Nearly a year after Kim Gautier and her teenage son were murdered, their family members found comfort in court Monday as the word "guilty" was read on all 17 counts faced by Gautier's now-convicted killer, Timmy "T.J." Weber.


$80 million budget hike requested by LV police

Citing steady population growth in the Las Vegas Valley and new homeland security responsibilities, Metropolitan Police Department administrators seek a budget increase of more than $80 million next fiscal year.

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NEON TUESDAY: Fab Four moves up at Hilton
Those Beatles may have a future after all. The tribute band Fab Four, at least, moves into the Las Vegas Hilton's big theater to become a "weeknight headliner" after spending last year as Sheena Easton's vacation replacement in the smaller 330-seat NightClub.

Virus puts children in danger
Hundreds of Las Vegas children are getting sick each month from a virus that is hospitalizing more babies than any other disease.

Deaths
Richard Betke Richard L. Betke, 78, died Sunday in a Henderson hospital. He was born Oct. 18, 1924, in Detroit.

Weather halts shuttle search
Bad weather halted the search for shuttle debris in the Nevada desert Monday. Searchers hoped for the weather to clear around rural Panaca and waited to hear from NASA investigators on whether more than a dozen pieces of fragmented metal and aluminum foil found came from the shuttle Columbia.

ELECTED OFFICIALS: Assembly panel leaders oppose raises
CARSON CITY -- Assembly Government Affairs Committee leaders said Monday they oppose the 50 percent-plus pay increases that county elected officials would receive under a bill before their committee.

D.A. launches criminal probe
The Clark County district attorney's office has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that a recently fired county employee financially benefited from contracts he supervised.

Proposal targets anonymous bill drafts
Anonymous bill draft requests would be abolished under legislation requested by a pair of lawmakers.

Nevada ruling in U.S. high court
WASHINGTON -- A California state attorney urged U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday to overturn a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that he said would allow former Californians in other states to file lawsuits to avoid paying taxes.

U.S. Supreme Court to review NLV case involving search and seizure
WASHINGTON -- In a case that could affect how search warrants are served, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a North Las Vegas case to determine how long police should wait before entering a suspect's home after they've knocked on the door.

Judges won't try to amend marijuana law
Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, D-Las Vegas, said Monday the state's judges have decided not to introduce a bill to allow them to order minor marijuana offenders to serve time in jail.

$80 million budget hike requested by LV police
Citing steady population growth in the Las Vegas Valley and new homeland security responsibilities, Metropolitan Police Department administrators seek a budget increase of more than $80 million next fiscal year.

Senator takes aim at Nevada State College at Henderson
CARSON CITY -- A state lawmaker said Monday the newly established Nevada State College at Henderson should be closed and the programs transferred to other campuses to save money.

State officials investigate Mirage's reporting failures
MGM Mirage could face state fines up to $500 million because The Mirage failed to file at least 14,000 required anti-money laundering reports with federal officials, company and government sources said Monday.

Longtime LV businessman Vernon Willis dies at age 88
Vernon Willis, a prominent Las Vegas businessman for 40 years and guest financial columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal until 1991, died Sunday night at a nursing home in Salt Lake City.

Veteran pilot Homer Hansen dies
Las Vegas lost one of its legends in flight Sunday when retired Maj. Gen. Homer Hansen, a former Nellis Air Force Base weapons center commander and veteran pilot of three wars, died at his home in St.

CELL PHONES: Students fight ban
Jill Lysgaard sends her son to Becker Middle School with a cell phone. It's a safety precaution, she said, so they can reach each other in case of an emergency.

CORRECTION
A report in Saturday's edition of the Review-Journal misidentified Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson's political affiliation.

States skeptical about Yucca
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department ran into skepticism Monday from state officials who questioned whether the budget-strapped Yucca Mountain Project can be kept on schedule to take nuclear waste off their hands by 2010.

Tribes praise proposal to overturn court ruling
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, said Monday he plans to introduce a bill this week that would overturn Nevada v.

Weber guilty, all counts
Nearly a year after Kim Gautier and her teenage son were murdered, their family members found comfort in court Monday as the word "guilty" was read on all 17 counts faced by Gautier's now-convicted killer, Timmy "T.

Ethics Commission powers under scrutiny
CARSON CITY -- A state Senate panel on Monday discussed scaling back Nevada's ethics panel, as civil liberties advocates touted a separate Assembly measure that includes bigger changes.

Man found dead near recent slaying sites
An apparent homicide in northwest Las Vegas has neighbors of the dead man wondering whether a rash of violence that has besieged their middle-class community is an aberration or cause for alarm.

Mother accused in girl's death
A Las Vegas woman has been charged with murder in connection with the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Las Vegas police said.

Gun store robber sentenced
The ringleader of a gun store robbery that put numerous weapons in the hands of Las Vegas criminals was sent to prison Monday.

UNANIMOUS VERDICT IN DOUBLE SLAYING
A jury of eight women and four men deliberated for two days before returning its verdicts against Timmy Weber.

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