IN BRIEF

SAWYER BUILDING

Building evacuated after package found

The Sawyer Building was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered.

Las Vegas police spokesman Jacinto Rivera said the package was found at 1:22 p.m. inside the building, at 555 E. Washington Ave., at Las Vegas Boulevard.

Authorities deemed the package not a threat, and the building was opened about 4:15 p.m., Rivera said.

Rivera wouldn't say what type of package it was or what was inside it.

NOV. 9 TRIAL DATE

Brothers plead not guilty in teacher killing

The two brothers accused of killing and robbing a Basic High School choir teacher pleaded not guilty Wednesday in District Court.

Jose Delatorre, 18, and Juan Aguirre, 17, pleaded not guilty in the December slaying of 32-year-old Matthew Cox.

The teenagers were indicted by a grand jury on charges of murder, robbery, first-degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary and grand larceny of a vehicle. Cox was Aguirre's teacher. Their trial is scheduled for Nov. 9.

LIVE ORAL ARGUMENTS

State Supreme Court to broadcast on Web

The state Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will begin broadcasting over the Internet all oral-argument appeals hearings.

"Webcasting of oral arguments will bring the Supreme Court closer to the people of Nevada," Chief Justice Jim Hardesty said.

The live video feeds will be found on the court's Web site: www.nvsupremecourt.us. Webcasts will begin with the hearings tentatively scheduled for March 2-3.

Hardesty said few Nevadans can attend Supreme Court hearings in person, and the live webcasts will allow everyone with Internet access to view court hearings.