Go ahead and follow up. Michelle lets get to the top story. Were so proud of our olympians but especially when theyre local. Krystal i know michelle makes us proud. One of our local olympians returned from rio today. Boy, was there ever a homecoming for him at the airport. Krystal all you heard was usa usa he is our golden boy. Kyndell nunley live at Mccarran Airport where Connor Fields had a whole bunch of folks so happy to see him arriving this morning. Right reporter that is correct. The best part is he had no idea what was in store for him as he started walking towards baggage claim. With balloons, signs, tshirts, i can tell you that dozens of people were out here for the surprise fit for a Gold Medalist. Fields says he was expecting only his parents and girlfriend to be out here today. But that was definitely not the case with fans from all over nevada were out to see the countrys first olympic Gold Medalist in bmx. He had the medal in his bag but he sent the crowd into cheers as
When the billionaire Koch Brothers call, congressman joe heck has been answering. Voting with the Koch Brothers agenda 85 of the time. Giving tax breaks to Big Oil Companies and the super rich, but ending medicare as we know it and forcing cuts to Social Security. Taking care of the Koch Brothers may be a good call for joe heck, but it doesnt work for nevadas working families. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this ad. Cooked Chicken Nuggets over concerns there could be plastic inside the usda says the recall applies to 5 pound bags of fully cooked panko Chicken Nuggets with a use by date of july 18th 2017. If you have the nuggets, throw them out or take them back to some parents are upset over a new state law that could mean big changes for education. The Clark County School district is preparing for the state to turn upto 6 under peforming schools into charter school. The district has identified 142 schools that could be chosen. 08. 17. 17. 00 they are going to ch
According to the clark county Flood Control districts rain gauges. Meantime at Mccarran International just a trace of rain was recorded. We still have rainfall chances in the forecast for tuesday but most of it will be limited to our local mountains. Temperatures will remain below seasonal again tuesda index for tuesday is 9 or very high. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk two of the defendants in the armed standoff at Cliven Bundys bunkerville ranch are expected to plead guilty to federal charges. Gerald Jerry Delemus of New Hampshire is expected to enter his plea today. Blaine cooper of arizona is due in court thursday. A judge says she has signed plea agreements for among 19 defendants currently in federal custody in the 2014 bunkerville standoff. Jerry
Thats right john. Cyndi. Earlier today i spoke with a local bee keeper. Who says ten bee stings per pound is all it takes for the body to be overwhelmed. Meaning if a 180 pound man were to be stung 18 hundred to 2 thousand times the body would start to shutdown. Now that seems like a lot. But im told a couple thousnd bees is just tenpercent of an average africanized bee hive. Which is the type of bee hive pacheco was attempting to remove. Im also told close to 100 percent of bees in the valley are africanized. But only 25percent are aggressive. Las vegas fire and rescue say the amount of calls they receive have gone down more and more over the years. The bees you have to look out for are the ones coming out of walls. Sprinkler heads. And cracks in buildings. People think oh, well just let them go, well youre really wishing death on your neighborhood because as soon as they take flight, the first thing that has musk perfume or different perfumes, loud noise, bees are going to attack it.
Warnings it sounds unreal, a woman in weld county was burning trash. Unbelievable, the wind spread the flames entered into wild fire. Firefighters are battling it. Lance hernandes is on the scene. Reporter the fire has been extinguished but not before consuming this corral and adjacent line that was fiiled with pay as well as an estimated 4000 acres of grass into the northeast. You can see firefighters working on whats left of the barn and you can see tte smoldering hay and they moved the black and heyy3 off to the side of the embers. The same thing with this fence and they ended up having to knock it down. The wind driven fire back iito stretch of the fire from county road 75 to 77 and othee offenses were destroyed that no other structures, thh chief told me it was difficult to fight the blaze initially. Water was a big issue and it was no longer an issue. Reporter the Property Owner said she started putting the trash before the winddpicked up and she feels bad that the wind started b