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
- Struggle continues to hire and retain Nebraska prison workers
- Juvenile facing murder charge highlights when teens face adult courts
- Deadline looms for tech changes in Nebraska 911 services
- End of Whiteclay beer sales assured by Nebraska Supreme Court Opinion
- Nebraska law students recruited to take cases for children in need of guardians
- "I wasn't going to die, at least not there." A Nebraska soldier remembers Vietnam
- Outsider selected to lead troubled Nebraska State Patrol
- Before Nebraska Supreme Court: Were Whiteclay liquor stores treated fairly?
- ACLU sues Nebraska on prison overcrowding, conditions
- Governor, Nebraska Troopers Assn. at odds over State Patrol reforms
- Oil industry, environmentalists, use Michigan spill for lessons learned ahead of Keystone debate
- Historic Michigan oil spill a common topic in Nebraska's Keystone Pipeline debate
- Delays for DNA, fingerprint results continue to vex Nebraska State Patrol Crime lab
- Transgender Nebraska farmer: Small town support “has been quite good”
- Four decades after rape conviction, Omaha man gets parole; maintains his innocence
- 6 things you need to know today about Nebraska and the Keystone XL Pipeline
- After Ebola, local and regional hospitals urged to be more alert for exotic viruses
- Ebola Survivor Recounts Days Spent in Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
- Teenaged killer from 30-year old York County murder case seeks reduced sentence
- Central Nebraska agency will take on unique program to counter violent extremism
- Nebraska flu season "pretty bad;" may be peaking
- Five Questions you've asked about Nebraska’s Death Penalty
- A Hotspot for a New Pandemic? Computer Models Pinpoint Nebraska
- Omaha’s experience treating Ebola leads to federal funds, enhanced training opportunities
- Program aims to turn Nebraska prison “tough guys” into entrepreneurs, men of character