A 15-year-old Reno girl is collecting new and gently used teddy bears to donate to the young victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma.

As the aftermath of this massive tornado continues to tear through Moore, OK, neighbors in Northern Nevada are looking for ways to help.

Drivers in the state capital came out in force to help support the Carson High School cheerleaders.

With all the hype surrounding Mothers' Day and making sure you get the perfect gift, it's easy to forget many moms are not lucky enough to have a strong support system.

A 12-year-old boy got the surprise of his life at school Wednesday, when just last Thursday, he was robbed and beaten up by two teens. The community came together to make this sixth-grader's day.

The annual Wildfire Awareness Week takes place May 4-11.

July is Artown month in northern Nevada, with activities designed to keep art lovers of all types and ages busy during the hot summer month.

Students from Truckee Meadows Community College are raising money for those injured in the Boston attack.

Its been a local hangout for 10 years. But now Bibo is saying goodbye to its original location after the owners and landlord could not agree on new lease terms.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that as Reid vetted attorney Jennifer Dorsey in May 2012, the two partners at her firm, Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, made contributions to Senate Majority PAC, a super PAC created by former Reid strategists to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate.

The City of Reno is making much needed and required improvements to the deteriorating and aging sidewalks within the Plumas neighborhood.

It was a night of elegance and mystery. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Northern Nevada hosted its annual gala fundraiser at the Reno Ballroom Saturday.

Northern Nevada children are getting a unique opportunity to see how huge trucks operate.

The Sierra Kids Foundation, which benefits the Early Childhood Autism Program is doing a fundraiser Saturday, April 27th at "That Salon and Day Spa."

The Eddy House helps young adults who have aged out of the foster care system make a successful transition to independence. Pies with a Purpose involves some of Reno's top chefs making their own pot pie recipes to help raise money and awareness for the program.

Hundreds of homeless men and women in the area will go to bed most nights without shelter, and often without dinner. One local man is trying to change that.

Kristen McNeill, Chief of Staff for the Washoe County School District says if the sequester continues, they will be forced to make cuts to special needs programs and Title I schools in the area.

Two local Aveda salons are taking part in Earth Day by hosting a “Cut-A-Thon”.

Hundreds of people gathered in Idlewild Park Sunday for the annual Earth Day celebration.

It's a national day designed to bring attention to the stars, and the Astronomical Society of Nevada helped bring the universe to you.

A long-time local athlete is joining the a global effort to prevent the spread of AIDS and HIV in Africa and you have a chance to help.

Dining Out For Life, a citywide fundraiser held on Thursday, April 25, 2013, gives northern Nevadans an appetizing way to fight HIV, just by dining out. On this day, 30 participating restaurants will donate a portion of their sales to Northern Nevada HOPES, Reno's nonprofit HIV service organization and community health center.

Cookie Monster and Elmo take over the KOLO 8 studio!

As the weather gets nicer, many people likes to take advantage and enjoy the outdoors. If your child ever wanted to learn how to play golf, but you can't afford the lessons, here's your chance.

It's wall that will stop you in your tracks. The Fallen heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan have been immortalized in a traveling exhibit that started in Carson City. It's called 'Always Lost: A Meditation on War,' and the goal is to bring an impersonal war back home. Western Nevada College is making a national effort to help us remember those heroes.