The Raiders lost to the Cardinals 20-10 to open the 2017 preseason on Saturday. Quarterback EJ Manuel completed 10 of 12 passes for 107 yards in his Raiders debut. Derek Carr, Marshawn Lynch, Amari Cooper and Khalil Mack didn’t play. The Vegas Nation crew recaps the game. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Licensed mental health therapist Sheldon Jacobs spent 48 hours under cover posing as a homeless man in an attempt to gain perspective on the complex issue.
Las Vegas police released footage Friday of a “vehicle of interest” from a deadly shooting in January. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Clark County School District Trustee Kevin Child announced a sweeping lawsuit against fellow trustees and former school district leadership along with attorney Craig Mueller on Sept 7.
A small group of people gathered in Sunset Park to remember the three children recently killed in the area.
Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb talks about first practice before 2018 season.
Dennis Lytle has filled his 1,500-square-foot backyard in Spring Valley with grass, decorations and fruit trees. (Michael Scott Davidson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Southern Nevada home prices were up 13 percent year-over-year in June. Las Vegas led price gains in June, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index . Seattle and San Francisco came in second and third, respectively. Locally, the median sales price of previously owned single-family homes in July was $290,000, up 11.5 percent from a year earlier.
A man and a woman were killed early Tuesday morning after their car was struck by another vehicle on Interstate 11, south of Las Vegas. The crash was reported at 2:18 a.m. after a BMW crashed into the back of a sedan that was stopped on the side of the highway. NHP troopers believe the driver of the BMW was impaired. A child, under the age of 5, was in a car seat in the back seat. Both were taken to UMC and in stable condition. A female passenger from the sedan that was struck by the BMW was taken to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Sienna campus, where she is in stable condition, This is the second fatal crash on the new stretch of highway, which opened less than a month ago.
Time lapse video of the transition at Cashman Field from 51s baseball to Lights FC soccer.
A man was fatally shot by police after he allegedly waved a gun toward others, and pointed it at himself, Saturday morning near downtown Las Vegas. (Katelyn Newberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clips of a video broadcasted live on Facebook by a bystander of an officer-involved shooting on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. (Courtesy D Nova Miller)
The Las Vegas Aces closed out their first campaign in front of the 5,737 on hand for Fan Appreciation Day at Mandalay Bay Events Center. Aces lose, 93-78. (WNBA)
Former UNLV baseball coach Fred Dallimore speaks of the impact long time major league scout Manny Guerra had on the Las Vegas baseball community during a memorial celebrating Guerra’s life on Aug 18, 2018. (Ron Kantowski/Review Journal).
It only takes a short walk through Circus Circus to realize it attracts a demographic like no other casino on the Strip: families with young children. (Todd Prince/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Academy’s robotics team made it all the way to the world competition last year, the first year the team competed. Zackary Perry describes how they programmed their robot to compete. The team is an example of what Tesla wants to have in every school in the state. (Meghin Delaney/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zach Miles, associate vice president for economic development for UNLV, said there’s venture money in Southern Nevada, “but trying to find the right groups to tap into for that money is different.” According to a 2017 report from the Kauffman Foundation, Las Vegas ranked number 34 out of 40 metropolitan areas for growth entrepreneurship, a metric of how much startups grow. With a lack of growing startups in Las Vegas, investment money is being sent outside of state borders. The southwest region of the U.S. received $386 million in funding in the second quarter, with about $25.2 million in Nevada. The San Francisco area alone received about $5.6 billion. (source: CB Insights)
Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Brett Zimmerman met with media Monday to discuss the details of the 14th officer-involved shooting of the year. (Madelyn Reese/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Edge host Bryan Salmond heads to city national arena and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to see Kurt Busch attempt to learn how to play hockey, and Deryk Engelland hop in a race car.
Matt Kelly Elementary School hosted its third annual Back-to-School Red Carpet Program where community and business leaders joined to welcome students back with an inspirational welcome. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the wins over Reno on Aug. 12, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about Sunday’s practice. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A severe thunderstorm hit the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday, August 11, 2018. Valley resident Jessica Murray, 37, talks Sunday about a tree that fell on her brand-new car. (Katelyn Newberg/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez and quarterback Armani Rogers talk about Saturday’s scrimmage. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jessica Maleskey, English teacher at Liberty High School, talks about the ideal class size as teachers in the Clark County School District face increasing class sizes. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the suspended game against Reno on Aug. 11, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Aces snapped a five-game losing streak and preserved the possibility of the postseason with a 92-74 victory over the Indiana Fever before an announced crowd of 5,213. (WNBA)
Kelsey Plum talks about Aces win over Fever on Aug. 11, 2018. (Sam Gordon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A security guard was shot by a Las Vegas officer outside a south valley store Saturday afternoon after police said the man opened fire inside the shop following an argument with a manager.
