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
- Pete Buttigieg stumps for Nebraska CD2 candidate Denise Powell in South Omaha
- ‘Monumental opportunity': Omaha Inland Port Authority unveils plans for innovation district
- Omaha looks to transform parks and public spaces with boost from philanthropic dollars
- UNO continues work on $17.1 addition to Biomechanics Research Building
- $56.2M project will turn South Omaha grain silos into market-rate apartments
- At Fontenelle Forest, a refuge gives injured raptors a second chance at life
- ‘No room for error': UNMC reflects as quarantine ends for hantavirus cruise ship passengers
- Omaha has another sinkhole. This one swallowed a sidewalk on the streetcar route
- Nebraska Humane Society’s $8M project looks to bring affordable vet care to the Omaha metro
- Omaha Chamber opposes ordinance to restore $15 minimum wage for younger workers
- He’s been on parole for decades. Cannabis gummies could land him back in Nebraska prison
- Stingray Beach reopens at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo after renovations
- Data centers take center stage at North Omaha town hall
- Omaha City Council considers ordinance to restore $15 minimum wage for younger workers
- Take a look inside Omaha’s $26M streetcar maintenance facility
- Douglas County Public Defender seeks budget increase to challenge controversial forensic methods
- Omaha Children’s Museum celebrates 50th anniversary, plans for new facility still paused
- ‘It’s devastating’: As legal avenues close, undocumented Nebraska immigrants live with uncertainty
- Omaha-area shopping center purchased by New York-based company
- A haunting mystery in a Nebraska town: How a federal Native American boarding school lost its dead
- $120M Malcolm X cultural center aims to make North Omaha an international destination
- 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