and road controls at times through the evening. this stormy pattern will continue through at least early next week. a series of pacific storms will move on-shore and through the region, with a storm about every other day in the forecast. carry chains and expect winter driving conditions in the sierra above 6000'. for the lower elevations, breezy, showery weather will continue at times. this active weather will last into next week, and likely beyond. -jeff tonight: scattered rain and snow showers before 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. west wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. winds could gust as high as 25 mph. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 25 mph. thursday night: a chance of rain and snow after 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. west wind 10 to 15 in carson city. the carson city sheriff's office says it's the man believed to have pulled the trigger... but there could be more arrests. deputies arrested 21- year-old reed ske-nan-dore skenandore last night, at a motel on south carson street. witnesses identified ske-nan-dore skenandore as the one who pulled the trigger... killing 18- year-old grant watkins. ske-nan-dore skenandore is being held without bail. detectives believe watkins was shot, while selling drugs to ske-nan-dore skenandore and two other suspects. deputies searched an apartment, finding about 10-thousand-dollars in cash, drug paraphernalia, weights-- and packaging materials. several shots were fired at an apartment complex this morning. sparks police are now looking for those responsible. police began getting reports of shots fired around 6-30 this woods complex on greenbrae drive. no one was hurt, but at building and some police found casings from a handgun in the area. no one has been arrested. if you have any information that can help investigators, you can stay anonymous by calling secret witness. a crime that blackend the eye of street vibrations back in 20-11, is back in the forefront-- at least as far our justce system is concerned. back in 20-13 ernesto gonzalez was convicted of killing the president of the san jose hells angels-- jeffrey pettigrew. it all happened on the floor of the sparks nugget. more than one gun was pulled. gonzales says he shot pettigrew, to protect a fellow biker. prosecutors say, gonzalez, a member of a rival biker club, the vagos, was the trigger man in a conspiracy to get pettigrew. while on the stand, gonzalez said he knew of no conspiracy. during jury deliberations, members asked the judge, "?if a person has no knowledge of a conspiracy but their actions contribute to someone else's plan, are they guilty of attorney: according to the supreme court, the judge must now, cause an answer to be given that attempts to clear up that confusion. we can't just rely on a jury instruction, if it is apparent, the jury just doesn't get it. in this case, the judge did not intervene-- and explain further for the jury. the supreme court says that was sufficient to overturn the conviction of ernesto gonzalez. the court also ruled the defendant should have been tried for the crime first, then if found guility, the enhancement, in this case gang affiliation, should have come at the houston says his client will be released from washoe county jail. as gonzalez has not been convicted in this case. ### you have less than a powerball ticket. that ticket could be worth one-point-five billion dollars and people have been lining up all day long at the gold ranch lottery that is where we find kolo 8 news now's paul harris... paul how are the lines looking? sarah... right now you are still looking at a 20 minute wait. all day, people have been braving the wet and the cold to buy a ticket here at gold ranch. people told me that it was worth the wait for a chance at a jackpot that could change their lives forever. the nevada highway patrol understands that a lot of people are going to get off work and make a last minute effort to come out as they have some tips for you. "people got to realize certain things you are able to get off if you are coming from reno towards the california state line we urge people getting off on the east verdi exit that way you could take old highway 40 , here is my tip for you if you come to the gold ranch. use the automated ticket machines, they are a lot quicker... however you do have to use exact change. taking one last look at the lines behind me , they look like they are moving pretty quickly. so if you live close enough, come on down, what do you have to lose? also tell jeff thompson i was able to get him a ticket. live at the gold ranch... now. they're often the first ones on the scene in an emergency... firefighters. now more reno firefighters will also be trained as paramedics... lives. "a lot of memories there." "yeah, there is, an awful lot ed." at the beggining her second century... a sparks woman looks back on 100 years of a colorful life as a circus performer. so what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week? we will have a closer look at our forecast...and what you can expect in the days to come...right after the break. someone might be waking up a billionaire it's back to work and school. so join us tomorrow morning on good morning reno for a look at the roads and to be prepared for your morning commute. announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 news now at 6:30, with sarah johns, noah bond, weather with meteorologist jeff thomspon, and sports with josh little. this is winter weather advisory for the sierra on wednesday, until 10 pm for the tahoe basin, and until midnight for the high sierra. expect winter driving and road controls at times through the evening. this stormy pattern will continue through at least early next week. a series of pacific storms will move on-shore and through the region, with a storm about every other day in the forecast. carry chains and expect winter driving conditions in the sierra above 6000'. for the lower elevations, breezy, showery weather will continue at times. this active weather will last into next week, and likely beyond. -jeff tonight: scattered rain and snow showers before 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. west wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. winds could gust precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 25 mph. thursday night: a chance of rain and snow after 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. west wind 10 to 15 mph. chance of precipitation is 50%. little or no snow accumulation expected. friday: a chance of rain and snow before 10 am. partly sunny, with a high near 47. west wind around 10 mph becoming southwest in the morning. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. friday night: a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4 am. cloudy, with a low around 34. saturday: rain likely, mainly after 10 am. cloudy, with a high near 45. chance of precipitation is 60%. saturday night: a chance of showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 47. sunday night: a chance of rain. mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. m.l.king day: a chance of rain. mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. monday night: a chance of rain. mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. tuesday: a chance of rain. mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. winter weather advisory for the sierra on wednesday, until 10 pm for the tahoe basin, and until midnight for the high sierra. expect winter driving and road controls at times through the evening. this stormy pattern will continue through at least early next week. a series of pacific storms will move on-shore and through the region, with a storm about every other day in the forecast. carry chains and expect winter driving conditions in the sierra above 6000'. for the lower elevations, breezy, showery weather will continue at times. this active weather will last into next week, and likely beyond. -jeff tonight: scattered rain and snow showers before 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. west wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. winds could gust no snow accumulation expected. thursday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to could gust as high as 25 mph. thursday night: a chance of rain and snow after 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. west wind 10 to 15 mph. chance of precipitation is 50%. little or no snow accumulation expected. friday: a chance of rain and snow before 10 am. partly sunny, with a high near 47. west wind around 10 mph becoming southwest in the morning. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. friday night: a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4 am. cloudy, with a low around 34. saturday: rain likely, mainly after 10 am. cloudy, with a high near 45. chance of precipitation is 60%. saturday night: a chance of showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 47. the sierra on wednesday, until 10 pm for the tahoe basin, and until midnight for the high sierra. expect winter driving and road controls at times through the evening. this stormy pattern will continue through at least early next week. a series of pacific storms will move on-shore and through the region, with a storm about every other day in the forecast. carry chains and expect winter driving conditions in the sierra above 6000'. for the lower elevations, breezy, showery weather will continue at times. this active weather will last into next week, and likely beyond. -jeff snow showers before 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. west wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. winds could gust as high as 25 mph. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 25 mph. thursday night: a chance of rain and snow after 10 pm. sparks woman has some amazing stories to tell. performer and her husband's work with a local icon. for news while you're on the go, listen to our newscast partner, milestone few get to experience-- her 100th birthday. and few get to reflect on a life as colorful as jo madison. kolo 8 news now's ed pearce has her story. 00-:17 :17-:35 :35-1:35 as a young girl growing up in a large farming family in louisiana, jo madison couldn't have imagined her future path, but in her mid 20's on a bus trip to california to visit a sister, her life took an unexpected detour as she met the man she would marry, c-j madison. jo: "remember the movie 'it happened one night'? pearce they eventually settled at a new hampshire wild animal farm. then the nugget called. they needed a new trainer for their star in-house performer, bertha, the amazing elephant. the nugget was leery of a husband-wife team, so jo's performing days were over. c-j bonded with his new charge. "he spent a lot of time with bertha, 14 hours a day. if he wasn't washing her, he was painting her, giving her a pedicure. he spent 14 hours." pearce: "she was the other woman in his life." madison: "you better believe it, she was the girl in his life." that presented no problem. in fact, jo says she and bertha shared c-j's secret, his bad heart. jo: "she got him off the stage a couple of times. he kept having these heart attacks. i think bertha knew. she knew. he was real close to bertha." c-j died in 1975. jo still lives in their sparks home, surrounded as she has often been by elephants, happy to share her thoughts on a long life. jo: "i never smoke in my life and i never drank. i had no desire to do it. when god wants to see me, he'll see me. i've had a wonderful life, a wonderful life." ed pearce kolo 8 news now the reno fire wonderful life." ed pearce kolo 8 news now the reno fire department has hired 32 new firefighters... and many of them will be trained paramedics. firefighters are often respond to medical emergencies. but many are not paramedics. that's changing for the reno fire department. this morning the city manager announced plans to advance the fire department. "the department and the city in general has been fiscally challenged for a while, and we're starting to come out of that a little bit and so we want to bring the department back to the level of service that the citizens of reno deserve" this means that the reno fire department will be able to provide the highest level of service in the field... including things like drug therapy and advanced cardiac care. it's the wolf pack's most important game of the season so far... plus...a college basketball program has admitted to several ncaa violations ncaa violations monitor here !!!!!!! announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 sports now with josh little." the wolf pack hosts the conference leader at lawlor tonight. boise state comes in riding a 9-game winning streak. ben ross is standing by live at lawlor... ben, the pack has been hard to beat at home this season. yeah josh, they really have -- nevada a perfect 6-0 here at lawlor events center this season -- but this will definitely be their toughest test... as you mentioned, boise state is on a 9-game winning longest in the nation -- the broncos are 12-4 overall this season, 3-0 in the mountain west, tied for first place with san diego state... boise has 4 players averaging double figures this season, led by james webb the third, who's averaging better than 16 points and 8 rebounds per game -- and they can all shoot -- the broncos average 9 made 3's per game oliver: "we know they can shoot the ball. we know they can really, really shoot. so we've got to really defend the three, which i feel we've been doing good at for the season so far. we've been really good at defending the three." musselman: "53% of their shots in transition are threes, which is fifth-most in the entire country. and they make 42% of those. so we've got to find guys in transition." coleman: "they're in first place. not too many people are expecting us to win. so, you know, we love games like that. being the underdog and things like that because we've always had a chip on our shoulder." now recent history in kind to the wolf pack -- boise state has won 4 of the last 5 meetings between these 2 teams -- the pack will try to change that tonight -- reporting live from lawlor events center, ben ross, kolo 8 sports the missouri basketball program has admitted to several ncaa violations... numerous improper benefits to players, spanning several years under former head frank heath.. the school has self- imposed a one-year postseason ban and the loss of two scholarships... plus, they will vacate all 23 wins from the 2013-14 season... one of those wins came against nevada at the las vegas invitational the cleveland browns have hired hue jackson as their new head coach... he was the bengals offensive coordinator the last two seasons... he was the oakland raiders head coach back in 2011, leading them to an 8-and-8 record snow showers before 10 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. west wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. winds could gust as high as 25 mph. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. winds could gust as high as 25 mph. thursday night: a chance of rain and snow after 10 pm. next. remember, you can find more information on the stories you saw here on our kolo 8 app, and on kolo-tv-dot-com. we're also on facebook and twitter. ----- this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- a public interest attorney from nashville, tennessee... an investment associate originally from washington township, new jersey... and our returning champion,

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