Lightning strikes captured on video
 
Lightning strikes captured on video

A lightning storm puts on a show as it moves across the Las Vegas valley on Sunday July 27, 2014. Video has been slowed to half speed for better viewing.

Defendants in school funds embezzlement case arraigned
 
Defendants in school funds embezzlement case arraigned

Former Clark County schools official Priscilla Rocha and four of her co-defendants were arraigned Monday on a total of 52 charges linked to the theft of $289,000 in public funds from the School District’s Adult English Language Acquisition Services program.

Reports of hogtying prompt actions by Family Court judge
 
Reports of hogtying prompt actions by Family Court judge

Last week, after receiving reports that staff had hogtied juveniles at the Nevada Youth Training Center in Elko, Las Vegas Family Court Judge William Voy ordered 12 Clark County offenders returned to his court.

NPRI topples 3,610 dominoes to emphasize study on proposed margin tax
 
NPRI topples 3,610 dominoes to emphasize study on proposed margin tax

The Nevada Policy Research Institute says more than 3,600 jobs would be lost if the margin tax were voted into law. They hired renown domino toppling artist Robert Speca to set up a domino display to draw attention to a study that said this job loss is a possible outcome if the tax is approved.

Siegfried & Roy introduce new white lion cubs in Las Vegas
 
Siegfried & Roy introduce new white lion cubs in Las Vegas

The retired entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy introduced three new white lion cubs to the media at Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage on Thursday. The three lion cubs weighing about 35 pounds a piece are the newest addition to the attraction.

Three men arrested in connection with string of robberies
 
Three men arrested in connection with string of robberies

At a press conference Metro Robbery/Homicide Captain Csaba Maczala released information on the capture of three individuals involved in a series of robberies in the Las Vegas valley. Surveillance footage shows three individuals who are under investigation.

Police say no arrests made so far in Fashion Show Mall shooting
 
Police say no arrests made so far in Fashion Show Mall shooting

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department furnished the press with additional details of a shooting that occurred Tuesday at the Fashion Show Mall. Sgt. John Sheahan of LVMPD said a fight at the food court in the Fashion Show mall escalated into a shooting. One man was shot in the side of the neck about 6 p.m. The wounded man ran down an escalator and onto Las Vegas Boulevard, then later walked into MountainView Hospital.

Local rapper speaks out on what he claims is an unjustified use of force and arrest
 
Local rapper speaks out on what he claims is an unjustified use of force and arrest

Local rapper Orlando Clemons, known as “Splashgod”, is interviewed at his recording studio in Las Vegas about his March arrest as he walked on Fremont Street with friends after performing a show. Clemons claims that physical force used by a Las Vegas police officer against him was unjustified and that the video is proof. The video which surfaced following the incident went viral on social media before Clemons and his friends were able to file any formal complaint against the officer.

Counting Cars
 
Counting Cars

Danny, Roli, Kevin, Horny Mike and the rest of the Count’s Kustoms gang are back with new back-to-back episodes of “Counting Cars.”

USS Nevada
 
USS Nevada

A host of dignitaries, U.S. Navy veterans and others turned out at the state Capitol on Friday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launching of the famed battleship U.S.S. Nevada.

Las Vegas mothers protest right to breastfeed in public
 
Las Vegas mothers protest right to breastfeed in public

Dozens of mothers gathered for a protest Wednesday, exercising their right to breastfeed in public as part of a “nurse in” staged at the Centennial Hills YMCA.

The nurse in, inspired by a similar nationwide protest at Target stores in 2011, comes less than a month after a pair of breastfeeding mothers were booted off property owned or operated by the city of Las Vegas.

Cooney sentenced to prison for shooting son
 
Cooney sentenced to prison for shooting son

Linda Cooney was sentenced to 13 to 41 years in prison Wednesday, July 9, 2014, for shooting and paralyzingly her son Kevin Cooney in 2011.

Timelapse of Monsoon Rolling Into Las Vegas Valley
 
Timelapse of Monsoon Rolling Into Las Vegas Valley

This timelapse video show various shots of the monsoonal moisture that brought rain and winds throughout the Las Vegas valley on Tuesday, July 8, 2014.

Trial in “Thunder From Down Under” armed robbery begins
 
Trial in “Thunder From Down Under” armed robbery begins

Joey Kadmiri faces charges of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, and burglary with a deadly weapon in the March 2014 attack at the Excalibur.

Fans party in Brazil
 
Fans party in Brazil

The celebration continues into the night after Brazil advances with a World Cup win over Colombia.

How to use the voting kiosks
 
How to use the voting kiosks

Lorena Portillo of the Clark County Elections office shows us how to use the voting kiosks.

Summerlin 4th of July Parade celebrates it’s 20th year
 
Summerlin 4th of July Parade celebrates it’s 20th year

The Annual Summerlin 4th of July Parade celebrated it’s 20th year and was named an official event of the Nevada’s Sesquicentennial Jubilee by Governor Brian Sandoval.
Over 2,500 people and 70 entries paraded through Summerlin for a crowd of approximately 35,000.

Crash on I-15 Kills one Juvenile
 
Crash on I-15 Kills one Juvenile

A Ford SUV crashed on the northbound I-15 near D Street in Las Vegas. One child was killed and another is in critical condition at a local hospital.

Beauty, history in Brazil
 
Beauty, history in Brazil

Fernando de Noronha, a 21-island archipelago in the Atlantic, has natural beauty that holds its own against any tropical locale in the world.

Quest for Quiet
 
Quest for Quiet

Fred Bell visits various places in Southern Nevada and surrounding areas in search for the sounds of nature uninterrupted by by humankind. He often records up to several hours of sounds and then cuts it down into cleaner, shorter samples.

A Day With a Constable Officer
 
A Day With a Constable Officer

The Review-Journal spent a day with Deputy Isaac James of the Las Vegas Township constable’s office as he conducted his daily work of delivering and posting various documents from the courts, such as evictions, overseeing lockouts, wage garnishments, subpoenas and small claims. He has worked as a constable for 12 years.

Erislandy Lara preps for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight on July 12
 
Erislandy Lara preps for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight on July 12

Erislandy Lara got Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to fight him by constantly calling him out. He used social media and he challenged him in person after the Alvarez vs Angulo match at the MGM Grand Garden. Lara got his wish and the two will square off July 12 at the MGM on Showtime Pay Per View.