fox 5 abby theodros joins us live from the regional justice center - with more on this case. after closing arguments wednesday... a jury returned with a verdict today. they found 59- year-old otis holland guilty of 17 felony charges, including child conspiracy to destroy evidence. multiple women testified that they had sex or sexual contact with the former pastor at the united faith church in henderson when they were teens. holland denied wrongdoing and his defense attorney suggested that the accusers concocted stories about being abused because they thought they loved the pastor and were jealous of his adult relationships - including with other women from the church. our lives have been completely in disarray for the last little while. you put so much trust into something and somebody and it's not just a person but this is a person wrapped around faith this is a person wrapped around your belief and when you couple that with that it's one of the hardest things i've ever encountered in my life holland faces life in prison with sentencing scheduled for new charges were

fox five's abby theodros has the report. carly fiorina spoke to a las vegas crowd of about 200 sunday morning. with some supporters kat mcmahon: shes real. shes real. and i love my country and i want it back. and some still on the fence... david kates- vegas: mainly im just interested. not here to support her or not support her. the republican presidential hopeful -who says she is still going strong in spite of reports a fading campaign - touched on everything from gun control and abortion to religious freedom but she also focused in on the silver state. your governor's rolled out this savings accounts. where parents can own state money and if there kid is in a failing situation they can take that money and take their kid to another situation where they can succeed. that's the idea. the republican backed "school choice program" allows parents to take more than 5 thousand dollars from the state for qualified education expenses. fiorina called it a "great new program" - creating chances for families to succeed. the program is

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fox5's abby theodros is live at hoggard elementary school ... with the latest on the standoff and the families looking for answers. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning more breaking news.. unlv and sheldon adelson may team up to build a billion dollar stadium and bring the n-f-l to las vegas. we have confirmed sands management is meeting with an n- f-l team owner tomorrow. fox five's elizabeth watts is live in our newsroom with what she has learned.. i spoke with a sands corp spokesperson who confirms they're looking into building a billion dollar stadium on u-n-l-v owned land near campus... and tomorrow the owner of the oakland raiders is meeting with sheldon adelson- at adelson's request... he wants to build a 60-thousand seat, domed- state of the art- stadium that would be home to unlv's football team and sporting events year round.. the location would be the 42 acres of land unlv owns near campus.. it's on koval

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live in the news room abby theodros fox 5 news local las vegas. that meeting is scheduled for january 13th a woman was killed after being hit by a car. around 9-30 last night... the driver of a chevrolet gio metro hit the woman who police say was crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk... near cheyenne and las vegas boulevard. 55-year patricia cole was taken to university medical center where she was pronounced deceased. deadly auto- accident of the new year. "both of those auto peds that have happened this year were because of pedestrians not doing what they need to be doing. which is crossing, number one where they should be, we want them in the crosswalks but we want them to use the controls, to make sure the vehicles are stopping for them." police say the driver of the vehicle was not impaired and remained on scene. nevada casinos up 3 percent in revenues in fiscal 20-15... but logged an overall loss in income for the seventh straight year. state gaming control board statistics released today show casino's statewide have collected...

abby theodros fox5 news local las vegas. you have until wednesday night to purchase a lotto ticket. while the powerball climbs into the billions... gas prices continue to fall. triple-a says the cost of gas across the country could drop to one dollar a gallon. can you believe that! this hasn't happened since 19-99. experts say areas could see a dollar a gallon because of tumbling oil prices and availability. right now -- the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is a dollar-96. but here in las vegas -- gas prices are around two- dollars and fifty the stars were out in hollywood sunday night for the 73rd annual golden globe awards. melisa raney has that story and more in today's hollywood minute the 20-16 awards season kicked off sunday night with the 73rd annual golden globe awards... ricky gervais hosted the star- studded event. he martian" won best comedy... and best drama went to "the revenant." leonardo dicaprio won best actor for his role in the film. and sylvester stallone won best supporting actor for his role in "creed." it's sly's first golden globe...

live in the news room abby theodros fox 5 news local las vegas. that meeting is scheduled for january 13th. the public will also have a chance to share their thoughts on the matter before the vote. a second trial date is now set for erich nowsch. he appeared in court this morning... looking different than we've seen him in the past... his long hair traded for a buzz cut. the 20-year-old will go to trial in june for charges that he held a knife to a teen during a confrontation that reportedly took place a day after tammy meyers died at the hospital. nowsch is accused of shooting meyers outside of her home last february. nowsch and his accused accomplice , derrick andrews, will go to trial murder in march. 42-years to life is the sentence that became official today for the man who was paid to murder a local woman. noel stevens' sentence was finalized today in court. the once homeless man pleaded guilty in the murder of shauna tiaffay. he testified that her estranged husband george hired him to kill the 46-year-old cocktail waitress. tiaffay was conv

fox5's abby theodros is live near washington and tenaya.... with the latest on the police activity. closed captioning closed captioning seven years since a las vegas teen was left for dead after being shot at a house party.. and his killer is still out there. while some say this case has gone cold - the teen's mother is just picking up momentum in her fight for justice fox5's abby theodros has the story. seven years have gone by since karen brill kelley has held her son aric in her arms there are no more memories for us to make. all our life i spent making good and now its all and while she's healed some - she says she wont have son's killer is it's why she decision to put her and use the money as a reward. brill: our family is offering a 100 thousand dollar reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter. it was february of 2009 when suspected gang members attacked 16 year old aric brill and his friends at a house party. someone shot brill in the back of his head. a friend of his survived being shot 4 times. mike blonquist lives accross the street fro

abby theodros fox5 news local las vegas. to donate, your dog also must be current on vaccinations and not currently on medications with the exception of heart worm prevention. if you're interested in getting your dog to donate blood visit our website fox5vegas.com the runnin' rebels are looking to keep their current winning streak going, when they take on u-n-r tomorrow . they've won three games in a row, under new head coach todd simon. the talent of these young guys (unlv) is through the roof. limitless potential, they have the chance do really special things with basketball. we're really excited to face unr tomorrow in reno. the game starts the runnin' rebels face unr tomorrow in reno. the game starts at seven p-m. of course we'll have highlights for you at 11 sunday night on the rebzone, right after fox5 news at 10. a sticky situation. the unbelievable talent this man has and oddly enough its paying one man makes a living.... doing a fairly odd job. "it doesn't have to be a can. (there's a cellphone) something flat even,

fox five's abby theodros has been following this case - and joins us center. after closing arguments wednesday... a jury returned with a verdict today. they found 59- year-old otis holland guilty of 17 felony charges, including child sexual assault, lewdness, and conspiracy to destroy evidence. multiple women testified that they had sex or sexual contact with the former pastor at the united faith church in henderson when they were teens. holland denied wrongdoing and his defense attorney suggested that the accusers concocted stories about being abused because they thought they loved the pastor and were jealous of his adult relationships - including with other women from the church. we are going to go home tonight and we are going to go home tonight and sleep in our beds. we are going to sit down as a family and we are going to have dinner together as a family. this isn't breaking us this isn't broken us. it's only made us stronger and we're going to move forward as a family, which is how it should be. it's always how we wanted it to be, but some rough roads to

fox5's abby theodros joins us now from umc... with what's happening there. closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly we will bring you more information on this developing story.... as soon as it becomes available. to make matters worse for drivers on the strip tonight... the movie production for the next installment of the bourne movie with actor matt damon... is being filmed... on the other side of the las vegas boulevard. for the past few nights crews have been filming at the now closed riviera hotel. this has caused a for drivers and tourists. this is a live picture from that area. right now there are no crews in sight... and its not causing any delays. some people on social media... thought the police cars and activity from this officer involved shooting was part of the movie filming. the trail has been set for the man accused of shooting a metro officer late last year. teag fox was indicted on attempted murder charges-- on december 17-- he shot officer gregory sedminik -- while he was responding to a domestic disturbance call at the emeral

fox5's abby theodros was at a lottery store in primm today -- where a lucky ticket holder got five out of six numbers. you cant get a lottery ticket here in nevada but people were making the trek across state lines to test their luck today. in fact the line outside the primm valley lottory store was 2 and a half hours. bruno mars - "billionaire" with the powerball up to record numbers- the dream of being a billionaire could become reality wanda: the powerball is up to $1.3 billion dollars and im super excited about it good that might have something to do with where she bought her tickets from. at primm valley lotto - one lucky ticket holder bought a five out of five. that's a prize of $1 million dollars. shay vogel - director of retail operations : it's been crazy. i dont know if you saw the lines in the parking lot - pretty much we come in and there are people in line and we go home and there are people in line. while your chances of winning are one in 292.2 million - people in line were already making plans for the big winnings. miles fusilier - if i win im going back to school becau

fox5's abby theodros visited the lottery store in primm where one lucky ticket holder got 5- out-of-6 numbers. bruno mars - "billionaire" with the powerball up to record numbers- the dream of being a billionaire could become reality wanda: the powerball is up to $1.3 billion dollars and im super excited about it because i feel good that might have something to do and im super excited about it because i feel good that might have something to do with where she bought her tickets from. at primm valley lotto - one lucky ticket holder bought a five out of five. that's a prize of $1 million dollars. shay vogel - director of retail operations: it's been crazy. i dont know if you saw the lines in the parking lot - pretty much we come in and there are people in line and we go home and there are people in line. while your chances of winning are one in 292.2 million - nats people in line were already making plans for the big winnings. miles fusilier - if i win im going back to school because i can afford to go back - buy a beach house - definitely kerry bartlett - im sure i would share if i won

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fox 5's abby theodros has been gathering new information at the scene and joins us now live.. abby .. what do you know? closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly (( weather )) now fox5 weather 24/7 with chief meteorologist ted pretty highs slowly increase over the next few afternoons with overnight lows staying near freezing through the weekend. we'll be at 48 as a high on new year's day with low-mid 50s for the weekend. saturday morning will be close to freezing with 33 degrees..37 the low on sunday. we'll see increasing clouds over the weekend with slight chances of showers monday with good chances of area showers expected thursday. closed captioning will resume shortly tuesday through thursday. closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning there are plenty of other ways to get to and from your new year's eve destinations safely. the r-t-c is offering free rides from 6 p-m tomorrow night

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another decision by the puc tonight will not change the picture for the solar industry fox5's abby theodros is live at russell and the 215 where a hearing just wrapped up with a final vote, abby. closed captioning will resume shortly larry cohen, branch manager for sunrun larry cohen, branch manager for sunrun in las vegas "now for sure there will be loss of economic revenue for each municipality because just one company alone has put in millions of dollars and my other competitors im sure have matched the same amount of money." closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly nevadans are crossing the to cash in on a record powerball jackpot. a drawing for one-point-five billion dollars... takes place tonight. let's check in with miguel martinez- valle... in white hills arizona. keep in mind... the odds of winning powerball.... are one in 292 million. we'll have those winning numbers for you... tonight on fox five news at ten. does winning the lottery.... come with a curse? coming up.... we'll take a look at some instant multi- millionaires... who ended up broke. plus.... dogs aroun

i'm abby theodros in for shannon moore. thanks for waking up with us. welcome to fox5 news this morning. before we get started - ophelia young joins us with a quick check of the forecast. the powerful storm that brought us winds saturday will now bring us a windy rainy sunday. winds will pick up again late afternoon and our high today is only 57 degrees. we expect over a third early monday morning. today's winds sustained at 20 mph will only get stronger as we dry up monday morning - 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. winds will die down to breezes on tuesday and we're left with daytime highs in the 40's for a couple days. wednesday we start a gradual warm up but will remain below seasonal through the week. a woman is dead still at large, after a shooting in east las vegas on saturday. and while police continue to search for the suspect-- fox 5s cyndi lundeberg spoke with neighbors and tells us what happened. anna briseno- me and my sister saw the lady on the floor and she was yelling for help just after 2 am saturday police responded to calls from neighbors

fox five's rachel more - will join us with more on that in a moment - but first - let's join abby theodros... who is live outside a bernie sanders palce right now - at the tropicana. and just a few hours ago - democratic presidential front runner hilary clinton was across town making her case to a crowd of around 400 people at a grass roots rally at sun city anthem. clinton said her highest priority si making the economy work for everyone. which means more jobs finding a comprehensive way to support families and create an avenue for them to get ahead. the presidential hopeful also talked about her plans to invest in infrastructure, creating incentives that will encourage businesses to hire locally and the importance of combatting climate change. take a listen to what a local clinton supporter had to say about the former secretary of state's plans.. alma ingram, nevada resident: no ifs ands or buts, hilary. she has a lot of experience being in the white house and being secretary of state. things like those that makes me think she'll be a really good candidate for the white house. clinton al

fox five's abby theodros was at the superbook today where she spoke with people watching the games intently... and some even betting. the chiefs beat while the steelers beat bengals we spoke with both winners and losers today who say play-off season is the best time to place a bet. it's been said that las vegas is a gambler's paradise - but add n-f-l playoff season to the equation and howard meadows: money,money,money. thats it. thats the name of the game. the all american sport garners in more wagers than most sports combined. play-off season being one of the busiest times of year for venues like "superbook." jay kornegay, west gate superbook: the next six weeks for the las vegas sports books is going to be quite busy. nevada's 187 sports books took in $115.9 million dollars on the superbowl in 2015 - and won roughly 3 million. bi twinningshat are expected to be surpassed this year. officials say the extra interest in sports betting could have something to do with the open field going the playoffs. jay kornegay, west gate sports book: open field this year as we look at the wild card weeken

fox 5's abby theodros joins us live from rainbow and spring mountain where a violent crash shut down a busy intersection for hours this morning. see the police markings showing where the at fault driver blasted through this intersection on a red light and ultimately killing another driver. collision is investigated separately shoot someone thhen you drive away at high speed and end somewhere else, its still investigated as shooting and high speed crash (separate) "devastating, devastating to see how close the vehicle was to the pumps, to find out there was a lady who passed away from the accident " the identity of the deceased woman hasn't been police have told 43 years old. police are still investigating and fatality this year intersection... for more than six hours... during the morning commute. a nevada lawmaker... off the hook for a d- u-i conviction. coming up - why a a carson city judge has overturned a conviction of "driving under the influence" - for a nevada assemblyman. the nevada appeal reports the judge found that a blood test wasn't admissible evidence against democratic

that includes hoggard elementary school - where we find fox five's abby theodros. closed captioning closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly disability - gets a second chance. coming up... how doctors were able to create... a custom-made you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. good news for those looking to buy a house - mortgage rates are dropping. the 30-year mortgage rate has fallen to three-point-79 percent. the rate on a 15- year fixed mortgage now stands at three- point-seven percent. freddie mac say it's the fourth straight week of declines. back in december - the federal reserve raised rates for the first time in n

shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly we're checking in with fox5's abby theodros. she joins us live from umc to continue our team coverage. closed captioning will resume shortly will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly tonight we talked to one new yorker who was supposed to fly home tonight, but his flight was cancelled due to the winter storm hitting the east coast. instead, he was on the strip when the shooting happened. a police officer racing to the scene actually hit the car he was in. shaq azim " we were traveling nb on lvb. we heard the sirens and police officers were coming behind us. we were trying to the police officer struck our vehicle. we heard the sirens, but were stuck at a red light, tried to pull over, didn't have enough space, so he (police officer) just plowed through. lvb was completely packed, at teh etime of the shooting, the fountains were working, so people were gathered to see the fountains at bellagio. when the shooting occurred, everyone's attention went from fountains to scene of crime. " as if there wasn't enough chaos

fox5's abby theodros is live with more. three gaming companies filed separate applications to part ways with nv energy and together itll cost them 126.6 million dollars back in december - the puc approved mgm, $15.7 million for wynn, $23.9 million for sands. gaming company advocates say a fee is expected but combining them all together when they filed separate applications increase les the projected impacts of their exits bob list, former rep. governor of nevada: "instead of considering the individual application they aggregated them. they lumped them all together. and then the divided up the consequences in terms of the total amount and assumed that they would all leave and then they stuck each one of them with a percentage of the total on the assumption that everyone woul go." critics of the steep fees say it's meant to strengthen the utility's monopoly but a representative for the puc said they're simply protecting their remaining customers from increased rates. former republican governor bob list says the puc's decision

here's fox5's abby theodros. < fiorina spoke to a las vegas crowd of about 200 sunday morning. supporters real. shes real. and i love my country and i want it back. and some still on the fence... david kates- vegas: mainly im just interested. not here to support her or not support her. the republican presidential hopeful -who says she is still going strong in spite of on everything from gun control and abortion to religious freedom but she also focused in on the silver state. your governor's rolled out this new program around education savings accounts. where parents can own state money and if there kid is in a failing situation they can take that money and take their kid to another situation where they can succeed. that's the idea. the republican backed "school choice program" allows parents to take more than 5 thousand dollars from the state for qualified education expenses. fiorina called it a "great new program" - creating chances for families to succeed. the program is currently on hold pending court d