The parade featured over 70 entries including floats, giant balloons, bands and members of the armed forces.
Tom Pedro, Terrible Herbst Co. director of maintenance, and a proud American talks about the importance of Independence Day. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Alex Tuch, one of the few players at VGK Development Camp with a chance to make Opening Night roster chose to participate in the camp, even though he didn’t have to. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Thomas Randolph is a big Cowboys fan. So much so, that he requested to wear a Tony Romo jersey on his final day of sentencing. Elaine Wilson & David Ferrara/Las Vegas Review-Journal
UFC heavyweight Travis Browne talks about proposing to UFC superstar Ronda Rousey. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
More details were revealed alongside the body camera footage of the deadly shootout between a man and two SWAT officers on June 25. The Metropolitan Police Department named Cody Thompson, 33, and Theodore Carrasco, 36, as the officers who shot the suspect, George Marcus Tillman.
Keegan Kolesar wants to make his mark during the Vegas Golden Knights’ camp. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Thomas Randolph has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Randolph could possibly face the death penalty for his crimes.
Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley explained at the team’s Open House event that they’re unlikely to make the 2017 NHL trade deadline because of extensive amounts of paperwork.
Golden Knights Sr. VP Murray Craven discusses progress on team’s practice facility. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
At a news conference at the T-Mobile Arena the Vegas Golden Knights introduced Gerard Gallant as their head coach.
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Ben Gotz and Steve Carp discuss why Gerard Gallant is the right coach for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee speaks about what it’ll take to build a winning hockey team and how George Gallant’s history as a player will benefit him as the head coach.
Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant talked about what it’ll take to lead the first NHL team in Las Vegas. This will be his second time coaching an expansion team since he was with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd. Steve Wynn and MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren support the plan to bring a $1.9 billion domed football stadium to Las Vegas and to expand the Las Vegas Convention Center.
MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren discusses why he thinks the stadium plan could bring more professional sports to Las Vegas, like an NBA team. Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Southern Nevada Tourism and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Steve Hill says he confident the stadium proposal will pass and that it’s ‘great for Nevada’.
After a 17-hour Assembly session in Carson City, no vote materialized for the proposed NFL stadium and convention center upgrades. Rudy Malfabon, director of NDOT, came in after midnight to address rising concerns over a transportation report.
On Oct. 14, 2016, Senate Bill 1 passed with the Nevada Legislature. The bill includes upgrades to the Las Vegas Convention Center and approved a domed stadium which paves the way for the Oakland Raiders to relocate Las Vegas.
Gov. Brian Sandoval will sign the bill in Las Vegas on Monday.
Former Rams and Cardinals defensive back and NFL Hall of Famer Aeneas Williams spoke to UFC fighters about transitioning from active competition to life outside the cage at the UFC Veteran Athlete Summit. He also weighed-in on what it would mean to Las Vegas to have a NFL team.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, says a team effort helped to bring the Oakland Raiders NFL franchise to Las Vegas. NFL owners approved the move Monday in a 31-1 vote. The Miami Dolphins voted against.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke at the Bob Ruud Community Center in Pahrump, Monday, June 26, 2017. (Elizabeth Brumley/’Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Melvyn Sprowson, a former teacher convicted of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl, was sentenced 12 1/2 years to life in prison Monday morning. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Professional poker player Dutch Boyd discusses backing/staking at the World Series of Poker on June 15. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Two people are dead and another was shot in the head after an argument broke out over a game of dominoes at a northeast Las Vegas home Sunday night. After an argument began, a man went to his car to retrieve a gun and opened fire inside the home on the 4400 block of Wendy Street near East Craig and North Walnut roads. Two men in their 20s were killed and a third man in his 30s was shot in the head and is now stabilized. Police are still looking for the suspect.
2. A Las Vegas woman died from choking injuries Friday morning, according to the Clark County Coroner. On June 3, police were called to a break-in at a home on the 1900 block of Sirocco Court when an arriving officer said he found Stella Martinez on the ground being choked by her ex-boyfriend Christopher Wood. Police attempted to revive Martinez but she later died. Wood faces attempted murder, attempted burglary and domestic battery by strangulation charges.
3. A pedestrian has died after being struck by an SUV early Monday morning. Police responded to a call about the accident on Tropicana near Wilbur Street and Maryland Parkway around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The pedestrian later died at an area hospital.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Dan McGrath speaks to the media about a fatal shooting over a game of dominoes in northeast Las Vegas on Sunday. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Debbie Hansen, right, a physical therapist who teaches disabled drivers how to drive with special instruments attached to the steering wheel, demonstrates to Touro University student, Caitlin Humenik, on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Henderson. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye