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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A trial begins today in Reno for competing lawsuits between Amtrak, Union Pacific Railroad and a Nevada trucking firm over a train-truck crash that killed six people three years ago. Judge Howard McKibben said he expects it to stretch into September. Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad have accused John Davis Trucking of Battle Mountain of negligence in its hiring. The trucking firm accuses the two rail companies of failing to provide a proper signal warning at the grade crossing on U.S. 95.
QUAPAW, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma-based tribe is partnering with the owner of a Las Vegas hotel to reopen a track in southeast Kansas and convert it to a casino. Phil Ruffin is owner of Las Vegas' Treasure Island Hotel and Casino he's teaming with the Quapaw Tribe's Downstream Casino to open a state-owned, privately managed casino in Crawford County.
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a 23-year-old motorcyclist who crashed in Fernley on Friday night while trying to flee Churchill County sheriff's deputies. The patrol identified the victim as Gregory Vasquez of Fernley. Investigators say a sheriff's deputy began pursuing Vasquez on his black 2004 Honda after he saw him commit a traffic violation.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified a man and a woman from Georgia who were hit and killed near the Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Clark County coroner's officials say 71-year-old Terry Westbrook and 74-year-old Charlotte Westbrook died while trying to cross a street late Friday. Both were from Kennesaw, Georgia.
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