May 23, 2013

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Goodbye Outlet Mall

After more than a decade of graffiti, weeds and trash....the old "Sparks Outlet Mall" is finally coming down to make way for a new development.

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Ticket Giveaway

News Channel 8 has teamed up with community leaders to help pack the stands this Saturday...as HUG plays Las Vegas at Mackey Stadium.

Apartment Fire: The Day After

Dozens of people are still trying to figure out where they will sleep tonight after a four alarm fire at the Sun Dance West apartment complex displaced them yesterday afternoon.

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Sparks Mall OK'd

Shoppers apparently will be getting a replacement to the old Sparks Outlet Mall -- and then some. The Sparks City Council unanimously approved a special use permit that allows the development of more than 832-thousand square feet near the Sparks Marina into a retail and entertainment center.

Dozens Homeless In Apartment Fire

Dozens of people were stranded for hours in the snow, watching firefighters battle a attic fire that went through dozens of apartments.

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First Winter Storm Roars In

The storm ski resort operators and skiers have waited for impatiently during an unusually dry autumn is sweeping into the Sierra today.

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Pack Shocks Fresno State

Nevada's coaches and players watched Fresno State nearly knock off top-ranked USC on television last week so they understood why nobody gave them much of a chance to upset the 16th-ranked Bulldogs.

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Great Lego Caper

A 40-year-old Reno man is behind bars, accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of a toy geared toward the 6-and-up crowd: Lego.

Shopping Frenzy

Here in Reno things were pretty calm as shoppers waited in line. Tens of millions of Americans went shopping today to take part in the frenzy that retailers now call "Black Friday."

A Soldier's Family

This Sparks family is a fifth generation military family, so they are no stranger to having loved ones serve overseas. But, this is the first Thanksgiving the Schlaugh family has some empty seats at the dinner table.

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Hug Gets Big Community Boost

Thanks to the generousity of our community, the Hug High football team now has $15,000 to get their boosters down to this weekend's big state semi-final match-up in Las Vegas. And it all started with a story you saw here on NewsChannel 8.

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Omega Three Health

Omega Three Fatty Acids are proving to be a heavy weight when fighting off certain diseases.

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Sparks P.D. Changes Alarm Policy

Starting Feb 1, Sparks Police will no longer respond to burglar alarms at homes and businesses, unless there's proof of a real emergency.

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Murder On The Reservation - Three Parts

It was nearly 6 years ago that the tribal chairman of the Winnemucca Indian Colony was found stabbed to death outside the colony offices. The murder remains unresolved as does the fight over control of the colony itself. That crime and its consequences are the subject of a News Channel 8 investigation.

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Omega 3 Fats and Cancer

Local lung cancer patient who faced no conventional treatment options for his lung cancer, gets advice from microbiologist about the benefits of omega 3 fatty acids.

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Shooting Survivor

Nearly three weeks after a friend shot him in the face, a Fernley man is back home from the hospital. In a News Channel 8 exclusive, 26-year-old David Hightower talks about the day that changed his life forever.

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Sharing the Road

Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers say speed is the number one cause of motorcycle deaths in the area. Saturday night, there were two accidents involving motorcyclists. One of the cyclists died as a result of his injuries.

Overnight Shooting

Early this morning a fight escalated between two groups. When all was said and done, one teen had to be rushed to the hospital, a victim of a gunshot wound.

Science With A Beat

Can you imagine what it takes to get middle school students screaming in excitement about a science class? In this Teaching Our Kids, we go to Swope Middle School where the science classroom has taken on a new beat."

NewTheory About Fallon Cancers

Scientists at the University of Arizona say high concentrations of tungsten and cobalt in the air appear to be the source of a leukemia cluster in Fallon which has killed three of 17 children affected.

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