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David Cleveland, who will be tried in district court for his role in a Thanksgiving Day 2006 traffic fatality, paid his passenger $1,000 after the accident and offered further payments of $500 per week, according to testimony during a preliminary hearing Friday. Gibbens guilty of murder A jury deliberated for about two and a half hours before convicting Tyler Aaron Gibbens, 16, of first-degree murder last Friday. FOLLOWING FATAL ACCIDENT: Passenger reports Cleveland bribe David Cleveland, who will be tried in district court for his role in a Thanksgiving Day 2006 traffic fatality, paid his passenger $1,000 after the accident and offered further payments of $500 per week, according to testimony during a preliminary hearing Friday. BUDGET OK'D: Schools may receive new teachers The Nye County school board approved the district's final budget last Wednesday, which ended on an optimistic note that allows possible funding for new teachers. Griffin proceeds with new counsel William Edward Griffin, 72, pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of lewdness with a child under 14 in Fifth District Court last Tuesday. Read after -- not before -- eating Over the years, you've watched enough TV to know what happens at a murder scene. PHOTO: ON TOP Jets are in action overhead NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE -- Feeling a little like a target these evenings? One injured when Cessna 150 goes down A local pilot was seriously injured when the small plane he was trying to land at the primitive Valley View Air Strip off Blosser Ranch Road crashed just short of the runway Friday morning. 'Chili-heads' heat up regional competition Charlie and Barbara Ward said they traveled 628 miles from Mountain Home, Idaho to take part in last weekend's Silver State Regional Chili Championship at Petrack Park. CALVADA MEADOWS: Young Eagles flight rally takes off Ten-year-old Mitchell Robinson was so excited talking about his flight above Pahrump last Saturday, he literally couldn't sit still. Community assistance Christmas arrives in May for two Volunteers for the Christmas In April program targeted two Pahrump homes for renovations this year. The work was completed last weekend. Corrections California Lottery Community Calendar 'Million Thanks' program is under way In recognition of National Military Appreciation Month and the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, Pahrump Valley Auto Plaza is joining Buick, Pontiac and GMC dealerships across the country in an effort to help Americans say "thank you" to members of our military and their families. Arts center granted piece of the Eye A 3.27-acre slice on the southwestern side of the Calvada Eye will be set aside for a visual and performing arts center, Nye County commissioners decided by a 4-0 vote (Chairman Gary Hollis absent) Monday morning. Board budgets against town manager's advice The Pahrump Town Board approved the final budget at a special meeting last Thursday, opting to fund four additional full-time Pahrump Valley Fire Rescue Service employees and six part-time employees, despite formally stated opposition by Town Manager Dave Richards. Alleged batterer racks up over $300,000 in bail Donald Hickson, 41, of Pahrump, was arrested and booked on a number of charges after allegedly being involved in a particularly violent domestic assault at 1270 W. Hardy Lane. Support meetings In Brief Gibbens guilty of murder A jury deliberated for about two and a half hours before convicting Tyler Aaron Gibbens, 16, of first-degree murder last Friday. |
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