Henderson. Sum merlin. Mountai ns edge. And Nellis Air Force base will likely see temperatures at or below freezing for a few hours late tonight. This will not be a hard freeze. But a 36 hour window of freezing temperatures may damage or kill sensitive plants and crops. Looking ahead at the next couple of hours well be dropping into the upper 40s as early as 7pm with temps down to 43 by 9. Around 11pm 41 degrees and 38 degrees by early tomorrow. Morning around 8am. Look for our coldest temps. In the low the mid 30s between 57am. Dave Courvoisier when cold weather like this hits. Can end upostinyou a bundle in household repairs. Things like burst pipes. Pool problems. And plant loss can hit the budget hard. And no one wants that this time of year. So our 8 on your side consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen is here to remind us of the simple ways to protect our homes from this is not the time of year to be make unexpected purchases or to spend a bunch of cash on costly repairs. So tonight
Near nellis. Against a dont walk signal. The man died at the scene. And then early this morning a man in his fifties was killed when crossing sahara near burnham avenue. He also died on the scene. The driver in that case fled. Before returning an hour later and now faces a felony hitandrun charge. Mauricio Marin metro expects to have this corner of sahara and eastern blocked off for several hours. The coroner will release the name of the victim once family is notified. Reporting live Mauricio Marin 8 news now. The peak time to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower is almost upon us. Christianne Klein no special equipment is required to enjoy the show. Which will be most active between midnight and 5 am. Dave Courvoisier you could see up to 200 meteors an hour. Which is about double the normal rate. Lets start with katie boer in for tedd tonight. katie boer another nice but cooler day across the valley. We did briefly climb to 102 but that very brief with most of our afternoon spent in the up
A pedestrian was stuck and killed by a vehicle. In this particular case, the driver actually fled the scene but later came back and turned himself in. Investigators say that alcohol was a factor. Its also important to note that the pedestrian was not using a crosswalk at the time so he was jaywalking. Metro says that this is the 14th fatality this year. 6 of those have involved pedestrians. 2 have been motorcyclists slash bicycles and the other 6 were automobiles. Investigators say they are begging pedestrians to use crosswalks sgt. Richard strader, metro fatal detail pleading as i have done hundreds of times to our public, pedestians, stay out of the roadways, there are specific places that you should be crossing, thats where we want you to cross. I am sorry there are not enough crosswalks for you but dont take your life into your own hands. You are going to lose the battle every time when you get struck by a car. metro also wants to remind drivers of the new laws if you leave the sce
Miamidade in southern florida. Among the other accomplishments, improving College Readiness and the Graduation Rate from 2014. Looking ahead, skorkowsky wants to build on past successes. He says one way to do that is to provide more learning for children at the kindergarten level thanks to some help from the state. Finally every student in the student in the state of nevada will have a full day of kindergarten experience which is huge. Thanks to state funding those full day classes will begin later this year along with other programs that include hiring more and attracting better quality teachers with higher pay starting at 40,000 a year. Were actually going out to teachers who have 1 to 3 years of experience and teachers that have 29 plus Years Experience and actually getting them because those are the teachers who would be willing to move as for his vision for the next school year continue to improve reading proficiency, diminishing the achievement gap, increasing the Graduation Rate
Police ware wanted a witness murdered. According to records, an undercover officer met with ware in jail twice. To discuss taking the woman out. Police also point to a note and letter. Which said in part i heard that youre a cleanup man and i need the garbage to be taken out. Handle it and i got five stacks for you. The garbage about 55, blondish brown hair with glasses, thin build. Five stacks is five thousand dollars. Police say ware had the womans work and home addresses. Obtained from his case discovery. And if she couldnt be killed at work, he wanted her dead at home. Later in the letter i just need it to happen. My life is on the line. Dont worry about the cash. I got you. According to the report, the undercover showed ware a photo of the woman and said is this the trash you want taken out . He nodded. Vanessa Murphy now ware faces an Additional Charge for solicitation to murder a the report states that ware told the confidential informant that he wanted the woman dead because sh