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.
Democratic lawmakers and veterans on Friday criticized a GOP vote that defeated $33 million in funding for a veterans home. (Ben Botkin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Showgirl memorabilia collector hopes to move his home collection to the shuttered Reed Whipple center. (Mike Weatherford)
Alexandra Arrieche conducts the Henderson Symphony. (Carol Cling)
Spencer Stewart, Chancellor of Western Governors University, shares his best mentoring advice with host Debbie Donaldson.
McCarran International Airport’s air traffic control tower, which opened in 1983, is taken down after new tower opens. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An amateur MMA fighter with Asperger’s syndrome, Serena DeJesus looks to inspire others and prove that she can “be strong with autism, not because of autism.” DeJesus will fight at Tuff-N-Uff’s June 17 event in Las Vegas.
• A substitute teacher used Snapchat to proposition a student at a Las Vegas school, a new police report says. Garic Wharton II was arrested on a charge of attempted sexual conduct.
• Henderson’s police chief and deputy chief are no longer on the force. City officials say Patrick Moers and Bobby Long voluntarily separated. It’s unclear whether either faced risk of termination.
• Clark County may install a thousand steel posts along sidewalks on the Strip. The posts could be placed between Flamingo Road and Park Avenue. If commissioners vote in favor, installation could start in September and be finished before New Year’s Eve. It’s expected to cost between $3-5 million dollars.
• Lyft will offer free rides to and from treatments for Las Vegas cancer patients in June. Patients should call the American Cancer Society to sign up. Lyft says it may expand the program if enough people use it.
Crunch Donut Factory has a “punny” menu, full of doughnut-themed celebrity names. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Mentoring Moments with Fafie Moore, ERA Brokers Consolidated
• The Raiders have announced local TV and radio partnerships. KVVU-5 and Beasley Media Group will be the team’s broadcast partners. KVVU will televise this season’s four Raiders preseason games.
• A man is accused of trying to lure children with money at an east valley park. The suspect, Jovan Brown, was wearing only a T-shirt and boxers and was playing with children, according to an arrest report. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center.
• Bishop Gorman has lifted its suspension of football coach Kenny Sanchez. Sanchez was accused of domestic abuse in April. He was found not guilty in court and the school says he was falsely accused.
• The area could see triple-digit temperatures over the weekend. Highs are expected to be 103 on Saturday, 102 on Sunday, and 100 on Monday.
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps plays poker during a tag team event in the opening of the World Series of Poker at the Rio Convention Center on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Patrick Connolly Las Vegas Review-Journal @PConnPie
1. A woman died Tuesday after she was run over by a semitrailer. A Walgreens-branded semi was turning into a Walgreens parking lot at about 11:45 last night when it ran over the woman, who was either in a chair or a bed roll on the sidewalk. The woman died at Sunrise Hospital shortly after.
2. Las Vegas home sales are continuing to surge. The median sales price of April closings jumped 3.4 percent last year to $336,000. New home closings in Clark County from January to April are up almost 40 percent from the same period last year.
3. And a 26-year-old Henderson woman was arrested on a murder charge in connection with her mother’s death. Police say Carly Kalbfleisch called 911 around 12:20 pm Tuesday to report a domestic violence incident involving her mother. When officers arrived, they found the mother dead inside with multiple unspecified injuries. Kalbfleisch is being held without bail at Henderson detention center.
Republican leaders left a closed-door negotiation session on Monday morning optimistic about a compromise on Education Savings Accounts. Just hours later, Democrats dropped a bombshell. (Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police, Nevada Highway Patrol and Clark County school police joined to enforce right of way at the intersection Nellis and Cedar, near Richie Rundle Elementary, a school named for a child killed as a pedestrian. Patrick Connolly/Las Vegas Review-Journal
1. A bill amended in the Assembly late Friday could run Uber and Lyft out of business in Nevada. The amendment increases insurance requirements, and requires drivers to get business licenses before they begin working. Critics of the amendment say the it would end ride sharing in Nevada, and recreate the old taxicab monopoly.
2. An early morning stabbing has left one man dead in central Las Vegas. The man was chased by another man in a convenience store parking lot, before being stabbed multiple times in the chest. He died just before 1 a.m. at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
3. Police have located the 24-year-old man who was abducted Sunday night in central Las Vegas. Brandon Lujan was forced into a sedan Sunday evening, near Rainbow and Charleston boulevards. Police said there are four possible abductors, none of whom have been arrested. Lujan was found unharmed.
Pedro Lopez talks about the win over El Paso on May 29, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Pedro Lopez talks about the win over El Paso on May 28, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Nevada’s top election official opened an investigation into alleged voter fraud in last year’s election. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said Friday her office uncovered evidence that non-citizens had cast ballots.
2. A man has died after an early morning shooting in North Las Vegas Saturday. Officers found a wounded man in the parking lot of a business complex, where he was taken to UMC before he died. Detectives believe the shooting was not a random act of violence.
3. Only two of seven Clark County School Board trustees have responded to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s three-part series on sexual misconduct in Clark County Schools. The series found sexual misconduct to be systemic, and largely attributable to three problems. You can read the entire Broken Trust series online at reviewjournal.com.