The Clark County Coroner’s office has released the cremated remains of Las Vegas Strip shooter Stephen Paddock. His brother, Eric Paddock, was unable to get the coroner’s office to deliver the remains to his home in Orlando, Florida. Eric Paddock flew to Las Vegas to meet with Coroner John Fudenberg. Fudenberg has not yet released an autopsy report to the family. Paddock said he plans to put the ashes in a bank’s safe deposit box.
A Las Vegas high school student has been indicted in the rapes of at least four classmates. Maysen Melton, 16, now attends Palo Verde High School. He attended Shadow Ridge High School at the time. Some of the charges involve attacks on school grounds. Melton reportedly knew each of the victims, whose ages ranged from 15 to 18. He also faces first-degree kidnapping charges. He faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted.
Three performers at last year’s Route 91 Harvest Festival will perform a tribute at this year’s Grammy Awards to honor the 58 people who were killed and the more than 500 who were wounded.
Eric Church, Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne will collaborate on a special performance at the 60th annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 28.
“There’s not a day that goes by since that day that I have not thought of it and thought of the people and the victims,” Church said.
The country artists will perform a classic Grammy-winning song, which hasn’t been announced.
UNLV faces the Lobos at 7 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center Guards Jordan Johnson and Jovan Mooring need to produce Brandon McCoy could have a big game for the Rebels Anthony Smith has been bothered by an ankle injury UNLV needs a true home-court advantage
4 Famous Cases of People Held Captive Against Their Will David and Louise Turpin, are being charged with torture and child endangerment for holding their 13 kids captive in their home. These are 3 other held captive cases that made national news: 1. Josef Fritzl For 24 years, Fritzl held his daughter Elisabeth captive in his home’s basement, where he raped and assaulted her numerous times. He was later jailed for life in 2009. 2. Cleveland Kidnappings In 2002, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were kidnapped by a man named Ariel Castro. The three were rescued in 2013 and he was sentenced to life without parole. He committed suicide in his cell in Sep. 2013. 3. Jaycee Dugard Dugard vanished in 1991 at the age of 11, when she was kidnapped by Phillip Garrido. Garrido and his wife Nancy held Dugard captive in a backyard shed for 18 years. She was raped and birthed two children by Garrido. After visit to UC Berkeley prompted an investigation, Dugard was found and freed by police in 2009. Garrido was sentenced 431 years to life and Nancy was sentenced 36 years to life.
A sexual harassment investigation forced out Patrick Moers as Henderson’s police chief last year, sources told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The city said his ouster had to do with mailers regarding the police foundation, and classified Moers’ departure as “voluntary.” But sexual harassment allegations against the Police Department aren’t limited to the investigation of Moers. Although no names were given, several police officers have said that sexual harassment is rampant throughout the department. Sources also told the Review-Journal that Assistant City Manager Greg Blackburn is the subject of a sexual harassment investigation in Henderson. Victimized Henderson employees won’t speak up for fear of losing their jobs, multiple sources told the Review-Journal. March told the Review-Journal in December that Henderson’s “culture of fear” is unacceptable. said Mayor Debra March. None of the four council members returned phone calls seeking comments.
UNLV coach Tony Sanchez has his new defensive coordinator Tim Skipper, former assistant at Florida, will join Sanchez’s staff, a source close to the football program said Tuesday The Rebels allowed 31.8 points and 458.7 yards last season UNLV hasn’t given up fewer than 30 points per game since 2007 Sanchez has made two changes to his defensive staff Two coaching spots remain to be filled at UNLV
Bishop Gorman’s Isaiah Cottrell, a 6-foot-9-inch sophomore, is the latest elite prospect to man the middle for the top-ranked Gaels. Here are five fun facts about Cottrell. 1. He wears a size 18 shoe. 2. He is the 30th ranked player in the sophomore class. 3. Prolific programs like Arizona, Oklahoma, Washington and Illinois are four of Cottrell’s 19 reported scholarship offers. 4. He got his first scholarship offer from UNLV as an eighth-grader. 5. He plays in the Vegas Elite AAU Program, which finished last summer with the fourth-ranked 2020 team.
Lucky Dragon, the struggling off-Strip hotel, is now facing foreclosure. A default notice was filed months ago, and a foreclosure auction is scheduled for Feb. 6. The Chinese-themed property is only a year old but has grappled with numerous problems. Crowds have been relatively small, workers have lost their jobs, and the casino and restaurants were temporarily closed.
Lawyers with Las Vegas police said Tuesday that criminal charges related to the Oct. 1 shooting may be coming. The news came during a hearing on whether documents related to the shooting investigation should be unsealed. LVMPD attorneys argued that the documents should remain sealed because they may be used to support charges. Stephen Paddock opened fire from his Mandalay Bay suite, killing 58. Officials have identified no other suspects in the case.
Las Vegas police are investigating a Tuesday morning injury crash involving a man in his 20s and a Toyota sedan. The crash was reported at 4:45 a.m. at the intersection of Desert Inn Road and Valley View Boulevard.
Northbound Valley View is blocked. The man was taken to the hospital. The driver of the Toyota is not suspected of impairment.
Several Las Vegas-based operators have casinos in states likely to enact legislation to regulate sports betting, according to Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, assuming a favorable U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Chelsea Manning to Run for the US Senate in Maryland The transgender former Amy private filed her statement of candidacy on Thursday. Manning was previously convicted of leaking government documents to WikiLeaks. But was released from her prison sentence on May 17. She would be challenging Democrat Benjamin L. Cardin who is up for reelection in November for his third term. Cardin is expected to win a third term.
CES just ended in Las Vegas, but not without showcasing some must have gadgets for the home. Sony’s Aibo puppy robot has a camera in its nose, OLED screens for eyes and touch sensors on its body that give it the ability to recognize faces and react to petting. The puppy becomes attached to you the more you play with it and interacts with each person differently. The robot will go on sale in Japan this month for around $1,700. Hate folding laundry? The Foldimate folds clothes, towels and other items and stacks them in a neat pile. Foldimate will begin shipping the machines to the U.S. in late 2019. The machines will cost around $900. South Korea’s Coway has developed an appliance that can remove odors, bacteria and dust from clothing without the need to wash them. The Air Shower can freshen clothing in 45 minutes, and will soon be made available in the U.S. Always losing things? Tile will help you find them. The square-shaped Tile attaches to items like your keychain, bags, purses and even your laptop and can let you know the last location of the item through its app or Google Assistant.
Bellagio Gardens has gone to the dogs Bellagio has debuted its Chinese New Year display, themed “Year of the Dog” There are 18 dogs placed throughout the display to signify the beginning of 2018 In the center of the display is a 18 ft. Siberian husky dog 2018 is the year of the “Earth Dog,” which is why the husky is the largest in the display The display also includes 13 Chinese lanterns, a koi pond and cherry blossom trees. You can see the new display through March 3.
The Golden Knights were the talk of the NHL during the first half of the season.
On Wednesday, reporters visited Virgin Hyperloop One’s operations near Las Vegas. The company is building a new mode of transit that could go from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in 30 minutes. The last time the company opened up to the public was May 2016. VHO has conducted about 200 runs with its hyperloop test track. In December, the company set a new speed record of 240 mph with the track.
Walmart Boosts Minimum Wage to $11,
Gives Out Bonuses to Employees Walmart gave credit to President Trump’s
tax cut for enabling the move. Doug McMillan, Walmart CEO Doug McMillan, Walmart CEO The big-box store chain hit the jackpot, with the corporate tax cut coming all the way down to 21 percent from 35 percent. Walmart will also pay a one-time cash bonus to eligible employees of as much as $1,000. Bonuses will be determined by the length of an employee’s tenure with the store. The wage increase will go into effect as soon as February and add about $300 million in costs to what Walmart was already planning for the upcoming fiscal year.
A 31-year-old man died Wednesday night after crashing into the back of a double-decker Regional Transportation Commission bus on Flamingo Road near U.S. 95. None of the 11 people on the RTC bus were injured. The Nevada Highway Patrol said the driver of the sedan was believed to be impaired. The driver of the sedan was not wearing his seat belt, NHP spokesman Jason Buratczuk said, but he was sitting on his seat belt, which was buckled. The man’s death marks the fifth fatal crash NHP has investigated this year. In 2016 there were 60 fatal crashes on Nevada highways involving people who were not wearing seat belts, Buratczuk said.
A ‘Personality conflict’ is shaking up North Las Vegas City Hall. City Manager Qiong Liu is negotiating her resignation. It comes one day after she insisted on firing Assistant City Manager Ryann Juden amid long-simmering tensions. Mayor John Lee insisted Juden will not be fired. The dispute reportedly stemmed from a disagreement over how to fund infrastructure projects at the Apex Industrial Park. Liu said appointing Juden was “the biggest mistake that I have made over the past 4-plus years leading the executive team.”
A three-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 95 will be narrowed to a single lane for seven months starting Thursday. Crews will be building freeway bridges in northwest Las Vegas.
Both directions of the highway will be reduced to one lane between Skye Canyon Park and Paiute drives from 5 a.m. Thursday to July 12.
Crews are building a new interchange bridge at Kyle Canyon Road as part of a larger $65 million upgrade of U.S. 95 in the northwest valley.
Starting Feb. 20, the price to enter Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will more than double. Car or truck: $15 Motorcycle: $10 On foot, or bicycle: $5 Annual pass: No change at $30 A second fee increase planned by 2023 would up the price to $20 per car, $15 per motorcycle and $8 per bicyclist. Trails and sites along state Route 159 outside the scenic drive will continue to be free of charge.
CES 2018 has 0 women in top keynote slots — those addressing the entire conference. Two CES attendees Show organizers say they are “committed to changing the status quo.”
A firefighter was injured and was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening when a fire broke out at a strip mall in the southwest Las Vegas Valley Monday night.
The fire was first reported at 10:52 p.m. on the 3400 block of Jones Boulevard, near Desert Inn Road, and as of 1:30 a.m. Tuesday firefighters and police were still at the scene. At least seven businesses were damaged, including a furniture store at the north end of the mall. The strip mall also houses several restaurants, including Fuku Burger, which was on the opposite end from where the fire broke out.
Fox Hill Park — Summerlin’s newest park — has been getting plenty of visitors since opening in mid-December. The “adventure play-themed” park offers 20 play structures, including a 32-foot climbing tower, a zip line, a giant climbing structure called The Orange Beast, a disc golf course, custom swings, a climbing fort and a spinning machine.
The House Ethics Committee has named a panel to investigate sexual harassment allegations against Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen. Several women alleged that Kihuen inappropriately touched them, or made unwanted and untoward comments and advances. Kihuen denied “the allegations in question” and said he was looking forward to working with the panel. The panel will include Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Texas, Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y.
Adolfo Guzman, 21, Midfielder. Went to Southeast Career and Technical Academy Sebastian Hernandez, 24, Midfielder. Went to Bonanza High School and UNLV Marco César Jaime Jr., 22, Defender. Born in Las Vegas, grew up in Mexico. Julian Portugal, 25, Midfielder. Went to Palo Verde High School and UNLV. Matt Thomas, 22, Midfielder. Went to Palo Verde High School.
“Pawn Stars,” which debuted in June 2009, marks its 500th show this month. The broadcast is set for Jan. 22. Rick Harrison asks, “Who wants to watch a show about four fat guys working at a pawn shop?” But the owner of Gold & Silver Pawn has helped turn his father, Richard; son, Corey; and Austin “Chumlee” Russell into TV stars. From The Colosseum at Caesars Palace … Celine Dion had to cancel a weekend show. She said in a statement on Twitter she was resting, under doctor’s orders. On New Year’s Eve, she welcomed the idea of a duet with Lady Gaga. As Celine says, “I would love I would love that. I love her so much.”
A federal grand jury has heard testimony from witnesses in the FBI’s corruption investigation of Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow. The investigation has focused on allegations the councilman received kickbacks from campaign funds he steered to consultants. Witnesses first appeared before the grand jury a few months ago, and the nearly 3-year-old investigation remains active, a knowledgeable source said. It is unclear how many witnesses have testified and whether federal prosecutors might be close to filing charges against Barlow.
Sunny Lee received a perfect score of 36 the second time she took the ACT college entrance exam. The 17-year-old Bishop Gorman High School student was happy. But she was still signed up to take the SAT in December, so she studied for a bit and took that, too. She walked away with another perfect score of 1600. –Sunny Lee
