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
- Newest Nebraska COVID-19 Case Attended High School Basketball Games; Health Officials Rush to ID Contact Fans
- Nebraska Reports Two More COVID-19 Infections, Both Family Members of First Case
- Nebraska Counties, Landowners Set Local Obstacles to Keystone XL Pipeline
- As New Nebraska Quarantine Group Awaits Tests, First Group Prepares to Head Home
- Nebraska Prepares for Role in Large-Scale Coronavirus Quarantine
- Gage County Wins Court Appeal in Bid to Collect Beatrice 6 Insurance Settlement.
- In Spencer Dam Damages Case, NPPD Argues State Law Bars Claims Made by Family.
- Free Access to Drug Overdose Antidote Hopes to Prevent Opioid Deaths in Nebraska
- Widow Seeks $5 Million From NPPD for Death, Damages Following Collapse of Spencer Dam
- Expert Says Technology Exists to Identify Mystery Drones
- More Nebraska Small Town Cops Training for Horror of Mass Shootings
- NET Reporters Who Covered Nebraska Flooding Talk Damage, Recovery
- After Floods, Nebraska Town Considers Moving to Higher Ground
- WIth $1 Million in the Bank, Tiny Colorado Border Town Considers Opening More Pot Stores
- Investors in Proposed Nebraska Mining Venture Balance Optimism, Impatience
- No Scheduled Executions, but Courts Busy With Nebraska Death Penalty Issues
- Sheriff’s Deputy Implicated in Multi-Million Dollar Bank and Investment Fraud
- Support Found for Responding to Stolen Gun Problems in Nebraska
- For Some, Stress Is Part of the Damage Left Behind in Nebraska Floods
- Nebraska Supreme Court Approves Keystone XL Route Through the State
- Jury Finds Aubrey Trail Guilty of Murdering Sydney Loofe
- Isolation and Darkness: Common Concerns for Small Town Cops
- Testimony: "Best Friend" Supplied Major Lead to ID Loofe's Accused Killers
- In 1969 Three Nebraska Brothers Died on the Same Ship; Their Names Still Not on Vietnam Memorial
- If a Pandemic Hits, Nebraska's Courts Plan to Protect Legal System