News briefs for October 3, 2001

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001 | 8:53 a.m.

Judge candidates to pay more

Filing fees for District and Justice courts were increased by $5 Tuesday to help pay for additional Clark County attorneys who specialize in domestic violence and child abuse.

Clark County commissioners agreed to bump up civil complaint filing fees from $147 to $152. The additional money will go to Clark County Legal Services.

McCarran reopens valet service

The valet parking service at McCarran International Airport has reopened. It has been closed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Federal Aviation Administration security directives prohibited unauthorized parking within 300 feet of any passenger terminal, effectively shutting down McCarran's short-term parking garage, the site of valet parking.

McCarran officials petitioned the FAA to allow valet parking, and the request was granted, airport spokeswoman Hilarie Grey said. Cars parked in the valet area are subject to search, Grey said.

McCarran now has more than 350 valet parking spaces open to the public, but the self-parking areas in the short-term garage remain closed.

Judge approves sale of silver

District Judge Michael Cherry approved the sale Monday of Ted Binion's silver fortune for more than $3.3 million.

Spectrum Numismatics International, a California-based company, purchased the late gambling figure's collection of different size silver bars and circulated and uncirculated Morgan and Peace silver dollars for $3,350,000, plus 10 percent of the net proceeds should Spectrum decide to sell the collection.

Binion was slain in September 1998.

A 15-year-old Las Vegas girl

died and two others were injured Friday in a one-car accident on U.S. 95 near Indian Springs. Jessica Ellison, a passenger in a station wagon driven by Jason Kokesh, 18, was killed and her brother, Jonathan Ellison, 18, was injured when the vehicle overturned.