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
- Nebraska man sentenced to death for 2022 quadruple murder, arson in Cedar County
- Suspect in Polk County murder, assault was awaiting sentencing for domestic assault
- After appeals court ruling, pathway for wrongful immigration detention lawsuits in Nebraska narrows
- Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments over Secretary of State’s authority to disclose voter data to feds
- ‘It’s like a death': Grief, hope and resilience after fire ravages Nebraska Sandhills
- Here’s who’s running in Nebraska’s crowded 2nd District House race
- Nebraska Supreme Court sides with Democratic Senate candidate in last-minute dispute over her removal from the ballot
- ‘They are not telling us what the hell to do’: Pillen explains federal team’s role in Nebraska wildfires
- Two Nebraska volunteer fire chiefs recall first days of Cottonwood Fire response
- Blizzard conditions across Nebraska lead to Interstate 80 pileup, flight cancellations
- Nebraska named in expanded Congressional Medicaid fraud investigation
- Lincoln Police Department now handling investigation of ‘suspect’ $2.5 million no-bid state contract
- Omaha sinkhole goes viral as city and MUD spar over responsibility
- In a first for Nebraska, federal judge awards attorney’s fees to immigrant who was detained without bond hearing
- Nebraska's federal courts consider 'unprecedented' number of wrongful detention lawsuits from immigrants
- Omaha nonprofits selected for nearly $3 million in federal grant funds to prevent youth homelessness
- Mother of girl killed in Horizon Biofuels plant explosion sues company for negligence
- Bill would withhold state money from municipalities that do not enforce public camping bans
- Judge upholds Omaha city ordinances banning bump stocks, ghost guns
- Nebraska’s prison and child welfare watchdogs raise questions about proposal to move incarcerated youth between facilities
- Her father died at a Nebraska prison. She won’t stop fighting until the Legislature acts to prevent the next death
- ACLU of Nebraska files fourth lawsuit as battle over immigration detention continues
- Trial date set for former state senator accused of inappropriately touching staffer
- Protesters call for ICE patrols to end following shootings in Minneapolis
- In State of the Judiciary address, Nebraska chief justice highlights successes and challenges facing court system