Leads in a Homicide Investigation that began this morning. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at tropicana and boulder highway at about 2 am. They found a man with a gunshot wound. He later died at sunrise hospital. Police say the shooting may be gangrelated. brian loftus listen up. A multimillion dollar Improvement Project just wrapped up. And people are celebrating. Literally. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live from flamingo and jones with the celebration taking place. Hey michael . Michael Stevens brian. Anytime construction wraps up. Drivers are cheering. Because it means less today. People who live, work or play along flamingo should be smiling. Its because the rtc just wrapped up a 46million dollar Improvement Project that lasted 17months. A number of local leaders took part in celebration ceremony here at west flamingo park. The rtc says not only did they upgrade traffic signals. Add more than 100 new bus shelters and bike lanes. Theyve also made the 14mile stretch a lot safer tina quigley rtc weve got limited left hand turns, weve got additional pedestri amentities. Weve got landscaped medians with some decorative aspects to it. Weve also got a dedicated lane for buses and bikes so those modes are not competing or conflicting or causing congestion with the automobile. Michael Stevens listen to these numbers about 90thousand cars travel down flamingo everyday. And its the busiest route for the rtc buses with more than 12thousand riders on a normal day. Unlv. Federal, state and other local contributions paid mostly for the project. The rtc says this project alone generated over 1hundred and 60 new jobs. Brian . brian loftus a much bigger Improvement Project weve been telling you about. Project neon. All of that work has caused a lot of disruption along to the affect a few hours ago. Demetiras got a breakdown of that. Demetria Obilor on wednesday, several ramps closed down in the spaghetti bowl for carnado project neon. There was one more ramp that needed to shut down, and it did earlier this morning just before 5 am. The northbound i15 exit to northbound 95 is closed and is being rerouted onto the mlk exit onto a temporary ramp that takes you over to northbound 95. 2017. Make sure you stay on top of all of the closures by visiting our website, las vegas now dot com. Also, starting tonight at 10 pm, mlk is shutting down, in both directions, from bonanza to us 95. The us 95 on offramps will close too. This closure will remain in effect throughout the weekend. Things should reopen around 5am monday. Plan ahead. brian loftus with less than two weeks to go before eleco push to sway voters in nevada. Hes planning a rally at the venetian sunday morning. Doors at the palazzo ballroom open at 8am. The event begins at 11. You can rsvp for tickets online. This is trumps first trip back to nevada since the final president ial debate, last week. brian loftus current Vice President joe biden will touch down at mccarran. Hell hold a rally saturday to drum up support for both hillary clinton. And senate candidate, Catherine Cortez masto. Thatll be at the southwest Regional Council of carpenters, near sunset and decatur. At 8 am. brian loftus we continue to learn new information about provisions around building an nfl stadium near the strip. Democratic lawmakers, and the Las Vegas Sands corporation, say underrepre sented communities are guaranteed to work in all facets of stadium construction and operations. At least ha will be local. But the goal is 75 percent. Paid internships and training programs. And plans for a youth recreation facility are also in the agreement. brian loftus coming up. A medical breakthrough for cancer patients. Doctors have figured out how the disease spreads. And theyre moving closer to knowing how to stop it. Plus. We have a winner. See which program is getting the 250dollar prize for whats cool at school. youre watching the valleys news leader with swensk. This is 8 news now at noon. brian loftus by the end of 2016, there onepointsix million new cancer cases diagnosed in the united states. Close to 600thousand of them terminal. Now, for the first time, scientists have identified the pathways that allow cancers to spread and as martie salt explains. That could lead to a breakthrough for new treatments. Its not the cancer itself, but the metastasis, the spreading of the cancer to other parts of the body that often proves lethal. Thats why discovering the metabolic pathways by which it spreads will save lives. So developing drugs that woul completely transformative in the lives of cancer patients. The Childrens Medical Center Research Team at ut southwestern found a different form of metabolism within the cancer cells that allow them to live and grow while spreading away from their original location. The metabolism of a cancer cell is different from the metabolism of a normal cell, okay. The cancer cells they study come from directed towards specific tumors, drugs developed from this research will target the pathways, like water putting out a fire, to stop the deadly spread of cancer. The most exciting thing by far is that this could be a new way to curtail metastasis in cancer patients. And that could someday save thousands of lives. Im martie salt, reporting. brian loftus researchers say more studies will need to be done to test the role of the pathway in before new drugs can be developed. brian loftus the clock is ticking to help support a local nonprofit. Opportunity villiage will wrap up its halloween event monday. But theyve got some big things planned for the final weekend. Now a look in our control room. Where some students from csn are shadowing our show right now. Well be right back. youre watching 8 news now at noon. narrator the target. Seniors. Danny tarkanian set up thirteen Fake Charities that preyed on vulnerable seniors. Fronts for telemarketing schemes. Seniors lost millions from the scams Danny Tarkanian helped set up. Jacky rosen has always led with integrity. In congress, jacky rosen will protect seniors and strengthen social security. Responsible with your tax dollars. Jacky rosen im jacky rosen and i approved this message. Weve learned a lot about how joe heck works. Follow the money. He called nevadas foreclosure crisis a blip and took almost 700,000 from wall street, who charge 521 interest. Heck cosponsored legislation protecting their predatory practices. Add it all up, and joe heck is working for corporate special interests. And that doesnt work for nevada. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Is responsible for the content weve got a choice to make. Jacky rosen wants to build an economy that works for all of us, creating good jobs, expanding solar energy, and improving our schools. But with Danny Tarkanian, you cant escape the sleaze. Lost 17 million in a failed Development Scheme and stuck taxpayers with the bill. He even helped set up Fake Charities used to scam nevada seniors. Danny tarkanians out for himself. Dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. You can play putt putt. We have our enchated carousel. We have a spooky maze. We also do a few other activites. My favorite part of halloveen is so you can go trick or treating throughout the park. brian loftus thats veronica atkins. We sat down with her on good day to talk about the annual halloveen put on by opportunity village. This will be the last weekend for you to check it out. They close for the season after monday. All of the money raised goes towards supporting the programs put on by the organization. Sherry Swensk the air is warming up. Isolated thunderstorms as this system passes through this afternoon and tonight. Otherwise showers still in and then this system will lift out of the area tonight and we have a pretty good weekend except for some breezy winds coming for halloween happenings and parties, candy giveaways etc. 70s around the valley and some neighborhoods will make it to the 80 degree mark today. Others staying in the 70s. Low 80s already in laughlin. Upper 70s in pahrump. Passing showers across southern nevdad have ended for the most part for now. But a few are reforming in nye county around the pahrump valley. More rain over in california and some of it very heavy up north. In fact, flood warnings along i5 where heavy rains have fallen this morning and up south of reno, too where rain is headin halloween after gusty winds this weekend. And 60s for trick or treating by week. That you can be a part of. youre watching 8 news now at noon. shes a slob. She ate like a pig. Id look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. Donald trump calls women bimbos, dogs, and fat pigs. But congressman crescent hardy said hsuppordonald trump 100 . Nevada, theres a better choice ruben kihuen. Kihuen pushed to crack down on employers who pay women less than men. And kihuen will always protect a womans right to choose. Ads for joe heck are attacking my time as attorney general. The thing they left out is the truth. The truth is crime actually went down during my time in office. Thats why ive been endorsed by Law Enforcement across nevada. Im proud of my record cracking down on meth, protecting seniors from scams, and Holding Banks accountable for defrauding homeowners. Im Catherine Cortez masto. The many programs from united way make a huge difference in our community. Including the womens leadership council. Joining me now are two members of that group. Rhonda clausen and sandy dewees. Thanks for being here. Rhonda. Lets start by telling our viewers about what the council does. One of the big events the Womens Council puts on is the suit drive. How long has it been going on you also work for nv energy. Why is it important for the company to take part in these kinds of events . For our viewers. What types of items are you looking Sherry Swensk well be right back. weve got a choice to make. Jacky rosen wants to build an economy that works for all of us, creating good jobs, expanding solar energy, and improving our schools. But with Danny Tarkanian, you cant escape the sleaze. Tarkanian lost 17 million in a failed Development Scheme and stuck taxpayers with the bill. He even helped set up Fake Charities used to scam nevada seniors. Danny tarkanians out for himself. Dccc is responsible in just 11 days nevadans will know if the use of Recreational Marijuana passed. Coming up today on eight news asking states considering the measure. 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