One Henderson nightclub is fighting for the rights of underage teens. With little for minors to do in our 24-hour adult playground, Frozen75 is a nightclub geared to those underage. They say young people have a right to dance, in a safe environment, and parents agree.

But the Henderson City Council is questioning the effect on resident's morals. The story may sound a little familiar, after all it was the basis behind the hit movie Footloose from the 1980's.

Read the proposed ordinance from the city

Friday night for teens means getting to together and going out. Frozen75 is one of the few options for the 18 and under crowd, but soon it may be the only one as the city council moves stop the dancing.

The city elders reason the clubs “seriously effect the social and moral well being of the city.”

“It is better for the community. It is better for the kids that there are places like this,” said club manager Samuel Azeke. He warns if clubs like his are banned, then teens will be left without something to do and will create parties of their own.

“Some of the fliers, on there it will let you know that there is going to be drinking, there's going to be drugs. That is what they are exposed to,” he said.

Parents who drop off their teens are shocked the city council would do try to ban more clubs like this.

“I could see if it was not supervised, if they were proving alcohol or doing unseemly things, but it is supervised. They have curfew. It is perfectly fine as a parent,” said parent Jackque Wilson.

And just like in the movie, a showdown is planned for the April 1 city council meeting. These teens plan to be ready to take a stand.

“Show up cause we got to keep this club open,” said Devin Bailey.

If the city council does approve the ordinance, then Frozen75 says they will be grandfathered in, but it will keep any other clubs like this from opening in Henderson. The ordnance still allows some groups to have dances, like religious organizations.

Email your comments to Reporter Amanda Hernandez

It's a tragic conclusion to a missing persons case. The partial remains of a human body found in the Las Vegas Wash have been identified as a Henderson woman reported missing last year.

It was March of 2007 that 33-year-old Melanie Sutton was last seen alive by her boyfriend at the wash. Her family and friends have been searching for her ever since. But it was the exhaustive efforts of a volunteer search group that finally gave the Sutton family the answer they've been desperately seeking.

“It was always in the back of my mind that something bad did happen to her,” said Melanie's mother Cindy Sutton.

Cindy now knows that her beautiful daughter won't ever be coming home again. A human skull found on a small island in the middle of the Las Vegas Wash was identified by the coroner's office as the remains of the missing 33-year-old.

Sutton and Henderson Police say Melanie disappeared during a middle of the night outing to the wash with her boyfriend, Joe Lopez. Drugs were involved and Melanie's clothing was found scattered along the wash the next day by family members and volunteer searchers.

An emotional confrontation that day between Melanie's sister and her boyfriend has always left family members wondering if Melanie's disappearance was more than just an accident.

“There is still no evidence of foul play,” said Henderson Police Officer Todd Rasmussen.

Police say Lopez was questioned extensively and even passed a lie detector's test. Lopez maintains he and Melanie had a verbal argument and that she ran off into the water where he could not find her despite searching for hours.

If not for the exhaustive efforts of volunteers from the Nevada Center for Missing Loved Ones, Melanie's whereabouts might still be a mystery today.

“We did good. We did good and it feels good,” said Frank Mahoney with Nevada Center for Missing Loved Ones.

Now, Melanie's family is hoping someone in the community will come forward with information to provide the last piece of this agonizing puzzle.

“We would like to know what happened to Melanie. Was it an accident or was it something else?” said Sutton.

Anyone with information about Melanie Sutton's disappearance is urged to call Henderson Police or CrimeStoppers at 385-5555.

Email your comments to Reporter Alyson McCarthy

A diagnosis of juvenile diabetes forces families to cope with unexpected life-or-death challenges. In this week's Dealing with Diabetes report, Anchor Paula Francis tells us how a local family handled those challenges — in triplicate.

Henderson resident, Larry Cohen is training for a 62-mile bike ride as part of the Tour-de-Cure for Diabetes in April.

Cohen's son and twin daughters were diagnosed with diabetes as children, and they all had a lot to learn about a disease that now affects more than 20 million Americans.

“It was always in the back of your mind — are they okay, are they okay out there playing,” he said.

Cohen's son became insulin-dependent at age 5. One of the hardest parts for the parent, he says, is learning to administer daily injections.

“Every time you had to stick that needle into your son on various parts of his body, it was pretty traumatic,” said Larry.

Teaching a child to monitor their blood-sugar levels, and making sure they do it is no easy task. The family also had to learn about the right balance between diet and exercise.

“So we had to learn how to adjust their food intake and make sure they got enough exercise so that we could keep that in check,” he said.

Self-image would also be a problem as the children became teenagers. “It was very difficult because of their wanting to be accepted into the 'group' and yet having to make sure their diabetes was monitored properly,” he said.

The Cohen family's hard work paid off. All three children have grown up otherwise healthy.

A shocking new report shows what kind of damage a large earthquake would do to Las Vegas. It also shows that “the big one” could hit here in the next 50 years.

Right at Tropicana and Decatur is the closest active fault to the Las Vegas Strip. It runs north and south along Decatur. The new damage data may be shocking, but it can better prepare the buildings in our area.

This year in Nevada we saw the damage from a magnitude 6 earthquake in Wells, Nevada. Just looking at what's going up on the Las Vegas Strip, you can imagine the damage here would be much worse.

Now we know just how bad.

UNLV and UNR scientists estimate a magnitude 6.6 quake would cause $18 billion in damage to buildings. It would kill 900 people. About 300,000 buildings in Las Vegas would suffer major damage and up to 11,000 people would need public shelter.

Clark County director of development services, Ron Lynn, says this is valuable information especially because of the mega casinos and hi-rises.

“What we are looking at in earthquakes is the survivability of the people inside. The buildings are going to be damaged,” said Lynn.

Lynn will take the data and use it to change building codes to prove researchers wrong if an earthquake happens. Those building codes will mean the difference between loss of buildings or loss of life.

“A portion of the building will be damaged, but it will not fall down. You may have to do major repairs, even demolition and repairs to get the building back up to code, but the people survive and that is the key,” said Lynn.

There are many active faults in the Las Vegas valley. Still, the new report found there is only a 10 to 20-percent chance of a magnitude 6 or greater earthquake here in the next 50 years. Lynn says we must take the report seriously and not gamble with the future.

“After all we are a gaming community. We know that the odds reestablish themselves each and every roll of the dice, if you will. They establish themselves each and every year. So it could be next year. It could be the year after. It could be 50 or 100 years,” said Lynn.

He says we must and will be prepared for the worst thanks to this latest wake up call. The new report even says a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in the Spring Mountains would cause $9 billion in building damage and 300 fatalities.

Ron Lynn and earthquake scientists say Las Vegas is an under-researched area. You can read more about the report  by clicking here.

Email your comments to Reporter Edward Lawrence.

Clark County school officials are hosting a series of meetings beginning at 5 p.m. today  at Del Sol High School to collect public comment about efforts to improve student achievement and community participation.

Click here for meeting schedule

Similar meetings are set tomorrow at the Northwest Careet and Technical Academy, Wednesday at Durango High School and Saturday at Sedway Middle School.

Funeral services will be held Thursday night for Mariela Moreno, the 20-year-old Henderson woman who was last seen alive on New Year's Day.

Her body was found two weeks ago near Sunset Park. Moreno's funeral will be at the Davis Funeral Home near Eastern and Patrick. Services begin at 5:30 p.m.. The family says the public is invited to come and show support.

Local law enforcement arrested 10 people and say they've busted two auto theft rings.

The Viper Auto Theft Task Force involves officers from Metro, North Las Vegas, Henderson and the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The suspects were taken into custody as police acted on tips and set up sting operations.

Police are still trying to track down two more suspects in connection with the theft rings — they are looking for Jesus Viera and Cesar Vasquez.

The attorney for the family of the ice cream lady shot and killed by a Henderson police officer says an independent autopsy proves Deshira Selimaj was on the ground when she was shot.

Henderson Police claim officer Luke Morrison shot her to defend a fellow officer from attack. They say the woman threatened them with a knife after her husband called her when he was pulled over for a traffic violation.

Read Arrest Report of Zyber Selimaj

But eyewitnesses to the shooting were outraged. They spoke out, saying there was no need for officers to kill the woman.

A coroner's inquest on the shooting is scheduled April 10 and 11, and will air on our sister station, Las Vegas One.

More threats of violence at local schools had some students ending the day early Friday. Clark County School District police and area law enforcement officers have increased patrols near schools in recent weeks.

At Coronado High School in Henderson, there was a rumor that there was going to be a shooting. The only thing that happened there Friday was some parents came to pick up their children early while other students simply walked off campus before the final bell.

School police say Coronado High School was one of several valley schools named in rumors that have been circulating for several days. The crux of the rumor — there would be a shooting after school Friday.

This is the second week in a row rumors threatening violence on a Friday afternoon have run rampant among valley students via text message and website postings.

Classes went on as usual, but some teachers chose to drop their regular plans to talk instead with students about the rumors. And many students left school several periods early.

A school system police official said they pretty much know these rumors are a hoax. And the kids Eyewitness News talked with didn't seem to believe there was much credence to this latest rumor either.

“I'm not scared. This is really stupid. I mean, they've been getting calls for a week and if someone was going to call and let you know so that you can be prepared for it…” said student Ashley Hazelmaker.

Coronado High's regional superintendent told us he understands why parents may want to take their children out of school early, but he reminds us the schools are the safest places for the students to be.

Keep in mind, none of the recent shootings involving students in Clark County has happened on a school campus.

School administrators did not notify parents of what was happening Friday. Threats have been circulating about several schools all week, but it wasn't until Friday morning Coronado administrators learned Friday was the day a shooting was supposedly going to happen there.

Thankfully the rumor was false. But one school system official said if they notified parents of every threat they were investigating, school administrators would be mailing letters home twice a day, every day.

Email your comments to Reporter Adrienne Augustus.

Eyewitness News has obtained information that the body discovered near Sunset Park last week has been identified as the missing Henderson woman, Mariela Moreno, who was last seen on New Year's Eve.

The 20-year-old vanished without a trace. Her boyfriend, Isidro Munoz, was the last person to see her alive. He told police he had dropped her off at her home after a New Year's Eve party but pulled his car away before she walked into the house.

In a Feb. interview, Henderson police raised their suspicions. “From the moment detectives started working this missing person's case, we felt there were some suspicious circumstances,” said Henderson Police Information Officer Todd Rasmussen.

Her body was discovered on Feb. 29 near Sunset Park. For the past week, the coroner's office has been working to positivity confirm her identity.