Molly Ashford
Nebraska Public Media
Molly Ashford joined Nebraska Public Media in 2025 after three years reporting on courts and criminal justice issues at The Omaha World-Herald. Born and raised in Omaha, Molly is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Omaha and reports on stories from the Omaha area.
Recent News Stories
- FBI seeking help to identify victims of sexual abuse at Isanti Community School
- Rep. Mike Flood ‘confident’ housing bill will become law without President’s signature
- Dodge County sheriff admits to transferring union funds to his personal bank account, pleads guilty to wire fraud
- A Venezuelan man was accused of attempting to choke an ICE officer to death in Bellevue. Bystander video tells a different story
- Nebraska man accused in plot to attack White House UFC fight appears in court for preliminary, detention hearings
- Federal judge blocks Nebraska’s social media age verification law from going into effect in July
- Nebraska Supreme Court dismisses appeal over release of voter data to DOJ
- Lexington workers are commuting for now, but the city is ‘more empty’ after Tyson closure
- Nebraska governor, lawmakers celebrate permanent extension of childcare subsidy eligibility
- Updated: Nebraska man was alleged ‘key ringleader’ in plot to attack White House UFC fight
- Republican CD2 nominee Brinker Harding files personal financial disclosures months after deadline
- City of Omaha acquires 25-acre ‘Home Plate’ property for future soccer stadium
- One year after Glenn Valley immigration raid, scars remain for South Omaha families
- Omaha mayor admits fault in legal dispute over deleted Facebook comment about sinkhole
- Federal judge strikes down decades-old Nebraska law allowing undocumented students to access in-state tuition
- Bellevue Food Pantry prepares for increased summer demand amid decline in SNAP enrollment
- Director of UNMC’s Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence sues, alleging discrimination and retaliation
- ‘Unconditional love’: Nebraska restaurant programs offer second chances for formerly incarcerated
- New inspector general of Nebraska’s prison system talks challenges, transparency and recent restructuring
- Republican CD2 nominee Brinker Harding misses filing deadlines for personal financial disclosures
- Dark money group funds Nebraska initiative to limit sports participation to biological sex
- Lawsuit filed over Nebraska law requiring age verification, parental consent for social media
- John Cavanaugh concedes to Denise Powell in Nebraska’s 2nd District primary
- Powell pulls ahead in tight race for Nebraska's 2nd District
- Outside spending reaches fever pitch in Nebraska congressional primary as candidates spar over ‘dark money’