Recovering at the hospital. Reporting in the newsroom, eric hilt, fox5 news local las vegas. The crash happened at mile marker 75 near the valley of fire highway. A woman who was found dead over the weekend got into an argument with her estranged husband on the day she died. Thats according to metro investigators. Who say the husband was not at the scene when officers arrived sunday evening. The woman. Who was in her 70s. Was found dead by her roommate with severe head injuries. The discovery happened at a lane near washington and sloan. The womans estranged husband who lives out of state is a person of interest in the case. Police are also looking for a man in connection to a Sexual Assault that happened at a hotel near boulder highway and desert inn saturday afternoon. The supect can be seen in this surveilance video. Officers arrived at the property around 430 pm. Metro says an employee of the hotel was assaulted inside a room. And taken to umc before officers arrived. Its believed
Reported smelling the gas. Southwest gas has been called to the area to get the leak under control. The valley has a problem with people who steal packages off other peoples doorsteps. And tonight. We spoke to one man fighting back. Im john huck. Im cyndi lundeberg, in for christine. Some people call these thiefs porch pirates. Because neighborhood to neighborhood hunting for things to steal. Its a problem weve covered several times before. But now. This man is looking to make a stink about it. And teach one porch pirate a lesson. Fox5s miguel martinezvalle spoke to him. And miguel. Hes not messing around. No hes not. He goes by the name. Victor the snakemannn. Hes a local photojournalist, but not even the obvious Security Camera he has set up outside his front door has stopped people from stealing his packages. Thieves a pretty smelly lesson, in hopes theyd stay away from his house once and for all. He even put the whole ordeal together in an edited video. Music and all. Victor the sn
Christine. Im john huck the airlines main hub in Atlanta Georgia grounded and delayed flights for more than six hours. Fox5s Vince Sapienza spoke with travelers today and is live at Mccarran Airport with how travelers responded to the delays. John, cyndi. As of 12 40 this afternoon. More than 650 flights were cancelled. And just 39 percent of the scheduled delta flights have arrived. Frustration was an obvious and expected emotion from traveleres today. But despite lengthy delays and cancellations. People were surprisingly understanding. Year, why us . Jerry bencik asked the one question thousands of delta travelers are asking themselves in airports across the country. Jerry tells me he and his wife fly to vegas once a year. And of course it had to be today waited like two and a half hours at the detroit airport, but sometimes you just have to go with the flow and just put up with it. A power outage at the main Delta Airlines hub in altanta georgia is the cause for hundreds of cancella
closed captioning will resume shortly a completely unrelated situation happened near tropicana and jones. A person was rushed to umc in serious condition after a possible hit and run. Incident. The roads have reopened in that area, as police finish up their investigation. To update you this information becomes available. Cassandra jones joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. The strong winds will decrease to 10with mostly clear skies a high of 71 degrees on friday. For the weekend well see sunny skies with highs at 72 on saturday, then 76 on sunday. Into next week we continue to see sunny skies with warmer highs into the upper70s. Average high for next week is 65 degrees. Your drive here are the accidents to watch routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. A head on collision between
The only big name speaker at the kickoff dinner. Just minutes after bernie left the stage, former president bill clinton made an appearance on behalf of his wife. Clinton talked about her experience in leading, her ability to get things done. Both clinton and sanders also touched on the importance of saturdays caucus, urging everyone to participate no matter who they support. Live miguel martinezvalle, fox5 news local. Las vegas. While bill represented her at the dinner, hillary was at her get out and caucus event across town earlier tonight, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton came face to face at a town hall at the Lou Ruvo Center for brain health. They focused on nevada issues, particularly immigration. So heres what i believe. Number one we need to end family detention. Ive been saying that for a very long time. We need to close the private centers theater making a profit off of housing family members. Both candidates also talked about our countrys high incarceration rates, and the