More people are putting cameras out. paul joncich while video of an item being stolen rarely leads to getting your stuff back, you can sometimes get a refund if you attach the video to a claim. paul joncich heres what else you can do to protect your deliveries. Signup for text alerts anytime you get a delivery. Have your packages mailed to your workplace. Ask for signature delivery, that way y get a post office box just for the holidays. Finally, the number one remedy according to police, know your neighbors and call on them to pick up packages or at least keep an eye out for strangers. By the way, video of that package thief has been shared hundreds of times. There is still a chance the woman will be recognized and caught. Dave Courvoisier two more casino groups are phasing out free parking on the las vegas strip. Last night. Caesars entertainment announced it will follow mgm resorts lead. In fact. Beginning on december 29th. Locals will no longer get a free pass at mgm owned parking garages. And today. The wynn and encore announced it will start charging for Valet Parking in mid december. While self parking will remain free for now. As for caesars. The company will charge for valet and self parking at the linq and harrahs in decemeber. In january. Caesars, the cromwell, paris, planet hollywood, ballys and the flamingo will start charging. Luckily. Locals with valid id will still be able to park forr youre local. Rio will be the only property that will remain free for everyone. Coming up at 6 30. I talk with the director of unlvs center for Gaming Research about what the properties have to gain from implementing the fees. Christianne Klein from the strip. To the fremont street experience. Lets check in with tedd florendo at the 30th annual downtown hoedown tedd florendo chilly morning temps valley neighborhoods as the freeze warning was lifted this morning. Temps outside currently in the 50s and below average in the daytime. Overnight lows expected to get cold again but not down to a hard freeze warning. Winds stay light thankfully. Heres your hour by hour. Chilly conditions through the evening under clear skies. We go expect very little wind and little cloud cover. Cold by man was shot and killed in the parking lot at the durango canyon apartments. those are near durango and tropicana. Were told witnesses said they saw a man and a woman fighting when the argument spilled over into the parking lot. Thats when police say another man drove up and got involved. At some point. The suspect pulled out a small Assault Rifle and fired a single shot. Killing the man. The suspect was last seen driving away from the apartment complex in a darkcolored sports car, possibly a challenger. Its also unclear if the woman and the suspect know each other. Last word from police, this deadly shooting a random act. If you know anything. Call police or cr Dave Courvoisier a local middle School Teacher was sentenced today. For having an affair with a 14 year old student. Nicole wilfinger was sentenced to at least two years behind bars. She took full responsibility in the courtroom today. But asked the judge for mercy from the beginning that my lapse in judgement affected so many people and no way make any excuse for my behavior and theres nothing i can say or do that can change what happenecd. Dave Courvoisier wilfinger kept a journal everything form first kiss to the first time she had relations with the student. Phone records shows she had hundreds of calls between her and the student as well as text messages. And even tried contacting the students friends after she got caught. Christianne Klein the state of nevadas president ial election will go under the microscope. After an independent candidate filed for a recount. The petition was filed by rocky de la fuente. Who received less than 1 perce it will be a sample recount. Meaning not every ballot will be recounted. And it cost him 15thousand dollars. De la fuente told us it is not about changing the results. Instead he wants to make sure every vote is counted as it was cast. He also said he is zeroing in on the silver state because he himself has experienced quote manipulative behavior in the nevada caucus. Christianne Klein the death toll rises. In that wildfire in tennessee. We get the latest as Officials Say the worst looks to be over. And as family members still wait sign up for medicare open enrollment. Time is running out. Call the number on your screen. We have a team of experts standing by answering all your questions. The valleys news leader will be right back after this. news music voice over youre watching the valleys news leader with Dave Courvoisier, florendo and Chris Maathuis. This is 8 news now at six. Christianne Klein got questions about medicare open enrollment . Well, we have the answers. Dave Courvoisier our call 8 phone bank is here for you. Consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen is in the call center with the men and women here to help you right now. Michelle. Whats the number to call. Michelle Mortensen the number to call is 6501101. And joining me now is gary denning ones. After a devastating wildfire in east tennessee. Four people have now been confirmed dead in the fire. Jennifer gray has the latest on the destruction. In gatlinburg tennessee. This is crazy search and rescue efforts underway this morning in fireravaged eastern tennessee bill haslam tennessee governor r this is the largest fire in the last hundred years of the state of tennessee. Nats the possibility of spot fires after a terrifying 24 hours that left at least 250 homes and businesses destroyed and forced more than 14thousand residents and tourists to flee to nearby shelters. Nats mos intv you just dont know what to do. I mean, you sit there, youre expecting to come on a vacation and then find out that you cant get back to your family. Nats drivers capturing terrifying video as they scrambled to monday night. Officials now say the fire is human caused. Nats Denise Bearden and her fianc0 mark benzschawel were asleep when the inferno reached their doorsteps police rescuing them just in time. nats mark benzschawel evacuated resident flames were just everywhere, on both sides of the road, crossing the road, embers flying everywhere, it was a nightmare. Like many others they are unsure when they can return home. Or what theyll find. You just dont know if its still going to be there or not. We may go back to absolutely nothing. But we have each other, and thats all that matters. We made it out with our lives. Others praying their loved ones are safe. Michael reed has not heard from his wife or two daughters since monday night as they tried to escape. Michael reed wife and daughters missing in fires ive called the other shelters here, they said she isnt there. Just hoping for a miracle. Christianne Klein that was Jennifer Gray reporting. Dave Courvoisier with tedd florendo. Hes out at the downtown hoedowm tedd florendo chilly weather this morning as temps dropped to near freezing through many neighborhoods. Well have some cold lows again overnight but not enough to prompt any freeze warnings. Highs today stayed in the 50s and chilly. Lows dropped to 37 in the morning with areas like nellis, all dropping to at or just a below freezing this morning before sunrise. Check out the record on this date. 79 degrees way back in 1980. Were below average for this time of year and will be near average by the weekend. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the 50s and milder for the east part of the valley where were lower in elevation. While areas to the far west colder and just below freezing this morning and only low 50s this afternoon. Regional temps also stayed colder for the southern great basin and of course searchlight. Still unseasonably cold in the 50s also for mesquite down the Colorado River valley to laughlin and death valley where they were milder, but still chilly for this time of year. Satellite and radar show some high clouds pushing through but still staying mostly clear. Snow in the north part of the with the bitterroots and the wasatch. Next trough digs deep in utah and brings another shot of colder air and breezes heading into your weekend. Then colder next week from the next system that barrels through as well. Tonight expect temps in the mid to high 30s by morning. No freeze warning issued. Well have mostly clear skies and light winds. Tomorrow expect a high in the mid 50s under mostly sunny skies. Winds remain lh. Extended forecast shows a slight warm up for the weekend to near average. Breezy though by tomorrow night and friday with a little cooler air. Moisture starved system prevent us from getting any rain, but we get colder next week only in the high 40s in some spots with lows dropping to the 30s and even 20s. With who else the champion. Denise Valdez nascar king Jimmy Johnson rolled into las vegas. Right chris Chris Maathuis and he went straight to school. Inspiring young kids was his first assignment. John tritsch took on todays plus. City leaders in oakland arent going down without a fight. The latest coming up here on channel 8. the top drivers. And one thing you can bet on is Jimmie Johnson will be somewhere in the group. The 7time champ rolled into las vegas and made a pit stop at an area school. Thats where jon tritsch pics up the story. Jon tritsch hes talented as any driver to pound the accellerator but today Jimmie Johnson pumped the brakes and stopped at school Jimmie Johnsona hard to connect with the kids. I fell in love with this sport through going to races with my dad. jon tritsch the seven time sprint cup winner went from championships and checkered flags to challenging questions from Doral Academy students. And they werent always easy to steer Jimmie Johnson nascar in some ways you feel that there is a larger responsibility to answer perfectly. I can only imagine that some of these kids are huge race fans and having us there talking to him, they are taking us word for word. champion. The student body built an intense curriculum learning about auto mechanics and performance mathmatics gage prince freshman we did start off from the bottom. We had nothing. All of a sudden we have this minature dragster waiting to be raced on friday. Definitely cool to see all of our hard work go to something neat like this. jon tritsch students also learned about the Public Relations and marketing side. And now could teach a lesson in fundraising and sponsorship Joselle Staana freshman each of the sponsors spent 100 and we ra thats a really cool experience for me because i dont really go out and ask people for money. jon tritsch all the money raised will go to charity. But for today. The reward was when their hearts did the racing Joselle Staana freshman before yesterday, we were just looking at pictures of his family and now we see him and were taking pictures of him. Its so cool. Im going to admit, it took me a lot not to fangirl jon 8 sports now Chris Maathuis nascar fans will line the world famous strip tomorrow. The annal parade of drivers will take place along the strip beginning at 2 45. Theyll do the traditional burnout at the Spring Mountain intersection. Chris Maathuis city and county leaders in oakland are playing catchup, doing all they can to keep the raiders in oakland. They met behind closed doors tuesday and say ronnie lotts Investment Group will bring 600 million, the nfl will pitch in 200 million and the city wil infrastructure. City council doesnt want public money used. But those most vocal at the fans in oakland. noel gallo City Council Long overdue weve been waiting for this for 10years we are finally there. So what does finally there. Really mean . . . . Do you have a good feeling . Good hope . Absolutely im ready to vote for it and move on Gregory Jones forevber oakland; all arrows are pointing toward oakland the way the nfl wants a deal done here. They have high respect for ronnie lotts investment team. Off recruiting and ya gotta think improving that defense is their top priority. Special teams play was awful, but defense wasnt too far behind and so thats tony task to go out and get the right kind of players. And hell focus on the secondary. tony sanchez coach ;we stuggled. Have to get longer. Young guys tough guys but young. Get longer and more athletic. We had missed tackles. But our young guys have to do a good job at maturing. The runnin rebels are back on the court tonight, but this time theyre playing in cedar city against the tbirds. Big game because unlv is playing against former rebel coach todd simon. Rebels are coming off that win over western kentucky. With consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen. Dave Courvoisier shes live with our call 8 phone bank. Where experts are answering your medicare questions. Michelle . Michelle MortensenDave Courvoisier 8 news now at 6 30 starts Christianne Klein theres still a lot more news ahead. Like the president elects big decision. On the future of his massive business empire. Well look into what he announced in a tweet today. Plus. The floodgates have opened. As more and more casinos decide to charge for parking on the las vegas strip. We look into what that means for locals. Coming ne paul joncich accused of killing his own son. Where this took place. And why police were able to respond to the scene to make an arrest so quickly. Christianne Klein lawmakers take a field trip to oregon. What theyre learning about the Marijuana Industry there. That could help shape how local laws go into effect. paul joncich and its the hot topic of the day. Paying for parking on the las vegas strip. We look into how common it is others lead. And what locals think about the latest round of properties that will soon be charging for parking.