Updated: 11:00 AM A neighborhood playground was the scene of a shooting that happened in broad daylight.

Updated: 4:03 PM Reno police are cracking down on illegal street racing, targeting participants and spectators in an effort dubbed Operation Dragnet.

Updated: 11:00 AM The Sun Valley man shot to death in a confrontation with police was killed by his own gun and not police gunfire..

Updated: 9:53 AM Investigators are continuing an investigation into a construction accident on a bridge being built for a new freeway in Pleasant Valley.

Updated: 10:08 AM Report released Friday breaks down what happend to the more than 300-sheep that died during December 31st flooding at the Main Station Field Labatory Farm in east Reno.

Updated: 10:28 AM Graffiti is becoming so much of a problem in Reno...the city council is considering a change in the building codes.

Updated: 10:45 AM The century-old Virginia Street Bridge in downtown Reno may soon be a thing of the past.

Updated: 8:51 AM The "new" warden, at the Nevada State Prison, isn't making friends with the inmates...after he's cut several programs.

Updated: 9:02 AM Nevada's Petticoat Junction is closer to reality as it wins special use permit from the county planning commission.

Posted: 6:13 PM The Washoe School District has suspended a pine-middle-school teacher, accused of shouting a racial slur at a student this week.

Posted: 6:09 PM The Washoe County School district announced that O'Brien Middle School student, Sarah Beckman, will join the two other spelling bee finalists to advance to the state contest in Las Vegas.

Updated: 11:23 AM We continue our special series, No Child Left Behind, tonight looking at what some local educators call the narrow focus of the testing. News Channel 8 education reporter, Alana Adams, examines one subject some teachers say is getting *left behind.

Updated: 11:23 AM We're taking a closer look at the federal regulations, that some educators say are limiting our kids' learning experience by concentrating too much on testing.

Posted: 4:07 PM Citing security and safety concerns, the new warden at Nevada State Prison has shut down various programs and projects that his predecessor hoped would improve the odds that inmates would stay out of trouble once they're released.

Updated: 10:20 AM This NewsChannel 8 investigation surrounds Nevada's child-welfare system and a possible conflict of interest that one local woman says is preventing her from being able to care for her own grand-daughter.

Posted: 9:30 AM More than a month after the New Year's Day flood, federal officials have arrived in Reno to begin surveying damage across the area.

Updated: 11:25 AM A Douglas County man was killed when his helicopter crashed in flames just minutes after takeoff from the Douglas County airport north of Minden.

Updated: 6:49 PM A parolee was shot to death by an officer after a fight broke out at the state Parole and Probation Division

Posted: 9:11 AM She spelled it right. The judge said it was wrong. And she's not getting a second chance.

Posted: 9:09 AM Nevada's top environmental administrator is defending state regulators against a federal whistleblower's claim they worked more in the interest of the polluter than the neighbors of an abandoned mine contaminated with uranium and toxic metals.

Posted: 6:19 PM 1100 local women participate in eight year study which shows no connection between lower fat intake and decreased risk of breast cancer, colo-rectal cancer and heart disease.

Updated: 12:01 PM A local radio talk show host, in hot water with the Feds, sat down with News Channel 8's James Steiner for an exclusive interview today.

Updated: 11:11 PM Despite almost a week behind bars...Walter "Eddie" Floyd appeared to be in good spirits, as he left the jail tonight. He even cracked a joke with me, saying he had asked the sheriff to stay a day longer...because the food there was better than his wife's.

Updated: 7:12 PM Family and friends are mourning the death of a Reno man tonight who was killed in a bizarre hit and run accident. But the incident really began as a kidnapping. And the suspect is still on the run.

Posted: 6:50 PM Reno police are holding two men following a drive-by shooting following an altercation at a party.