The trick this signature cocktail performs is making the blood-red color of a negroni disappear, thanks to Luxardo’s clear bitters in place of Campari. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sunday’s headlines: fight over eggs leaves man in hospital, Lotus of Siam closed longer, Las Vegas sportsbooks
Saturday’s headlines: Southwest Medical stops Medicare, parents of 4-year-old charged, Lotus of Siam closed after ceiling collapse
Chicago Wolves head coach Rocky Thompson oversaw the Vegas Golden Knights’ first rookie practice. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights prospect Jake Leschyshyn, who is coming off ACL surgery in February, talks about his recovery during the rookie’s first practice. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky announces his impending retirement amid budget deficit furor. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department held a press conference that discussed Seattle Seahawks’ defensive end Michael Bennett’s detainment that occurred on Aug. 27. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. A flight bound for New York made an emergency landing at McCarran this morning after one of its engines caught fire. Delta Flight 1057 departed from McCarran about 11:10 p.m. Tuesday night, before landing at 12:45 a.m. No injuries were reported, and the flight was expected to leave this morning.
2. The man accused of kidnapping a California woman was arrested Tuesday night, after the woman was found Monday night at Railroad Pass Casino. Virginia Paris’ ex-boyfriend Joseph Hetzel was arrested after police found a stolen vehicle from Mesquite near East Bruner Avenue. He was booked into the Henderson Detention Center and faces felony kidnapping and stalking charges.
3. Clark County commissioners voted to ban both possession and advertisement of marijuana at McCarran International Airport on Tuesday. The ban extends to all airport-owned property throughout Clark County, including parcels leased to private businesses. The ban does not apply to to vinyl-wrapped advertising on taxis and personal vehicles picking up or dropping off passengers.
Vice President of Data Integrity, Kenny White, discusses how to spot suspicious sports betting with NFL getting underway. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
SUNDAY’S HEADLINES: Fremont buskers, Bali Hai lawsuit, CCSD financial audit
A marketing campaign for the upcoming Star Wars movie features a 3-D treasure hunt. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Best plays and touchdowns from Coronado at Shadow Ridge football game Friday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas murder suspect struck her pregnant attorney in court.
Shaunice McKinley, 25, faces murder and robbery charges in connection with the stabbing death of an 80-year-old man.
On Thursday she hit her attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kathleen Hamers, in the face.
Hamers, who is six months pregnant, said McKinley was removed from the courtroom.
Hamers was not seriously injured and did not require medical attention.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson will decide whether McKinley will face additional charges.
Hamers is no longer defending McKinley. The case was reassigned to Randy Pike.
The Las Vegas Library was placed on lockdown wafter police found a man on the roof.
Officers responded about 10:45 a.m. Friday to the library at 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
Police said they didn’t know why the man was up there or how he got there.
He reportedly told police he can’t get down.
Southbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard North were closed.
A man is charged with murder after a single punch led to a stranger’s death.
Luis Campos was struck in Las Vegas on April 30.
The father of five died four days later.
Campos and his brother were standing in line at Vanguard Lounge on Fremont Street.
Police say the suspect walked by and struck him.
James Beach, 27, is also charged with intimidating a witness.
Beach’s lawyer says his client will plead not guilty to the murder charge.
Friday’s Headlines: One-punch suspect to stand trial, Raiders Stadium could face construction delays, Man accidentally shoots, kills grandmother.
Only in Vegas jobs: Range Safety Officer (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
THURSDAY’S HEADLINES: DNA, forensics link women to murder, CCSD hiring freeze, new security at McCarran
UNLV quarterback Armani Rogers shares his thoughts on the upcoming football season for the Rebels. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
17-year-old Arianna Perroots is pursuing her dreams of becoming an opera singer. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A grapefruit flavored cocktail with a lemon twist. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV coach Tony Sanchez’s first news conference of the season. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
“Dunk a Trooper” event helps raise awareness on the importance of organ donation. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
About a dozen people gathered Saturday at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Historical Park to learn about Helen Stewart, a woman who moved to Southern Nevada in the late 1800s. (Kimber Laux/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Samantha Bivins, UNLV student government senator, explains the features of new emergency phones that have been installed on the university’s campus ahead of the first day of school. (Natalie Bruzda/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A quarter-mile stretch of Martin Luther King Boulevard was open to walkers Saturday morning ahead of its Labor Day weekend debut. The street redesign is part of a billion-dollar reconstruction project of Interstate 15 from Sahara Avenue to the Spaghetti Bowl. (Jessie Bekker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Here are five highlights from the Arbor View and Las Vegas football game Friday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A representative of Bar Two LLC, which runs two locations of the New Orleans-style bar chain Fat Tuesday, is expected to appear before the Nevada Equal Rights Commission on Thursday to respond to accusations of sexual harassment. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. The Mayweather-McGregor fight is tomorrow night, and airport officials are bracing for an influx of private jets. Private plane traffic usually jumps during major fight weekends, so this weekend pilots and plane owners are being asked to make reservations. Officials are hoping to avoid the traffic issues experienced during the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight when a taxiway had to be converted into a makeshift parking lot.
2. The driver arrested in the fatal crash that killed a Shadow Ridge student in February was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison on Thursday. David Fensch pleaded guilty to DUI resulting in death in June, after admitting to police he had taken Xanax and consumed “four drinks” of Captain Morgan rum before plowing into the back of 16-year-old Jaelan Fajardo’s car. Fensch had 4 previous DUIs.
3. The man arrested after attacking a mannequin with a hammer downtown last year, was ordered to spend eight to 20 years behind bars on Thursday. Shane Schindler pleaded guilty to attempted murder in June, after police set up the mannaquin as a decoy to look like a sleeping homeless man. Detectives linked the attack to the deaths of two homeless men who were attacked while sleeping in the same area, but did not file charges. (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The mermaids swim among the fish and interact with kids watching from the outside at the Silverton aquarium. These mermaids also twirl, flip, dance and do other fun stunts. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)