Corrections Lt. Randie Ronczka, right, hands a cocker spaniel mix puppy named Spencer to Kristine Sue Westin, 33, who is part of a dog training program at the Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center in North Las Vegas. Ronczka is adopting the dog.
Photos by Clint Karlsen.
Puppies on Parole As Kristine Sue Westin recalls the day she and her boyfriend drowned her newborn baby boy in a toilet, the puppy she holds licks her face.
Puppies on Parole As Kristine Sue Westin recalls the day she and her boyfriend drowned her newborn baby boy in a toilet, the puppy she holds licks her face.
Jurists seal cases of colleagues Keeping from the public information about judicial colleagues or their relatives is among the uses Clark County judges have found for their authority to seal civil cases, given them by a Nevada Supreme Court decision 12 years ago.
Man dies after being shot on refuge A Friday shooting involving a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer resulted in a fatality, authorities said Saturday.
UNDER WRAPS: The case of the missing suits As if written with invisible ink, dozens of lawsuits filed in Southern Nevada courts virtually have disappeared after judges decided they should be hidden from the public.
'Official voice for size issues' says fat people need acceptance As she works to improve the quality of life for overweight people, Peggy Howell, the 5-foot-9-inch, 300-pound spokeswoman for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, enjoys sharing the wit of the late playwright George Bernard Shaw:
Some cases matters of life, death Since details of sealed lawsuits are not available to the public or media, it's unclear whether settlements were reached and what price was paid to resolve three lawsuits that followed a deadly car accident and two fatal shootings. All three lawsuits involved teens serving prison time or awaiting trial on criminal charges.
Man being taken into custody dies A man being taken into custody by police died Friday afternoon after he ingested an unknown substance, Las Vegas police said.
Poison control center planned in county The University of Southern Nevada has announced plans to develop and operate a statewide drug information and poison control center by 2010.
ROAD WARRIOR: Sewer work will underwhelm drivers Remember when underground sewer work made a mess out of Desert Inn Road near the Strip two years back? Or when similar work jammed Tropicana Avenue in 2006?
Gibbons has Titus flashback CARSON CITY -- Republicans here might have briefly been confused as to who won November's gubernatorial race, as Gov. Jim Gibbons, speaking to the party faithful, repeatedly quoted his Democratic election opponent, state Sen. Dina Titus, approvingly.
Council pressures downtown builders Mayor Oscar Goodman long has pushed and prodded downtown developers to hurry up with their plans for high-rise condominiums. Now he's taking out the whip.
Whitehead ruling set precedent The power now claimed by Nevada judges to try civil cases and keep the result in complete secrecy, without public explanation, is a legacy of Whitehead v. Judicial Discipline Commission, one of the most controversial decisions made by the Nevada Supreme Court.
Priest accused of beating extradited The Roman Catholic priest accused of beating and sexually assaulting a female employee at the Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Saturday, Las Vegas police said.
NORM: Anna Nicole Smith magical in Vegas Life was never dull when Anna Nicole Smith came to Las Vegas. Steve Wyrick was performing at the Aladdin on New Year's weekend two years ago and heard someone in the crowd "making funny comments."
WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters' notebook RORY REID FINALLY HAS A RIVAL FOR NERDIEST COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Commissioners received a report on the county's automotive fleet Tuesday, learning that 70 percent of the county's 2,678 vehicles are powered by biodiesel, reformulated gasoline and other cleaner-burning alternative fuels. "We need to start making vehicles out of transparent aluminum," Commissioner Chip Maxfield quipped. The confused looks he drew from fellow commissioners prompted Maxfield to explain the reference is an inside joke. "Any Star Trek fans out there will get it," Maxfield said.
