Bill Kelly
Senior Producer/Reporter
Bill Kelly oversees production of Nebraska Public Media's news documentaries and reports for radio. Most recently, Bill produced documentaries on rural law enforcement, Nebraska floods, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Michigan native joined Nebraska Public Media in 1990 and has a special interest in covering the courts and criminal justice system. An Emmy award-winning journalist, Bill graduated from Purdue University. He worked at television stations in Lafayette, Indiana, Wichita, Kansas and Omaha.
Recent News Stories
- Senators propose funding $500k bounty on pheasant predators
- After 8 years as Attorney General, Peterson reflects on term
- Election officials tell judge vote fraud lawsuit is 'frivolous'
- Defeated legislature candidate asks judge for ballot recount
- Judge to decide if firefighter discrimination lawsuit advances
- All 93 Nebraska counties and Governor sued by election skeptic
- Fake blood. Real drama. Steelworkers practice for mass casualty
- New financing could quicken pace of NioCorp niobium mine project
- Burst pipe vacates dozens of Lincoln Penitentiary cells
- Court: Aubrey Trail death sentence justified, constitutional
- Flood holds onto his seat in the 1st Congressional District
- Did Cherry Co Board have conflict of interest in wind farm vote?
- Herbster drops defamation suit; Slama ends sexual battery case
- Bacon, Vargas talk of climate, nukes in final 2nd District debate
- Nebraska military members are now a key constituency in competitive 1st Congressional District race
- Expect only a few presidential marijuana pardons in Nebraska
- Chadron State College promised to honor a student after her suicide. Her family says ‘they’re hiding it’
- A Major Loss: Family Visits Home Destroyed in Carter Canyon Fire
- On The Frontlines: Battling The Carter Canyon Wildfire
- Nebraska Hall of Fame nominees include Malcolm X
- DEA Seized Thousands of Fake Rx Pills Laced with Deadly Fentenyl
- Fortenberry sentenced to probation, $25,000 fine for lying to FBI
- Nebraska man charged with threatening election official
- Judge advises less politics in Herbster/Slama lawsuits
- US Attorney wants prison for Fortenberry; he asks for probation
Recent Media Contributions
- Creating legal hemp crops, products in Nebraska is a challenge
- The COVID Chronicles
- NE Supreme Court rules State correct to reject Deputy Sheriff
- And The Floods Came Nebraska 2019
- Small Town Cops
- News: After Ebola: Nebraska and the Next Pandemic
- Defy Program in Prison
- Next on Death Row
- Juvenile Justice
- News: After Ebola Web: Zoonotic Diseases
- News: Maria Barmettler: Student Designer
- Jazz Reunion
- Until He Is Dead: A History of Nebraska's Death Penalty
- Restoring the Big Boy
- Big Boy Restoration: Ehernberger
- Denimite Funding
- Marijuana Crossroads: Bev Smith, Medical Marijuana User
- Marijuana Crossroads: Dispensary Tour
- Marijuana Crossroads: Law Enforcement Reacts
- Marijuana Crossroads
- Charlie Rogers Sentencing
- News: Untill he is Dead: A history of Nebraska's Death Penalty
- Don't Touch That Dial
- '68: The Year Nebraska Mattered
- Don't Touch That Dial