Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Round Rock on June 9, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
New York Mets pitcher and Las Vegas native Paul Sewald took the train from New York to Washington, D.C., to support the Golden Knights in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Final. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal.)
The LVMPD Commercial Robbery Section is attempting to identify the pictured suspect who is responsible for committing robberies to businesses in the southern part of the Las Vegas Valley during the month of May 2018. The suspect enters the business, threatens the employee with a firearm and demands money from the register. The employee complies and the suspect flees the business.
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the win over New Orleans on June 7, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan of Las Vegas talks about staying busy during his semi-retirement from auto racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 6, 2018. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to New Orleans on June 6, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights fans give advice to the team as they head into Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final down 3-1 against the Washington Capitals. (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ochoa describes his game against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Saturday at Cashman Field. (Ben Gotz)
Los Angeles-based artist, Andrew Schoultz, discusses his artwork and the exhibition
More than 100 people rallied together Saturday, June 2, 2018, at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden as part of Wear Orange Weekend, a national movement calling for an end to gun violence. More than 350 such events are slated to take place between June 2 and June 3 across the United States.
The company is planning to add six solar projects in Nevada, along with the state’s first major battery energy storage capacity. Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Unions representing Las Vegas casino workers could call a citywide strike as early as June 1 if they do not reach a deal with employers. Las Vegas casino strikes have been avoided in most cases. The last citywide strike was in 1984. It affected 32 resorts and lasted 67 days. A month-long strike in June could cost MGM Resorts and Caesars as much as $300 million in cash flow, according to a union report In 1984, a union strike fund helped support workers during the period they picketed.
With visitors from as far as Reno, the first showing of hit musical “Hamilton” drew a full house at Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center, May 29, 2018 in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Tacoma on May 27, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Traffic cam video shows police at the scene following a multicar collision at Charleston and Decatur boulevards on Sunday, May 27, 2018.
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Tacoma on May 26, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas hockey fan Arnold Schneider talks about having season tickets for the original Washington Capitals who won only eight games during the 1974-75 NHL season. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal.)
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to Tacoma on May 25, 2018, at Cashman Field.
Golden Edge host Bryan Salmond interviews the Saskatchewan duo Justin and Greg about the Golden Knights making it to the Stanley Cup Final. They also go over the duo trying to make Saskatchewan the official second home for the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Knights have been strong killing penalties in the playoffs. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
South Point is among few casino operators that still offer “cheap food, good odds,” says Anthony Curtis, a publisher of books on Las Vegas. The resort’s video poker slots return 99%, compared with about 96% or 97% on the Strip, according to Curtis. “Gaughan knows that you get them in the door with food and liquor and entertainment and you make a few bucks when they gamble,” says Ted Newkirk, founder of Access Vegas.
South Point is unique among Las Vegas resorts for its 4,600-seat equestrian arena.
“The secret is you have to find people that want to play [on the casino floor],” says Michael Gaughan, owner of South Point
Las Vegas isn’t the only city where Marc-Andre Fleury is a fan favorite. Fleury was drafted by Pittsburgh in 2003, and was its goalie until the expansion draft last June. He won three Stanley Cups as a Penguin, and helped turned the team from a bad one to a historically great one. Even though he’s gone, Pens fans still have love for Fleury. Dick’s Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh starting selling Fleury and Knights gear to keep up with demand. Season-ticket holder Bill Diamond had no thoughts of taking down his framed jersey. Pittsburghers say they’ll be watching this week’s Final with hopes that he raises another Cup.
Five people were killed Sunday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas. A northbound car was attempting to pass a pickup on U.S. 95, when it moved into the southbound lane to pass and collided head-on with a another car. The car then hit the side of a truck, and the truck flipped over. The northbound car burst into flames, killing both people inside. The southbound car also had two people inside who died at the scene. A woman in the truck was hospitalized, and the driver died at the scene.
Five people died Sunday in a fiery crash about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Police received a call about a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 95 near Amargosa Valley in Nye County around 4:30 p.m. A northbound car was attempting to pass a pickup and when it moved into the southbound lane to pass, it collided head-on with another car, then hit the side of the truck.
The truck flipped over, and the man driving died at the scene. The woman in the truck was hospitalized and is expected to survive. The northbound car burst into flames, killing both people inside. The southbound car also had two people inside who died at the scene.
U.S. 95 was closed until shortly after midnight when it reopened.
A Cheyenne High School teacher has been active in getting students interested in cybersecurity as a career.
A 2018 survey found that over two-thirds of small businesses in Nevada find it somewhat to very difficult to recruit qualified candidates. Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Talmadge Magno of Hawaii Civil Defense gives an update on the Kilauea volcano
Local racer Riley Herbst has named to NASCAR Next, a list identifying young drivers on the fast track to stock car racing stardom. It was the second year in a row the 19-year-old racer was named on the list of nine drivers. Others who have been named NASCAR list include current Cup Series regulars Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Erik Jones, Kyle Larson, Daniel Suarez and Bubba Wallace. Herbst is a descendant of Las Vegas’ famous off-road racing Herbst family. His father, Troy, won the 2004 Baja 1000. “There’s a lot of talent coming up, and a lot of young racers chasing the dream in Las Vegas. It it weren’t for the Bullring and the drag strip and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, nobody would know what Las Vegas (has become) in racing out West.”
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the win over Albuquerque on May 13, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tony DeFrancesco on the loss to Albuquerque on May 12, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)