Bill Kelly
Senior Reporter/Producer
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, Ind., Wichita, Kan. and Omaha.
Recent News Stories
- Train ridership on Amtrak hits record levels in Nebraska
- As racing season expands, Nebraska looks to meet demand for horses
- Medical marijuana backers hope to earn place on fall ballot
- Citizen groups advocating for a number of causes will turn in petitions Wednesday
- Medical marijuana organizers say Nebraska petition drive will fail without more signatures
- Voter ID mandate goes smoothly at polls across Nebraska
- UNL files defense in response to Scoggin lawsuit
- Supreme Court declines to block fees for state government records
- Teen sextortion suspect to stand trial as adult
- Judge to decide legality of Lincoln ban on weapons in parks, buildings
- Judge reviews if teen sextortion suspect should be tried as juvenile
- Merrick Co. jury’s sexual assault verdict reversed; new trial ordered
- Ramos gets life sentence for 2017 prison riot murder
- NioCorp chief knows about skeptics; predicts watershed year.
- Investors in Nebraska niobium mine: “Something must happen."
- Regulation of midwives considered by Nebraska Supreme Court
- Reflecting on 2023 with Bill Kelly
- Guilty verdict, life sentence in prison riot murder case
- Ousted Dundy County sheriff arrested for not returning firearms
- Prison murder trial relies on security video to ID suspect
- Jurors in prison riot murder trial hear evidence of homemade weapons, torches used in arson
- Former Dundy County Sheriff challenges recall election results, seeks reinstatement in federal court
- Dundy County Sheriff, lacking state certification, faces recall
- Nebraska relies on volunteer fire departments, but they're endangered by staffing challenges
- NRD Board member sues district over free speech violations
Recent Media Contributions
- Once Again: Riding the Train in Style
- Working Fires
- 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
- Speaking of Nebraska: Defy Program in Prison
- Speaking of Nebraska: Next on Death Row
- Speaking of Nebraska: Juvenile Justice
- News: After Ebola Web: Zoonotic Diseases
- News: Maria Barmettler: Student Designer
- Nebraska Stories: Jazz Reunion
- Until He Is Dead: A History of Nebraska's Death Penalty
- Nebraska Stories: 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
- Nebraska Stories: Don't Touch That Dial