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Metro police announced the arrest of 18-year-old Ezekial Williams. Police say Williams was the driver of the car that fired upon a group of students walking home from school last Friday.

Williams was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on one charge of accessory to murder and three counts of accessory to attempted murder.

The suspected gunman, 16-year-old Gerald Davison already faces charges of murder and attempted murder. Police say Davison opened fire on 15-year-old Chris Privett from the back seat of a car while Williams was driving.

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Metro and School District Police are investigating a shooting near Palo Verde High School and another near Whitney Ranch Elementary.

At the Palo Verde shooting, there are reports that one person was shot just as school was let out for the day. It is unclear if the shooting involved students. There is still no word on a condition for the victim.

The other shooting occurred near Whitney Elementary School off of Tropicana between Boulder Highway and Jimmy Durante. There are initial reports that two teens were fighting behind the school.

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Metro confirms that it’s looking into the purchase of high tech drones that could be tracking your moves from the sky.

While it’s not a done deal yet, the I-Team has learned the unmanned crafts are already zipping around above our heads.

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Harry Reid and President Bush are trying to help save people who are experiencing foreclosure issues. This new plan, Project Lifeline, may work for those of us in Nevada… or it might not. Do you think it will?

Earlier in the week, I-Team Reporter Mark Sayre told you about a new shooting range going up in the northern part of Las Vegas.

The range has been under construction for years, but new homeowners say they were never told of the giant park going up in their backyards.

Now, homeowners are organizing a meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Aliante Library near Aliante and Deer Springs. It is open to neighbors affected by the park.

Eyewitness News will talk to residents and will be covering the story on Wednesday.

During the week of Feb. 11, Channel 8 Eyewitness News is taking a look into the future. No, we didn’t place any calls to Miss Cleo. Rather, several of our reporters interviewed leaders in different areas of the community to get an idea what Las Vegas will look like 25 years in the future. So what do you think Las Vegas will be like in 25 years?

On Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, fire broke out at the Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino. We put up a lot of eyewitness stories on the television side, but we’d like to know if you saw it — what did you think, how did you feel — anything you want to tell us.

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“The Best is Yet to Come” is the theme for the Las Vegas New Year’s Eve party along the Las Vegas Strip and at the Fremont Street Experience.

As many as 400,000 people will gather in Las Vegas to celebrate ringing in the New Year. America’s Party, as it is called, will include live entertainment in downtown Las Vegas.

What are you doing for New Year’s Eve? Share your thoughts.

Nevada’s budget is bleeding red ink. Late Friday afternoon, Governor Jim Gibbons announced that the deficit is getting bigger.

The budget hole now sits at $440 million. It’s growing because of falling tax revenue.

The governor has said certain areas of state government, including education, will not face cuts. But Friday, Gibbons changed his course. He now says more parts of the state budget will see cuts, including lower education.

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Some say it will be the most historic event governing the use of the Colorado River since 1922. Thursday, the Secretary of the Interior will be in Las Vegas to sign a plan which outlines what will happen to the river’s water if drought conditions worsen.

It been 85 years since the law that governs the river was adopted. In water circles, it is called the “law of the river.” Back then — the west was a far different place.

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A state Gaming Control Board report shows that the win, driven by losses by high-stakes baccarat players in Las Vegas Strip megaresorts, gave the clubs a statewide gain of nearly 10 percent over the same month a year earlier.

The $1.16 billion win eclipses the previous month-over-month record of $1.15 billion set in July.

Las Vegas-area casino action accounted for $1 billion of the total, and marked the first time the southern Nevada resorts hit that level.

But the southern Nevada gains didn’t extend to the Reno-Tahoe area in northern Nevada.

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