Las Vegas police are searching for the person who stabbed 2 people late Tuesday night. Police responded to the parking lot of a Terrible’s gas station and Popeye’s Chicken where 2 men were found with stab wounds. The men were taken to a hospital. They are expected to survive their wounds. Police said it is uncertain what precipitated the stabbing.
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky is retiring this month after nearly 30 years with the district. Students at Ronnow Elementary, his first school, surprised him in May with a dance and mural.
Jeff Horn talks about his upcoming title defense against Terence Crawford at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Centennial beat Durango 12-0 on Wednesday, but that was only part of the story. Centennial righty Amanda Sink struck out 20 batters, a state record for a seven-inning game. It was a pitchers’ duel early, with Durango’s Trinity Valentine matching Sinkl through three innings. But Centennial broke through in the fourth, and put it away in the fifth. Centennial will play Palo Verde on Wednesday, and Durango will play Bishop Gorman.
A Clark County, Nevada, representative touted the role of McCarran International Airport as a technology innovator on Monday. The airport owns and operates all 20,000 pieces of hardware on site, which includes computers, signs, boarding passes and boarding gate scanners. The airport is used to test new technologies like bag tags that emit electromagnetic waves for tracking.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Board approved a series of recommendations Tuesday to curb employee misuse of airline gift cards. An audit in April found that CEO Rossi Ralenkotter used $17,152 in airline cards for personal travel for himself and his family. The Las Vegas Review-Journal had requested employee gift and travel records months before the gift card disclosure in 2017, but the authority did not provide any records of the airline cards. It maintains there was no process in place at the time to track the use of the cards. Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly used $699 in airline cards for a trip with his daughter. Bill Noonan, a senior vice president at Boyd Gaming, who ordered the review of policies: “We’re not done. There could easily be more.” The recommendations approved Tuesday included storing the cards under lock and key and requiring written approval of any gift card requests and recording receipts.
Benjamin Sparks entered a not guilty plea Tuesday Sparks, a Las Vegas political advisor, is accused of domestic battery. Lawyer Gloria Allred is representing the victim. His ex-fiancee told the RJ that Sparks sexually enslaved and beat her. He is believed to be in Texas. Allred warned Sparks: “You can run but you can’t hide.” The woman provided copies of emails, text messages and a signed contract laying out her duties as a “slave in training” to Benjamin Sparks. A police report shows that Sparks evaded police after the domestic dispute at the woman’s home on March 29. According to the emails, documents and text messages obtained, Sparks and his ex-fiancée signed a 5-page contract saying she would be his “slave and property.” Under the contract, the woman was forced to kneel and look down when she entered his presence. She was also required to be nude at all times, have sexual relations with him whenever he wanted and wear a collar in private. Sparks most recently worked on Rep. Cresent Hardy’s campaign, and has since been fired.
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To persuade e-commerce giant Amazon to open a new headquarters in the Las Vegas area, state and local governments offered 84 acres of land in downtown Las Vegas. Among the landmarks on the proposed Amazon land: Cashman Field, home of the Las Vegas Lights soccer team; Cashman Center exhibit hall, a library and the former Reed Whipple Cultural Center. The proposal said Amazon would get the 84 acres for free if it met criteria. In January, Amazon released a list of cities the company considers for the second headquarters. Las Vegas didn’t make the list. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
‘The Sopranos’ Prequel Film Confirmed Deadline reports that New Line has purchased Chase and Lawrence Konner’s screenplay for their “Sopranos” prequel film. The working title for the prequel is “The Many Saints of Newark.” Chase created the HBO series, which ran for six seasons, and Konner served as a writer. “The Many Saints of Newark” is set during the 1960s riots in the New Jersey city between the African-American and Italian communities. Multiple characters from the series, albeit younger versions, are expected to star in the film. The Sopranos won 21 Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards during its run.
