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Molester could have been haltedIf not for a procedural gaffe by police in Georgia, the molestation of seven boys at the St. Jude's Ranch for Children in Boulder City would have never happened, authorities said Thursday.Court records indicate Larry Wisenbaker, 34, was convicted in Macon, Ga., in 1996 of cruelty to children after he bound and gagged two boys he was caring for at a shelter. But authorities in Georgia failed to enter the conviction in a national law enforcement computer system, which would have alerted officials at St. Jude's to Wisenbaker's past, Clark County Deputy District Attorney Gerald Gardner said Thursday. FULL TEXT College administration growsHenderson's proposed state college is on the path to getting its second $100,000 executive without first having a budget to support its growing payroll.Founding President Richard Moore, who makes $175,000 a year, plans to take his confidant and former vice president, Orlando Sandoval, away from the Community College of Southern Nevada two months after he vowed not to raid the ranks of the booming college he led for five years. FULL TEXT
It's no longer a rumor. Diana Ross and Mary Wilson, after years of being on the outs, are publicly acknowledging a Supremes reunion tour is in the works. GOP bill seeks significant changes in Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON -- Once again this year, lawmakers are considering significant changes to the Endangered Species Act that could make it more difficult to add species to the list and would give property owners whose land is home to protected species more flexibility in what they can do with their holdings. Suicide drop fails to hearten experts For the first time in three years, the annual number of suicides in Clark County has dropped, according to statistics compiled this week by the Clark County coroner's office. Deaths Albert Ballin Albert Ballin, 64, died Wednesday at a Las Vegas hospital. He was born May 27, 1935, in Brooklyn, N. Woman gets probation in death Review-Journal A woman who shot her boyfriend to death following an argument was sentenced to five years probation Thursday. U.S. 95 plans swerving into bumpy road As planning gets under way this week to widen U.S. Highway 95 with $300 million in new federal funds, long-time business owners are rounding up eminent domain attorneys and residents are saying goodbye to homes they've lived in the past 30 years. CORRECTION Because of a reporting error and incorrect information provided to the Review-Journal, a story in Thursday's newspaper contained two mistakes. Hatchery destroys sick trout GARDNERVILLE -- Hundreds of thousands of Lahontan cutthroat trout were destroyed at a federal fish hatchery Thursday in an attempt to rid the facility of a disease that destroys the endangered game fish's organs. Protesters arrested at Nevada Test Site Nine anti-nuclear activists were arrested early Thursday at the Nevada Test Site in a civil disobedience action targeting a weapons materials experiment by government scientists, authorities said. College administration grows Henderson's proposed state college is on the path to getting its second $100,000 executive without first having a budget to support its growing payroll. Gibbons backs Bush, OK with his stance on nuclear waste When other Republican politicos flocked to endorse Texas Gov. George W. Bush in 1999, Nevada's Rep. Designer of Chinese Pavilion at Disney attraction dead at 59 Rafael Caballero, a retired architect who designed the Chinese Pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center and traveled the country doing community service work to empower Filipinos in Southern Nevada, died Sunday at Valley Medical Center from heart problems. Harter's shot at new post waning Washington State University regents have zeroed in on a Tennessean in their search for a new leader, which reduces any chance UNLV President Carol Harter may have had for the job. Federal judge declares mistrial in drug case Review-Journal A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on the drug-related charges against Andre McGee. Mass to be held in honor of Liberace Review-Journal A Mass honoring the 13th anniversary of the death of entertainer Liberace will be held Saturday morning. Molester could have been halted If not for a procedural gaffe by police in Georgia, the molestation of seven boys at the St. Jude's Ranch for Children in Boulder City would have never happened, authorities said Thursday. Parole Board rejects petition from killer Associated Press CARSON CITY -- Simon Macias, sentenced to a life term in prison for the stabbing death of his wife, lost Thursday in a bid to get the Nevada Parole Board to release him. PHOTO: THE NEW YEAR CHINESE STYLE Suspect sought in hit-and-run death Review-Journal Police are searching for the driver of a pickup who deliberately ran over a bicyclist, killing the man Thursday afternoon. Overcrowding at high school draws hearing The opening discussion on what to do about the Clark County School District's most overcrowded high school began without any room to move. Nevada briefs Two killed in head-on collision identified Two people killed Wednesday night when their vehicle was hit head-on by a Jeep driving on the wrong side of the road were identified as Charles O'Laughlin, 75, and Vaun O'Laughlin, 64, of Las Vegas. | |||||||
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