like water and car chargers.
Daxton Beck, the son of fallen officer Alyn Beck graduated in front of friends, family and dozens of Las Vegas police officers who attended his graduation in support at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Oakland-Skyline High wide receiver Cameron Bowman (No. 8) wins the fastest player in camp Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the Raiders facility. Defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. oversaw the clinic for local high school football players. (Michael Gehlken/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Renato Ascoli, CEO of IGT’s North America Gaming and Initiative, took a moment to discuss some of the upcoming programs and features the company is planning. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board chairman Steve Hill explains what still needs to be worked out for the Raiders and UNLV’s joint-use agreement and also addresses parking concerns for the new stadium.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife will celebrate free fishing day Saturday with a variety of events around Southern Nevada.
After spending months insisting that Education Savings Accounts were “vouchers,” a majority of Democrats in both houses voted to expand a program of private-school choice that resembles vouchers in many ways. And liberal special interests groups applauded them.
It was a bizarre ending to a session that held so much promise for the 8,000 students, including my child, who’ve already signed up for education savings accounts.
(Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jeff Glenn talks about wanting to getting into bullpen catching on May 13, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Scientific Games is appealing to a new audience with their Space Invaders slot machine, which includes a skill-based feature in which one can actually play the game. (Patrick Connolly/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Health officials will spray an area of North Las Vegas Friday to fight a mosquito species capable of spreading Zika and other viruses. The mosquito was found locally for the first time last week, but all of the ones captured have tested negative for Zika.
• Vegas Vickie is being taken down on Fremont Street. She’s being removed Monday as part of construction on a new hotel-casino on the site of the Las Vegas Club.She was created in 1980.
• A new report ranks Nevada fourth in the nation when it comes to solar capacity. The state has moved up one spot since last year.
• Boulder City’s city manager has resigned. J. David Fraser started in 2013 but did not say why he was stepping down. Public Works Director Scott Hansen has been appointed interim city manager.
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Officer Kenneth Lopera is facing charges after Tashii Brown’s in-custody death was ruled a homicide. Lopera was told to let go of Brown by another officer, and continued the chokehold for over 40 seconds after. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
1. Two downtown Las Vegas casinos will open temporarily to preserve gaming licenses. The Las Vegas Club and Mermaids casinos must have casino play on the floor for at least 8 hours every two years to preserve a gaming license. United Coin Machine will set up slot machines in the two casinos in late June to help maintain the license.
2. Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that two dozen reputed Russian mobsters and associates were arrested on racketeering charges. Razhden Shulaya, the alleged leader of a Soviet mafia syndicate, was arrested in Las Vegas and is accused of running gambling, stolen goods and protection rackets in several states. Thirty-three defendants in total were charged in the indictment.
3. A Las Vegas judge posted and removed a doctored photo of herself with Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson. The photo was posted on Heidi Almase’s campaign Facebook page Tuesday night before it was quickly removed. Almase’s campaign manager Jennifer Barrier says she is close family friends with Johnson, but did not have authorization to post the image.
• Two closed Las Vegas casinos will temporarily reopen later this month to hold onto their gaming licenses. Las Vegas Club and Mermaids will each offer play for eight hours on June 27th and 28th respectively.
• A robot vacuum company from Canada plans to open a plant in Henderson. It will be Bobsweep’s first manufacturing operation in North America. The company says it hopes to start manufacturing this year and hiring this summer.
• Two more Kmart stores are slated to close in the Las Vegas Valley. One is near Sunset and Sandhill roads. The other is on Racetrack Road in Henderson. Another Kmart closed in Henderson in March.
• An earthquake rattled Northern Nevada residents Tuesday. It was centered south of the Gardnerville Ranchos area. There were no immediate reports of damage.
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Three years ago Officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo were there on break eating their lunch, when Jerad and Amanda Miller walked into the restaurant and opened fire.
An Interview with Creech AFB 432nd Wing Commander Col. Case Cunningham. (Keith Rogers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The 2017 World Long Drive Championship Qualifying Tour was held at the Mesquite Regional Sports and Event Complex on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in Mesquite Nevada. This event, hosted by the World Long Drive Association (WLDA) and broadcasted by the Golf Channel, is the first of three events leading to the upcoming championship in Oklahoma. (Morgan Lieberman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Ultimate Fighter Redemption’s Johnny Nunez talks about the statement UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson recently made and gives his thoughts on the potential bout between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather.
• A gun was fired in a casino on the Strip as police tried to arrest two underage gamblers. It happened early this morning at Planet Hollywood. No one was hurt in the shooting, which occurred when the gamblers attempted to escape. Police say one of the two tried to grab a gun and the suspect fired the round into the floor.
• Police say a Las Vegas man was executed last night in the central valley. A driver found the man handcuffed and bleeding from the head near Rancho and Lake Mead. The victim is thought to be in his 50s or 60s.
• A North Las Vegas church was destroyed by fire this morning. It happened at Zion United Methodist Church. Part of the building collapsed, but there were no injuries. The incident remains under investigation.
• The median price of a Las Vegas home is now up to $250,000. That’s up 13 percent from a year ago.
North Las Vegas Fire Department crews were called at 1:05 a.m. to the two-alarm fire at Zion United Methodist Church on 2108 Revere St.
1. Alexis Plunkett’s lawyer Robert Langford withdrew his representation on Monday, leaving Plunkett in what she calls a “real monetary bind.” The criminal defense attorney who is facing felony charges after providing a cellphone to inmates told a judge Monday that she paid her lawyer more for a week’s worth of work than she paid herself all last month. Plunkett’s hearing is set for next month.
2. Former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine was sentenced to 36 years to life in prison after being convicted of more than two dozen charges in March. Also known as Jonathan Koppenhaver, War Machine was convicted of 29 counts, including sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping in connection with an attack on his ex-girlfriend Christine Mackinday back in August 2014.
3. The Las Vegas police officer who held Tashii Brown in an unauthorized chokehold for more than a minute before his death last month is now facing criminal charges. At an afternoon news briefing on Monday, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said officer Kenneth Lopera is facing felony charges of involuntary manslaughter and oppression under the color of office. Lopera’s arrest marks the first time in nearly three decades a Metro officer has faced charges in connection with a police shooting or in-custody death.
Education Savings Accounts died in the final days of the 2017 legislative session. Governor Brian Sandoval comments on why he thinks the Opportunity Scholarship legislation is the right compromise. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Simon Peck of Las Vegas Metropolitan Search and Rescue describes how volunteers use helicopters to rescue people while at Spring Mountain. Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A man died Sunday night after a rollover crash in Summerlin. Police responded to calls around 5 p.m. yesterday that a car had crashed into a landscape median at a high speed near Lake Mead and Ridgemoor Street before it began to turn over into westbound lanes. The man was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car, dying at the scene.
A man died and another was rescued at Lake Mead Sunday. Police say two men were struggling to swim near Boulder Beach at around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. A bystander was able to save one man but the other went missing. His body was found about an hour later. Neither man was wearing a lifejacket.
And after failing to come to a consensus on critical state budget matters late last week, the Nevada State Senate reached a deal overnight to approve some of the final bills of the legislative session. The deal included reintroducing a recreational marijuana tax, a capital improvement project and adding $20 million in tax credits to the Opportunity Scholarship fund. Senate Republicans opposed the pot tax and the projects bill in protest of a lack of funding for education savings accounts. The money toward the Opportunity Scholarships is seen as a compromise on that matter.
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Volunteers with Moms Demand Action gather on June 3, 2017 in Las Vegas, to advocate for gun safety and decreasing gun violence. Counterprotesters looked on and defended second amendment rights. (Katelyn Newberg/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Eight arrests were made Thursday night after a burglary at Desert Oasis High School. Metro received a call after 20-40 masked juveniles were seen on surveillance cameras running through the halls. Most of them fled the scene, but eight were arrested for burglary and destruction of private property.
2. A woman has been charged with sex trafficking of a child after a 17-year-old California runaway was rescued by a Las Vegas police task force. 22-year-old, Micheala Gospel, was booked Thursday on charges including first degree kidnapping, child abuse or neglect and accepting or receiving earns of a prostitute. A hearing is scheduled for Monday.
3. A man and a 2-year-old boy were shot Friday evening after an argument between two men in the foyer area of an apartment. The shooting occurred about a mile away from UNLV, and police said the incident may be gang related. Both the man and the toddler were taken to Sunrise Hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries.