Gina Dvorak
Digital Director
Omaha, Neb.
Gina Dvorak joined the 6 News WOWT newsroom as digital director in 2018 after a couple years in the same position at a competing newsroom. Gina has strong roots in Nebraska, growing up in a multigenerational farm family and earning her journalism degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
During her more than 25 years of journalistic experience, she moved from editing and design to digital platforms in 2010. She spent much of her career in the Los Angeles area before returning home to Nebraska in 2014.
Citing “recent officer-involved shootings,” Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer is requiring officers to complete additional use-of-force training.
The Harris campaign shared more details Thursday about vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s second visit to the “blue dot” this weekend.
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The Nebraska Public Service Commission said Wednesday that it has come to an agreement with a communications provider in the wake of three separate 911 outages that have occurred in the past year.
The Nebraska Supreme Court released its decision Wednesday on the case involving voting rights for felons, with several justices passing along some harsh words to the state about its constitutionality arguments.
A man was in serious condition Friday night after Omaha Police said he fled from a car they thought had been abandoned on Interstate 480.
The judge overseeing the case on Nebraska’s medical marijuana petitions ruled Friday that the matter will proceed to trial.
Mayor Jean Stothert fired back Thursday at Omaha Sen. Mike McDonnell’s recent criticism of TIF funding for the streetcar project, saying his “constant false statements and false information about TIF and the streetcar must stop.”
The University of Nebraska Medical Center shared the vision for its newest development area Thursday, starting with the name: the EDGE District.
Traffic was backed up at a busy intersection east of Highway 75 during the Wednesday evening commute after a stolen tow truck hit multiple vehicles.
Days after they squared off on 6 News WOWT, the two candidates for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District are meeting for another debate — this time on Nebraska Public Media.
The Douglas County Health Department advised Tuesday that cases of pertussis, also known as “whooping cough,” are on the rise in the area.
The officer who fired his gun at Steven Phipps Jr. eight times in less than three seconds won’t face charges.
Omaha Police held a news conference Wednesday to review video and details about the events that led to the shooting death of a man this weekend.
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The 18-month-old taken to a burn unit in Kansas City after a devastating high-speed crash last week has died, police confirmed Tuesday.
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The autopsy of the man killed by police Saturday evening was completed Monday, according to Omaha Police.
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It’s been 10 years since medical missionary Dr. Richard Sacra was released from the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit after he spent nearly three weeks there undergoing treatment for Ebola.
The deputy director of the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has been promoted to lead the department.
State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh is challenging the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services on the rules the agency put in place for LB574.
Secretary of State offices in Nebraska and Iowa both reported receiving suspicious items in the mail on Monday.
The Inspector General’s Office on Nebraska corrections said in its annual report on Thursday that overcrowding remains a problem in Nebraska’s correctional facilities, and recommended the Legislature get involved.
Mayor Jean Stothert on Thursday vetoed a resolution in the 2025 budget passed by the Omaha City Council this week, vowing to add 18 more firefighters in 2026 if the city isn’t able to secure a FEMA grant to add them next year.
On March 12, 1948, WOW AM radio General Manager Bill Wiseman gave a speech about “some great historical event... some big deal”: television.
A 37-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In the wake of Tuesday’s shooting of a student in Northwest High School, Omaha Police say that have been investigating “several social media threats to local schools” — none of them credible.
State Auditor Mike Foley says he sent a 26-page letter to the Unicameral concerning Tax Increment Financing (TIF), and its impact on local property taxes.
Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s office on Thursday certified the petition for a partial referendum on the vouchers bill put forward as a replacement for Nebraska’s “school choice” law.
Omaha Police are investigating an incident reported near Yale Park.
Omaha Public Schools, the largest school district in the state, approved next year’s budget at a board meeting Thursday night.
A group of “concerned citizens” is organizing a public comment protest at the Nebraska Library Commission’s meeting on Friday morning to draw attention to Gov. Jim Pillen’s recent appointment to the panel.
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said Thursday that the officer who shot a man after authorities served a no-knock warrant last week won’t face charges.
State Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed four lawsuits Wednesday against three Norfolk businesses selling THC products as well as another that also has several locations throughout eastern Nebraska.
Authorities responded Wednesday after a motorized bicycle collided with a delivery truck down the street from the Sarpy County Courthouse.
A husband and wife arrested last week after authorities found their children enduring horrible living conditions including dead animals in the home weeks earlier.
The Nebraska Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge on the “Protect the Right to Abortion” initiative that argues it violates the state’s “single-subject rule.”
Plattsmouth voters signaled their opinion of school board politics Tuesday by ousting controversial school board member Terri Cunningham-Swanson.
Police and Nebraska State Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal crash reported Wednesday afternoon in a Fremont neighborhood.
Bellevue Police are asking for the public’s help finding a man they suspect in a shooting Wednesday morning, calling him “armed and dangerous.”
Nebraska voters will see both sides of the abortion issue on their ballots in November.
A child in the area near two schools was approached by a man in a vehicle on Thursday afternoon, prompting an increase in police presence in that area “for the foreseeable future,” according to authorities.
The 18-year-old charged with murder after a woman was found dead in Cass County last week appeared in court Tuesday.
Two teens wanted for murder in Utah were arrested earlier this week after a “high-risk” SWAT operation in an Omaha neighborhood.
One of the founding family members of Kohll’s Pharmacy has died.
Mike Heavican, the chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, said he will retire in the fall.
Gov. Jim Pillen signed the tax reform bill the Legislature sent him on Tuesday, granting some property tax relief to Nebraskans.
Nebraska State Patrol investigators arrested a Nevada homicide suspect and located over 250 suspected fentanyl pills, a release said Monday.
