Former Las Vegas police explorer Joshua Honea sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for sexual assault of a minor, but was allowed to remain free on bail pending appeal. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights fans lined up at City National Arena Monday to snap up Conference Champions gear and other memorabilia the day after the Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup Conference Finals. (Madelyn Reese/ Las Vegas-Review Journal)
Monday’s headlines: Fiery crash on US 95 northwest of Las Vegas kills 5, man shot and killed in his car, and new Golden Knights gear is going fast.
Dr. Tina M. Abbatangelo, a professor of clinical practice at UNLV dentist school spends her free time and money traveling across the country to help treat exotic animals.
A drizzly Thursday could drop as much as a quarter-inch of rain on the Las Vegas Valley. Chances of rain will be between 60 and 70 percent for most of the day before diminishing at night. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky gives his final State of the Schools address at Legacy High School.
Austin police confirm that a suspect in a spate of bombing attacks that left the Texas capital on edge for nearly three weeks died Wednesday morning. As law enforcement closed in on the 24-year-old man, he detonated a device inside his car. The blast injured a SWAT officer. Another officer fired his weapon. Austin police caught a break when the suspect shipped an explosive device via FedEx on Tuesday. A search warrant was obtained based on video from the FedEx distribution center and other store receipts.
Police were able to inspect the suspect’s Google search history, ultimately tracking his location. Authorities do not know if the suspect worked alone. They also don’t know his motives.
Lionel Douglass, a Las Vegas man who witnessed the deadly helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon, is interviewed at his Las Vegas home. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Nevada Division of Minerals and Clark County plan to permanently close at least 40 abandoned mine shafts at the valley’s southwestern edge. The hazardous mine openings are left over from a gypsum mine that operated from 1909 until 1931. Work to fill in the shafts is set to start April 2 and take about a month. The project is expected to cost about $250,000.
Police have arrested two people in connection with a Monday night robbery at the South Point.
Police said a woman walked up to a casino cage at the South Point, showed the cashier a gun and demanded money.
Now Jason Lockwood and Tina Lopez, both 37, are booked into the Clark County Detention Center.
A Las Vegas man suspected of fatally shooting two homeless men and injuring two other people has been taken into custody.
26-year-old Joshua Emmanuel Castellon faces two counts each of murder and attempted murder in addition to a federal gun charge.
A federal complaint says Castellon identified himself as a Lyft driver.
Police still do not have a motive for the shootings.
A fire that started last night at Clark County Wetlands Park is finally contained.
A little more than 14 acres burned. No injuries were reported, and the fire did not threaten any buildings. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A Las Vegas firehouse sex investigation is now complete. The Review-Journal in September obtained a document alleging that a firefighter had sex at a fire station. The accuser claimed supervisors tried to cover it up and intimidate the whistleblower. Now more than one city employee has been disciplined. But city officials won’t say who was disciplined or what punishment they received. None of the employees named in the document have apparently been fired or demoted.
800 steel posts in place on the Las Vegas Strip. 7,500 still to install in 2018. Posts will stop a 15,000-pound vehicle going 50 mph.
State officials admitted in interviews that they have been lax for years in forcing resorts in Las Vegas and across Nevada to comply with a law that requires the filing of casinos emergency plans.
Tuesday’s headlines: man punches other man for alleged groping on the Strip, father facing charges after stabbing kills child, injures teen. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A student and police officer were injured after two fights broke out at Chaparral High School on Thursday, September 21, 2017. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The purchase will eventually put Plated meal kits on Albertsons shelves. Plated will also have access to the Albertsons distribution network. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A judge has dismissed the 14-count indictment against a Las Vegas attorney. Alexis Plunkett, 36, broke down in tears. She was charged with improperly providing a cellphone to jail inmates. Plunkett has said she is in a relationship with one of the inmates, 26-year-old Andrew Arevalo. Judge Michael Villani said he was dismissing the indictment because he did not believe the state’s argument applied to Plunkett’s case.
Andre Ward is hanging up the gloves saying on his official website that he’s “leaving” boxing. Ward, 33, is coming off of a controversial eighth-round KO victory over Sergey Kovalev in June. He retires undefeated with a 32-0 record. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Entertainer Jerry Lewis died Sunday at the age of 91. Lewis performed alongside Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin among others and was the national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Lewis family confirmed that Jerry died in his Las Vegas home.
2. A geographical shift on Earth’s magnetic poles has prompted the FAA to redesignate two runways at McCarran International Airport. It might not seem like a big deal on the surface, but pilots and air traffic control rely on navigational aids based on magnetic headings. The FAA re-evaluates shifts every five years.
3. Cloud cover in the Las Vegas valley could block today’s view of the solar eclipse. Cloud coverage will range from 75 to 95 percent through the valley. The eclipse is expected to peak just before 10:30 a.m. today, with the moon covering just over 70 percent of the sun.