And im brian loftus. Las vegas is a step closer to getting an nflready stadium. Kirsten Joyce the stadium and Convention Center bill. Just passed its first hurdle in the legislature. It now moves onto the assembly. Which votes on it tomorrow. brian loftus 8 news now reporter nia wong breaks down the second day of special session. She joins us live in studio with the details. Nia . nia wong several lawmakers were on the fence about this bill. Which led to a lot of votewrangling well into the afternoon. But despite major concerns. It was eventually sent throg how this stadium was going to be funded. The 750 Million Dollars of public money going to the 1point9 billion dollar stadium comes from an increase in the room tax. It required a 2 3rds majority in the legislature. Me aning it needed 14 votes. It got 16. Two key democrats. Sena te minority leader aaron ford and assistant minority leader Kelvin Atkinson voted in favor of the bill. st. Sen. Kelvin atkinson d las vegas there will be mo
Metro detectives previously obtained this grainy image , footage from a Security Camera at a fast food restaurant, recorded in 2004. The driver bought some food for a deaf woman hed picked up, then drove her to kyle canyon road and sexually assaulted her at knifepoint. Last october, cold case detectives dean okelley and ken hefner said they were hopeful the attacker might still be in town. Ken hefner cold case detective might be able to look at it and say, hey, thats so and so, and we can got from there. george knapp the reason these homicide veterans were working a rape case is that the dna from this Sexual Assault was a match for a sample taken from a murder scene six years earlier. The bludgeoned body of a woman was found in 1998 under a joshua tree off state route 159 near oliver ranch. There were signs of a violent struggle. Miller, whod often been homeless. Dna evidence from the murder scene was entered into the codis data base, but it wasnt until 2012 that the connection was mad
Weather wont last forever. Sherry has a look at your weather now forecast. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 news now good day. brian loftus thanks for waking up with us on 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. We continue to follow breaking news this morning. A suspect was killed overnight, after leading metro police on a chase across the valley. Police say they are confident the man that was killed. Was involved in a string of henderson robberies and in the downtown area. 8 news now reporter nia wong live on scene at 214 and hualapai with the very latest. Nia . Metro tells us the person killed tonight is a white male in his 40s. And theyre confident hes connected to at least 14 robberies in henderson and downtown. Officers spotted this man driving a vehicle. Matchi ng a las vegas boulevard and sahara but instead of complying. Met ro says he led them on a chase
Weather wont last forever. Sherry has a look at your weather now forecast. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 news now good day. brian loftus thanks for waking up with us on 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. We continue to follow breaking news this morning. A suspect was killed overnight, after leading metro police on a chase across the valley. Police say they are confident the man that was killed. Was involved in a string of henderson robberies and in the downtown area. 8 news now reporter nia wong live on scene at 214 and hualapai with the very latest. Nia . Metro tells us the person killed tonight is a white male in his 40s. And theyre confident hes connected to at least 14 robberies in henderson and downtown. Officers spotted this man driving a vehicle. Matchi ng a las vegas boulevard and sahara but instead of complying. Met ro says he led them on a chase
Weather wont last forever. Sherry has a look at your weather now forecast. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 news now good day. brian loftus thanks for waking up with us on 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. We continue to follow breaking news this morning. A suspect was killed overnight, after leading metro police on a chase across the valley. Police say they are confident the man that was killed. Was involved in a string of henderson robberies and in the downtown area. 8 news now reporter nia wong live on scene at 214 and hualapai with the very latest. Nia . Metro tells us the person killed tonight is a white male in his 40s. And theyre confident hes connected to at least 14 robberies in henderson and downtown. Officers spotted this man driving a vehicle. Matchi ng a las vegas boulevard and sahara but instead of complying. Met ro says he led them on a chase