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Truckee Meadows Fire says that a fire burned about half an acre in the area of Leon Drive and 2nd Ave in Sun Valley before being knocked down.

Nevada "Task Force 1" volunteers have been sent to Texas to help victims of Tropical Storm Harvey.

The Pershing County Sheriff's office says a man who broke through security and climbed into the burning man as it burned last night has died. They say 41-year-old Aaron Joel Mitchell was able to break through two lines of security and enter the fire. Black Rock City fire personnel pulled Mitchell from the fire at about 10:20 last night and started emergency medical treatment there before he was airlifted to the burn center at U-C Davis where he was pronounced dead at 6:28 this (Sunday) morning. The sheriff’s office says tests show Mitchell was not intoxicated. Results are still pending for drugs. The investigation into the incident is continuing and trying to determine why Mitchell ran into the fire.

A Sacramento man suspected of beating his ex-girlfriend and two children with a hammer was arrested Saturday morning in Winnemucca after jumping from an Amtrak train on Friday evening. 23-year-old Deandre Chaney Jr. was picked up by Winnemucca Police after a search of the train Friday. Chaney was able to elude police until a trace of his cell phone took police to an indian colony in Winnemucca. It was there Chaney was found wrapped in a tarp inside a shed. He was taken into custody and booked into the Humboldt County jail.

Nevada has run out of drugs for lethal injection, but will turn to a lethal drug cocktail for its next execution. 46-year-old Scott Raymond Dozier is scheduled to die on November 14th at Ely State Prison using a mixture of valium and fentanyl. Fentanyl is lethal and stops the body's ability to breathe. Dozier was sentenced to death after a first-degree murder conviction for the 2002 killing and dismemberment of 22-year-old Jeremiah Miller. The ACLU is continuing its battle against the execution arguing that Dozier is being made a guinea pig. Meantime Dozier is insisting that the execution go forward.

9/3/17 12 PM - Top of the Hour Newscast

9/3/17 11 AM - Top of the Hour Newscast