Vegas Golden Knights scout Bob Lowes assesses how the team did in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in Chicago.
“Clark: Poetry from Clark County, Nevada” features works by Southern Nevada poets. (John Przybys)
Ed Graney and Steve Carp from the Las Vegas Review-Journal review the Vegas Golden Knights selections from the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in Chicago at the United Center.
Ed Graney and Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal recap the Vegas Golden Knights’ first-round picks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in Chicago
Vegas Golden Knights center Cody Glass talks about being the first-ever draft pick to be selected by the team and his emotions on going sixth overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
• A Nevada-based Thunderbird jet skid off the runway and flipped over during a practice in Ohio. The F-16 was part of a demonstration team at Nellis Air Force Base. No injuries were immediately reported. The accident apparently occurred in thunderstorm conditions.
• Dean Heller has become the fifth GOP senator to oppose the health care bill. He says he won’t support the bill in its current form.
• Stefano Ricci will open its second location on the Strip. The Italian clothing brand’s first store is at the Shops at Crystals. The new spot is expected to open in mid-November at Wynn Plaza.
• And a Nye County deputy was hospitalized after being bit by a pit bull mix in Pahrump. He was released from the hospital and the dog has been quarantined.
A Trader Joe’s store on Decatur and O’Bannon relocated to Centennial Hills in northwest Las Vegas. Elaine Wilson & Wade Millward/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury talks about fans and being picked up by the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 in the NHL expansion draft. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Tim Kelly discuss an officer involved shooting.
The RJ’s Steve Carp and Ed Graney recapped the 2017 Expansion Draft and talk about Marc-Andre Fleury’s already growing popularity. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Patrice Bergeron won the Selke Trophy for being the best “defensive forward” at the 2017 NHL Awards. Bergeron talked about how NHL rule changes made offenses play more defensive. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Arizona native Auston Matthews won the Calder Trophy for the best player in their first year at the 2017 NHL Awards. Elaine Wilson & Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Prosecutors played Thomas Randolph’s 911 call after his wife was fatally shot and he shot the man who killed her, along with a video re-enactment Randolph made for homicide detectives. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Brayden McNabb was selected by the Golden Knights in the 2017 Expansion Draft. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Clark County Fire Department demonstrated flash flood rescue measures at a news conference at Wet’n’Wild Las Vegas on Wednesday morning. (Jessie Bekker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Metro’s abuse and neglect detectives are investigating the deadly drowning of a 14-year-old boy last night. Police say the unconscious teenager wasn’t breathing when he was pulled out of the water near Alta Drive and Valley View Boulevard. It isn’t clear if an adult was watching him when he went underwater.
2. The Golden Knights made headlines again with the unveiling of their uniform last night. The jerseys are a combination of steel gray, black, gold and red. But the team’s uniform comes with an accessory that no other NHL team wears: white gloves. Majority owner Bill Foley says the logo and uniform represent strength and power.
3. And Las Vegas hits 117 degrees. The National Weather Service says the desert tied the all-time record high yesterday. The city has only been this hot three other times in June 2013, July 2005 and July 1942. The weather service says the normal high for June 20th is 100 degrees.
The United States Air Force Weapons School activated a new squadron Tuesday for stealthy F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter jets. The 6th Weapons Squadron will be the school’s largest by 2023 with 30 instructors and 24 F-35As. (Keith Rogers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
About three hours northwest of Las Vegas lies the Fish Lake Valley in Esmeralda county, the least populous county in the state, and second least populous county in the nation. There is no grocery store, no high school, no hospital, but residents don’t want anything different.
1. A California man died at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the first night of EDC. Michael Morse, 34, was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Family members are now questioning the safety of EDC after saying they’ve seen comments online that lines for water were long on the first night of the festival. Insomniac Events did not respond to requests for comment Monday.
2. One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in the west valley. Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex near South Cimarron Road and West Charleston Boulevard just after midnight Tuesday. After police got a woman and child out of the apartment, police entered to find a man with a knife. Police attempted to use a stun gun on the man when he lunged at police and he was shot by two officers. The man was pronounced dead at UMC.
3. A Pizza Hut receipt helped police arrest a woman suspected of murder. Kevin Thomas suffered a gunshot wound to the head in November and detectives found the receipt under his body. The receipt had store and order information and the name “Betty” written at the top. Betty Ann Pires had been dating Thomas for three months prior to his death. Pires said she left Thomas at a Pizza Hut the night he was killed but two people came forward, saying Pires admitted to killing Thomas.
UFC lightweight Kevin Lee talks about his preparation for his five-round fight with Michael Chiesa at UFC Fight Night 112, why he’s not chasing money fights and what it takes to standout with the promotion.
Vegas Stripped: Las Vegas Hairstylist Cuts His Own Checks
Pedro Lopez talks about the 51s loss to Sacramento on June 16, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• A man claiming self-defense in a fatal shooting at an apartment near Nellis Air Force Base is charged with murder. Kevin Charles Hoskins says he killed an intruder at the Rubix apartments, but police say the altercation happened in a hallway, not in Hoskins’ doorway as police were initially told.
• A small neighborhood hospital is opening soon in North Las Vegas. Dignity Health- St. Rose Dominican will be at 1550 West Craig Road. The complex cost about $25 million dollars and will employ about 90 people.
• Prepare for a traffic nightmare on Interstate 15 this weekend. About 140,000 people are heading to the Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The worst traffic is expected Monday morning.
1. UNLV graduate Tomi Lahren is set to make her return to Las Vegas today. The viral political commentator will speak at the Real Chamber of Commerce’s gala night. Lahren says she will discuss her views on business innovation, social media and free-market capitalism.
2. Three men are in custody after federal authorities seized thousands of MDMA pills. Jordan Cambridge was arrested after selling over 5,000 ecstasy pills to an undercover agent, leading to the search of his “stash house” in North Las Vegas. That’s where police say they found another 5,000 pills. Cambridge and the two other men were arrested just two days before EDC.
3. The man accused of killing the hitman he hired to kill his sixth wife is asking a Las Vegas judge for permission to wear a Tony Romo Dallas Cowboys jersey to his trial. Thomas Randolph’s lawyer says he wants to wear the jersey because he’s a fan. The request will have to go through the jail since the jersey would be part of his trial wardrobe. Opening statements are set to begin today.
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, partnering with the micro-hospital company Emerus, unveiled its North Las Vegas neighborhood hospital on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The small, community-based hospital is the first of four locations to open by the end of 2017. (Katelyn Newberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Golden State Warriors held their championship parade in Oakland with an estimated one to two million fans in attendance. RJ columnist Ed Graney asks what Las Vegas could anticipate if they host one of their own in the near future.
1. Police have arrested two men in connection with an execution-style death last week. 65-year-old Jerry Lee Moore was found handcuffed and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head on June 5 on the 1800 block of Cypress Trail near Rancho and Lake Mead. Police did not name the suspects but confirmed the arrest late Wednesday.
2. A second teen charged in the November gang rape of a 14-year-old special education student will be prosecuted as an adult. Dennis Alas-Jarquin is 18 now but was 17 at the time of the crime and is one of four boys charged. 15-year-old Leby Urquilla will also be charged as an adult and the two remaining teens could still be certified as adults in the next few months. Two adults are also charged in the case: Jose Mejia-Henriquez, 18, and Leby Alas-Gomez, 39.
3. A corrections employee committed suicide inside the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump Tuesday. Detention center staff found the man after responding to a fire alarm in the facility, though no fire was found. A source with knowledge of the investigation said tear gas or some other chemical irritant was set off in the room before the suicide and that the death was the result of a gunshot wound. The employee’s name and position have not been released.
Vice President of Communications and Content with the Vegas Golden Knights, Eric Tosi, presented a custom hockey stick to professional boxer, Sergey Kovalev. Kovalev used to play hockey as a child before switching to boxing. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)