Jessica Wade
Senior reporter
Jessica Wade is an Omaha-based senior reporter with Nebraska Public Media. A native of eastern Nebraska, she previously reported on South Carolina's Lowcountry for The Post and Courier newspaper and spent four years with the Omaha World-Herald, where she covered city government and development.
Recent News Stories
- Powell pulls ahead in tight race for Nebraska's 2nd District
- Cruise passenger who arrived in Omaha has tested positive for hantavirus
- Omaha’s professional soccer team is getting a downtown stadium
- Legacy on rails: How Omaha's historic streetcars shaped the city
- ‘Immense price pressure’: UNO navigates uncertain financial future with new strategies
- Omaha’s new library opens this weekend. Here’s what visitors can expect.
- 2nd District Democratic candidates address affordability, immigration and Iran war
- A growing number of teens are aging out of foster care. This Omaha coffee shop offers a lifeline
- Big spending and high stakes steer Nebraska’s 2nd District race
- Omaha City Council directs task force to consider affordable housing incentives in TIF projects
- Here’s who’s running in Nebraska’s crowded 2nd District House race
- Omaha Mayor announces $5M philanthropic investment in city parks
- Omaha mayor’s office rolls out discounted parking program as streetcar construction woes continue
- Dem challenger fights to stay in Douglas County sheriff race, takes appeal to Nebraska Supreme Court
- Grandmother killed in Nebraska wildfire was ‘fearless’ and ‘loved by many’
- Longtime deacon at Omaha Catholic church found dead, son arrested
- ‘There’s fear’: ICE arrests surge in Nebraska with 329% increase in 2025
- Candidates of Nebraska 2nd District House race weigh in on Iran war, with clear divide along party lines
- Events planned in remembrance of Nebraska’s federal Native American boarding school
- Eyes in the sky: New technology has changed policing in Omaha
- Snow sculptors push through warm Nebraska weekend to compete for chance at nationals
- Omaha Police Union warns staffing levels approaching 'dangerous low’
- Democrat Denise Powell leads 2025 fundraising in crowded 2nd District race
- Streetcar construction is full speed ahead in 2026. Here’s what to expect
- UNMC, Clarkson leaders address concerns around $800M deal