Las Vegas Now1A* I-Team: Investigative Reports
Sunday is the 46th anniversary of the day that President John Kennedy was assassinated. For one Las Vegas man, it will bring back a flood of memories about the only criminal case ever brought to trial in connection with the JFK assassination. More>>
Clark County department heads don't quibble over the costs of servicing employee vehicles when there’s enough money to go around. But when budget reviews include double-digit cuts, some question why automotive overhead fees avoid the ax while some essential services do not. More>>
A $20 bag of marijuana led to the murder of a 19-year old Las Vegas man four years ago. Detectives working this cold case are hoping for new tidbits of information that might lead to an arrest. More>>
Everybody's a comedian, and now they're on the web. With access to unlimited time and space, devious tricksters are making fun and lampooning some of Nevada's most well-known figures through Twitter and the internet. Only now, the web parodies are being shut down. More>>
Sharks have lived in the oceans for 400 million years and since they are at the top of the food chain, they have shaped the evolution of pretty much everything else that lives in the sea. Right now, sharks are in trouble and it's mostly because of soup. More>>
For more than 60 years, the murder of mobster Bugsy Siegel has inspired movies, TV shows and books. But there is no clear answer to one question -- who killed Bugsy? One author thinks he knows the answer. More>>
Metro cold case detectives are asking for your help in solving a double murder that has baffled police for 16 years. It is a crime with Las Vegas flavor. A well-known Elvis tribute artist and his beauty queen girlfriend were shot and killed in what looked like a mob-style hit. More>>
The Clark County Sheriff is asking questions about the way the city of North Las Vegas used its "More Cops" money. You may remember the sales tax increase passed in 2004 to hire additional police officers. Recently, the 8 News Now I-Team revealed the North Las Vegas Police Department has far fewer "More Cops" than expected. More>>
You might have seen the giant houses on Extreme Makeover Home Edition and heard the emotional stories behind the generous donations. Only now, two Las Vegas families plan to sell their dream homes, with one hitting the market just months after construction. More>>
The I-Team broke the story about dozens of strange and menacing messages left by former Channel 3 Meteorologist John Fredericks -- messages which led to a report filed with Las Vegas police. Now Fredericks has weighed in with some comments on the story. More>>
A longtime Las Vegas television personality has been accused of telephone stalking. A local woman says she met former TV weatherman John Fredericks through an online dating service and things got weird soon after. More>>
Most of us face the prospect of going under the knife with some measure of anxiety. Every surgical procedure -- no matter how minor -- has risks. But of all the things that could've gone wrong, the family you’re about to meet never imagined the thing that actually did. More>>
The film "The Men who Stare at Goats" was released on Friday and while the movie is a military satire, it's based on real people and real events, some of them with Las Vegas ties. More>>
A half-million dollar grant will allow detectives to run DNA tests on samples dating back many years. One case to benefit from the new funds is that of Jamey Walker, an 18-year-old beauty queen who was kidnapped from her home, held for ransom, and then murdered. Investigators think they are finally closing in on a suspect. More>>
UFO researchers are back in Las Vegas this weekend for the 7th annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference being held at the Tuscany. More>>
Crime is on the rise in Pahrump. The sleepy, quirky hamlet just an hour's drive from Las Vegas has seen a hostage situation, a hostile car theft, a convenience store hold-up and a car chase-turned-shootout all in one day. More>>
Financial concerns have many Nevadans foregoing their travel plans, be it for business or pleasure. But the Channel 8 I-Team has learned members of one state regulatory board kept their bags packed this year despite the down economy. More>>
Eleven years have passed since the death of eccentric casino executive Ted Binion, an event that later lead to the so-called Trial of the Century in Las Vegas. For nearly all of the people involved in the Binion saga, it's all a distant memory. But Rick Tabish is still in prison, even though his murder conviction was eventually overturned. Inside, WEB EXTRA videos. More>>
One of Nevada's highest profile prison inmates hopes the parole board will set him free early next year. Rick Tabish has served 10 years in connection with the death of casino executive Ted Binion. The case was among the most sensational in Las Vegas history, in part because of the steamy love affair at the center of it all. More>>
It has been almost two years since drug testing began in high schools in Las Vegas. Since then, the number of suspensions has dropped significantly. The I-Team uncovers the truth behind the numbers and reveals how changes in the system could make the program bigger than ever. More>>
As the I-Team first reported, instead of hiring new officers using the More Cops money, the City of North Las Vegas added police on paper, shifting 32 officers already on the payroll, some for more than year, into the More Cops fund. More>>
Can a play cause irreparable harm to high school students? A group of parents want an injunction to stop the musical Rent from being performed at Green Valley High School. The I-Team was first to tell you about the controversy. More>>
It could be a fingerprint, or a birth certificate, or perhaps a physical. Something is not done; something is missing. The small things are keeping around 500 adoptions from going forward. Some have waited more than a year to finalize. More>>
Southern Nevada water administrators plan to challenge a judge's ruling that blocks a multibillion-dollar plan to tap groundwater from a vast swath of eastern Nevada and pipe it to Las Vegas, an authority official said Wednesday. More>>
The Southern Nevada Water Authority's plan to pipe water from rural Nevada to Las Vegas has taken a hit from a Lincoln County judge. More>>
The Channel 8 I-Team has learned students of a former local helicopter school that went bankrupt will have some of the loan debts erased. More>>
Saturday the Bureau of Land Management begins the latest in a sweeping series of wild horse roundups. This one will capture a few hundred mustangs from a vast area around Winnemucca, Nevada. More>>
A group of Las Vegas valley parents intend to take legal action to keep two theatrical productions off the Green Valley High School stage. The parents insist the school renditions of Rent and the Laramie Project are too adult and their inclusion violates school district policy. More>>
An arrest with ties to terror all started in Las Vegas, because Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers became suspicious. It's a case that has sparked interest in three states and two countries. More>>
Local government agencies and police departments are turning to social media to get the word out, but critics say it's a bad idea when users are behind the wheel. More>>
On Saturday the award winning I-Team aired a special detailing the long history of alleged mismanagement in the BLM's wild horse and burro program. Inside, find all six segments of the special, links and WEB EXTRAS. More>>
Airlines may be battling over fares during the recession, but passengers are simply worth more in Northern Nevada than in Las Vegas -- by nearly 147,000-percent. More>>
For half a decade, Eric Alpert has been living life along a thin line of the law. In 2004, he lost his real estate license after renting out homes without proper authority. According to police, even with his license pulled, Alpert continued to rent out properties. More>>
Las Vegas is still ground zero for those having mortgage trouble and desperate homeowners need to know the facts before they call a loan modification company. State investigators warn none of the companies out there are in compliance with new regulations. More>>
More than $2 billion in stimulus money could be putting Nevadans to work. Instead, it's bogged down in bureaucracy and held back by slow state agencies. More>>
When a suicidal gunman murdered his doctor earlier this year, her patients lost more than their primary care physician. Many also lost their medical histories. More>>
For those out of work, combining internet marketing into muscle-bound know how is a great way to pick up some extra money. Use a big truck to help people move and advertise on Craigslist? The only problem is it's illegal. More>>
Millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent to feed thousands of wild horses that have been scooped off the range and plopped into government corrals. A longtime advocate has spearheaded an idea that has blossomed into a nationwide event and it might mean new homes for hundreds of horses. More>>
Less than a full day after his retirement from the federal bench, Brian Sandoval begins his campaign for Nevada governor, anointed already by some political insiders as the favorite to defeat Republic incumbent Jim Gibbons in the primary. More>>
With all the projects going on, it's hard to believe there are road projects in Las Vegas that still need to be done. There are and there is money to pay for it. More>>
Nevada has the second highest rate of uninsured children in the country - more than 100,000 boys and girls. Yet despite the availability of public health programs to cover kids, only half of those who qualify enroll say state health officials. More>>
Barry Michaels has committed felonies that put him in federal prison, taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors, and has lost his chiropractor's license. But Michaels has full authority from the state of Nevada and the city of Las Vegas to operate a non-profit medical clinic. More>>
The Pigeon Police are back making headlines. North Las Vegas-based Nevada Pigeon Control has been told by the city to get the birds out. More>>
A federal review of the Clark County Department of Family Services is expected to show the child welfare system is failing our kids. The survey, the first of its kind in five years, may put the county back in the hot seat with federal regulators. More>>
Beheadings, abductions, and torture -- This is the ongoing reality of warfare in the Middle East. For contractors and members of the military, the danger has never been higher. But a Las Vegas training school prepares battle-hardened students how to survive the unimaginable. More>>
Backers of one train project have announced they will be ready to start construction next March. But proponents of the other leading proposal are countering with a new media campaign to convince locals and elected officials that their project is the best alternative. More>>
The Eyewitness News I-Team invited every major hospital group in Las Vegas to participate in a discussion about health care reform. Some claimed scheduling conflicts and another said it didn't want to talk about the issue. In the end, only one was willing to speak. More>>
The pigeon police are being busted. Last month the I-Team told the story of a pest control company that put pigeons into a sanctuary instead of killing them. Now the I-Team has learned the company has not been in compliance with licenses and zoning for years. More>>
The health care reform debate -- at times -- has sounded less like a policy discussion and more like a tabloid talk show. In an effort to examine the issues behind the emotion, the Channel 8 I-Team sat down with a group of local doctors to talk about what they think works and what doesn't. More>>
Wild horse advocates are seeking to halt federal land managers' plans to remove all mustangs from a large swath of eastern Nevada, saying the animals deserve protection under federal law. More>>
If Lake Mead went dry, could Las Vegas survive? Local water officials used this scenario again to shore up support for the pipeline project. The Southern Nevada Water Authority says there is simply no alternative to the rural water plan, but critics say the water agency simply doesn't want to consider the alternatives. More>>
The phone book lists hundreds of locksmith operations, and many are legitimate. But police say most of them are fronts for large out-of-state companies using unlicensed foreign workers. They're ripping off local governments, legitimate locksmiths, and people like you. More>>
Sunday is the 46th anniversary of the day that President John Kennedy was assassinated. For one Las Vegas man, it will bring back a flood of memories about the only criminal case ever brought to trial in connection with the JFK assassination. More>>
A $20 bag of marijuana led to the murder of a 19-year old Las Vegas man four years ago. Detectives working this cold case are hoping for new tidbits of information that might lead to an arrest. More>>
Sharks have lived in the oceans for 400 million years and since they are at the top of the food chain, they have shaped the evolution of pretty much everything else that lives in the sea. Right now, sharks are in trouble and it's mostly because of soup. More>>
Metro cold case detectives are asking for your help in solving a double murder that has baffled police for 16 years. It is a crime with Las Vegas flavor. A well-known Elvis tribute artist and his beauty queen girlfriend were shot and killed in what looked like a mob-style hit. More>>
The I-Team broke the story about dozens of strange and menacing messages left by former Channel 3 Meteorologist John Fredericks -- messages which led to a report filed with Las Vegas police. Now Fredericks has weighed in with some comments on the story. More>>
A longtime Las Vegas television personality has been accused of telephone stalking. A local woman says she met former TV weatherman John Fredericks through an online dating service and things got weird soon after. More>>
The film "The Men who Stare at Goats" was released on Friday and while the movie is a military satire, it's based on real people and real events, some of them with Las Vegas ties. More>>
A half-million dollar grant will allow detectives to run DNA tests on samples dating back many years. One case to benefit from the new funds is that of Jamey Walker, an 18-year-old beauty queen who was kidnapped from her home, held for ransom, and then murdered. Investigators think they are finally closing in on a suspect. More>>
UFO researchers are back in Las Vegas this weekend for the 7th annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference being held at the Tuscany. More>>
The award winning I-Team produced a special detailing the long history of alleged mismanagement in the BLM's wild horse and burro program. More>>
