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
- Mega-pot bust in Fillmore County triggers DEA interest
- Facing likely death sentence, prison murderer will tell judges he won’t challenge execution
- Nebraska attorney found White House ethics work "incredible"
- War over Mars! Space law students grapple with law and science in futuristic court case
- Pope's climate expert tells Nebraska audience: It's an issue in the laps of faith leaders
- Criminal investigations inside Nebraska prisons would shift to state patrol if senators approve
- Nebraska niobium mine may advance soon as demand for second mineral increases
- As Nebraska death penalty case advances, pace of appeals may increase
- Special court for veterans aims to keep them out of jail, out of trouble
- For biocontainment team, working with Ebola patients raised delicate issues with families
- New tactics, training aim for greater SWAT team safety
- After a surge, Nebraska marijuana arrests level off
- New State Patrol leader hopes to move past investigations, morale issues
- 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