IN BRIEF
DESERT OASIS HIGH SCHOOL
Railway near school subject of meeting
Concerned parents and others are invited to attend a public meeting on the dangers caused by a high-speed railway near the new Desert Oasis High School.
The meeting will be held at the Southern Highlands Preparatory School gym, 11500 Southern Highlands Parkway, at 6 p.m. Monday.
The Public Utilities Commission is gathering information on how to protect students who may be tempted to cross the railroad tracks that are rated at 60 mph. The commission hasn't determined who should pay for safety measures, such as installation of a fence.
VEGAS PBS
Commission, Senate debates to be rerun
Thursday's Vegas PBS debates for the Clark County Commission and state Senate will be rebroadcast on KCLV-TV Channel 2.
They will be shown 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday. The general election is Nov. 4.
The debates featured:
• Incumbent Joe Heck, Republican, and Shirley Breeden, Democrat, for Senate District 5.
• Incumbent Bob Beers, Republican, and Allison Copening, Democrat, Senate District 6
• Steve Sisolak, Democrat, and Brian Scroggins, Republican, commission District A.
• Larry Brown, Democrat, and Valerie Weber, Republican, commission District C.
CHILD SEX TRIAL SET FOR JUNE 15
Sex offender sentenced for failing to register
A Fallon man accused of committing hundreds of sex crimes involving children has been sentenced to at least 19 months in prison on a previous charge of failing to register as a sex offender.
The trial of 41-year-old Daniel Green on the child sex charges is set to begin June 15.
Green has pleaded not guilty to the charges, including one count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14, four counts of use of a minor as a subject in the production of pornography and 265 counts of possession of visual pornography of a person under 16 years of age.
An investigation of Green began in November when a woman reported seeing young boys regularly visiting his trailer home.
According to Oregon's sex offender registry, Green was classified a sexual predator in Oregon after being convicted of attempted sodomy and kidnapping in July 1986.
SUSPENDED SENTENCE REVOKED
Drunk, naked man on dirt bike gets jail time
A Minden area man accused of riding a dirt bike naked with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit has been ordered to spend six months in jail.
Tyson Degenhart, 32, admitted drinking in violation of his probation for an earlier driving under the influence conviction.
Justice of the Peace Jim EnEarl revoked a 180-day suspended sentence and ordered Degenhart to remain in the Douglas County Jail.
Sheriff's deputies were called to Degenhart's Johnson Lane-area neighborhood on Sept. 14 after a man reported a nude dirt biker had exposed himself to the caller's 17-year-old daughter.
When deputies arrived, the suspect led them on a chase that ended in a crash and resulted in his hospitalization for head injuries.
PLANE WENT DOWN THURSDAY
FAA, NTSB investigate small plane crash
Federal investigators are searching for clues into the crash of a small airplane that killed its Carson City pilot near Woodfords south of Lake Tahoe.
Alpine County sheriff's Sgt. Ron Michitarian said 53-year-old Raymond Wieveg radioed that he had engine failure shortly before his Piper Cherokee crashed late Thursday morning in trees about two miles from the county airport.
An investigation is under way by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
'MEN ON A MISSION'
BYU pulls diploma of calendar producer
The Las Vegas man behind a calendar featuring shirtless returned Mormon missionaries has had his diploma yanked by the church-owned Brigham Young University.
Chad Hardy, who produced the 2008 "Men on a Mission" calendar, said he finished his last four units for graduation in June. On Aug. 15, he crossed the stage with other graduates during ceremonies at the Provo school.
In between, he was excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A Sept. 30 letter from BYU Executive Director of Student Academic & Advisement Services Norman B. Finlinson states that a nonacademic hold was placed on Hardy's record after the university learned of the excommunication.
