Las Vegas Morning Update – Wednesday, August 1, 2018
A memorial service was conducted for Richard “Old Man” Harrison at Palm Mortuary in Las Vegas on Sunday, July 1, 2018. (Marcus Villagran/Review-Journal) @brokejournalist
A new study says 66 percent of people between the ages of 21 and 32 have nothing saved for retirement.
An alarming number of adults do not cross the street safely according to a study conducted by professor Tim Bungum of the School of Community Health Sciences at the UNLV. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas-Review Journal) @brokejournalist
First Friday attendees got to ride in BalanceVille, a Burning Man art car that rises 50 feet in the air on a hydraulic lift. (Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @MadelynGReese
Motorcycle enthusiasts descended on South Point Casino Friday for the Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction, which featured 600 vintage and collectible motorcycles and bikes. The auction is set to return to Las Vegas in January with more than 1,700 lots. (Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @MadelynGReese
Advocacy groups rallied outside of the Federal Justice Tower in Las Vegas Friday to protest the separation of families and children in immigration custody. (Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @MadelynGReese
A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the 215 Beltway near Stephanie Street in Henderson on Friday, June 1, 2018. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Friday’s headlines: A United flight attendant killed outside her Las Vegas home, parole could be a possibility for Jeremy Strohmeyer, and no new homes being built in Southern Highlands.
Teachers, faculty and staff at Las Vegas Academy and other schools in the Clark County School District are undergoing “Stop the Bleed” training. Participants learn to apply a tourniquet, pack a wound and apply pressure to stop bleeding. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
LVMPD Sheriff Joe Lombardo briefs the media on the department’s plan to release video and audio records from the Oct. 1 shooting. The Las Vegas Review-Journal and other media organizations first requested the records in question days after the Oct. 1 shooting, which left 58 concertgoers dead. But the department denied the request, and a lengthy court battle ensued. (Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tuesday’s headlines: Traffic to get tight on Strip, man shot in fight at gas station, and a fatal rollover crash this morning.
An early Tuesday morning rollover accident in North Las Vegas left a 48-year-old man dead. A Chevrolet pickup was heading west on the 215 Beltway when it left the highway and crashed near Losee Road. A Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman said weather might have played a role in the crash. The driver, who was the only person in the truck, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected.
Survivors of the Oct. 1 mass shooting came together on Sunday near the south end of the Strip about a block from the Route 91 Harvest festival grounds where the attack happened.
It was 50 years ago that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
A billboard near Interstate 15 and Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas was vandalized early Thursday morning, March 1, 2018. A protest group, INDECLINE, claimed credit for changing the Battlefield Vegas advertisement to include ‘Shoot a School Kid.’ (video from INDECLINE)
Thursday’s headlines: Vandalized Las Vegas billboard has ‘Shoot a Kid’ message, Boy, 14, dies after being struck by SUV near Desert Breeze Park, Massage therapist sues Steve Wynn alleging sexual harassment (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Raad Sunna, the Las Vegas smoke shop clerk who shot and killed a 13-year-old Fabriccio Patti who had rushed into the store wearing a hoodie was ordered to community service and probation on Thursday.
A beautification project in Henderson is pitting neighbors against one another in a move that critics call a backhanded attempt to create a homeowners association. Robert Herr, the city’s public works director, parks and recreation department, said the project is meant to bring the community together to maintain the landscape in the perimeter of the Meridian Estates near Robindale Road and Pecos Road. The project will replace trees, plant new shrubbery and remove toxic material. It will add grading and install an irrigation system, accent boulders and rock mulch, Herr said. He said the city has “no intention of creating an HOA” in the 166-home neighborhood. The estimated total is $537 per home, and the payment would be divided over two years into semi-annual installments of $134.25. Long-term maintenance is estimated to be approximately $52 per year per home. An additional service fee related to the Neighborhood Improvement District will include a cost of about $36 the first year and $19.27 in subsequent years.
San Francisco Wipes Out Weed Convictions From 1975 The city will retroactively apply California’s new marijuana laws to prior convictions. Misdemeanors and felonies from 1975 will either be reduced or expunged. This means nearly 5,000 marijuana convictions will be reviewed and about 3,000 misdemeanors will be dismissed. The new measure is part of California’s Proposition 64 which legalizes possession and purchase of one ounce of marijuana.
Thursday’s headlines: 6 arrested in connection with Las Vegas crime spree, 2016 settlement case may help regulators in handling Wynn sexual misconduct case. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
McCarran airport officials in Las Vegas illuminate Terminal 3 with a 15-foot-tall Christmas tree complete with holiday embellishments during the airport’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Adam Laxalt officially announced his bid for governor for the 2018 election. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Raw video from the scene of an active shooting on the Strip in Las Vegas on Sunday, Oct 1, 2017. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man describes the scene of a shooting outside Mandalay Bay as described to him by a shooting victim in Las Vegas. (Liz Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A marketing campaign for the upcoming Star Wars movie features a 3-D treasure hunt. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Best plays and touchdowns from Coronado at Shadow Ridge football game Friday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas murder suspect struck her pregnant attorney in court.
Shaunice McKinley, 25, faces murder and robbery charges in connection with the stabbing death of an 80-year-old man.
On Thursday she hit her attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kathleen Hamers, in the face.
Hamers, who is six months pregnant, said McKinley was removed from the courtroom.
Hamers was not seriously injured and did not require medical attention.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson will decide whether McKinley will face additional charges.
Hamers is no longer defending McKinley. The case was reassigned to Randy Pike.
The Las Vegas Library was placed on lockdown wafter police found a man on the roof.
Officers responded about 10:45 a.m. Friday to the library at 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
Police said they didn’t know why the man was up there or how he got there.
He reportedly told police he can’t get down.
Southbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard North were closed.
A man is charged with murder after a single punch led to a stranger’s death.
Luis Campos was struck in Las Vegas on April 30.
The father of five died four days later.
Campos and his brother were standing in line at Vanguard Lounge on Fremont Street.
Police say the suspect walked by and struck him.
James Beach, 27, is also charged with intimidating a witness.
Beach’s lawyer says his client will plead not guilty to the murder charge.