Donald Contursi talks about Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, which offers walking tours of restaurants on and off Las Vegas Boulevard with food samples and tidbits of history about the places they visit.
Criminal defense attorney John Momot, who represented mob figures and even played himself in the movie “Casino,” has died.
A museum centered around cannabis and featuring a 360-degree theater will open in July in downtown Las Vegas.
Cannabition will open in Neonopolis at 450 Fremont St., according to the museum’s website. The museum also will house the world’s largest blown-glass bong at 22 feet. While at the museum, visitors are not allowed to smoke cannabis or use products with cannabis’s psychoactive ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol.
A man in his 50s was stabbed in the head early Thursday morning in downtown Las Vegas. The suspect is his girlfriend’s father. The man said he and his girlfriend were walking near the Golden Nugget when the incident occurred, around 5 a.m. The man and his girlfriend contacted casino security and he was taken to a hospital with a laceration to his head. Police are not sure of a motive and are looking for the suspect, whose age is unknown.
Rainbow Ryders takes flyers high above the Las Vegas Valley
The Laundry Room serves specialty cocktails — if you can get in
Road crews started closing down 4th Street in downtown Las Vegas early Monday morning in preparation for the Martin Luther King Day parade. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Thousands of runners filled the streets of downtown Las Vegas to participate in the Great Santa Run Saturday morning to benefit Opportunity Village. (Kevin Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Chelli Wolford and Ginger Melien, co-founders of Bloom, are opening a coworking space for women in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Bloom is set to officially open Wednesday. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto
Thursday’s headlines: crews battling fire at Moulin Rouge, Clark County School District receive unsubstantiated threats of school shooting, Las Vegas Strip shooter shoots jet fuel tanks
Firefighters are fighting a two-alarm blaze early Thursday morning. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt talks about pre-camp testing and the opening of training camp on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (Ed Graney/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. The Las Vegas officer faces charges in the death of Tashii Brown has filed a lawsuit against the police department. Officer Kenneth Lopera’s lawsuit states he shouldn’t have to submit a formal interview because he will be provided “no immunity from future prosecution based on those statements.” Brown died May 14 after being repeatedly shocked with a Taser, and placed in an unauthorized chokehold.
2. Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas has reopened its doors after closing for renovation on Friday. The multimillion-dollar renovation was completed in 106 hours, and nearly doubled the size of the casino. It also added a 24-foot, 360-degree “television fountain” with a multifaceted spiral crystal chandelier at a new casino entrance off Fremont.
3. The highly anticipated Mayweather-McGregor fight is tonight. Whether you’ll be at T-Mobile Arena, or watching from home, we have you covered with all your fight night coverage. For a list of ways to watch the fight, odds, and much more, visit reviewjournal.com/maymac. (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)