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
- "No Jail" option gives Nebraska drug courts a role in reducing prison crowding
- More Fake Evidence? Convicted Omaha murderer claims CSI planted evidence
- Pressing blue jeans into money: Nebraska entrepreneurs search for early investors.
- BEST OF 2013: 1887 hanging remains Nebraska's most controversial execution
- BEST OF 2013: High school student uses speech competition to make a personal point about juvenile justice
- Guardianship "scam" prompts call for reform in Nebraska
- County law enforcement in Nebraska sees big impact from Colorado pot exports
- Nebraska marijuana supply may hinge on effectiveness of Colorado regulations
- As marijuana arrests, availability increase Nebraska policy makers mostly quiet
- Synthetic marijuana continues to scare, frustrate Nebraska cops and doctors
- Healing Machine: Preserving the legacy of an eccentric Nebraska artist
- Film director's return to Nebraska locations getting critical acclaim
- Worth the risk?: Medical marijuana users in Nebraska ignore the law
- Big Art for a Small Town: Falls City gets a major collection of paintings
- Legal Pot Next Door: First Marijuana Dispensary on the Border Eyed by Nebraskans
- Arrested for Playing Baseball! How the National Pastime became a church and state battleground in Nebraska.
- History not on the side of death penalty repeal in Nebraska
- Dry and Drier: Nebraska's largest lake shows early signs of drought
- HATE CRIME LESSONS: False report case prompts reflections on what Nebraska learned
- Nervous and poor, a small symphony orchestra survives in Hastings, Neb.
- Threat of Youth Center closings provides material for student's persuasive speech
- Online high school to get statewide boost from University of Nebraska
- Anti-government groups, Nebraska neo-Nazi among concerns for watchdog group
- Colorado's medical marijuana is headache for Nebraska law enforcement
- 1887 hanging remains Nebraska's most controversial execution