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.
Deputies say the 4-year-old was found covered in filth and feces outside the home of relatives.
Police say it appears the victim was left alone in the SUV for an extended period of time.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2-year-old ran in front of the vehicle as it was driving slowly past the pumps.
Comedian Pete Davidson reportedly ended one of his recent standup shows early after he was subjected to an unruly audience.
A civilian employee at a U.S. Air Force base was arrested over the weekend after they allegedly shared classified information on a foreign dating app.
A real estate agent shot a dog while touring a home, according to authorities.
Iowa authorities confirmed Tuesday night that the child sought by way of an Amber Alert on that afternoon has been found and is safe.
The suspect in the murder of a Nebraska priest made his first appearance Thursday.
A newborn was left in a box at the front door of a fire station in Omaha, Nebraska, over the weekend.
For several months, the FBI has been working with Omaha police to add some heat to the cold case.
The post angered several in the community, who called on the school district to intervene. But it’s not such a simple request, according to the superintendent.
The order declares the “biological differences between the sexes are enduring” and that the “sex” of a person will be defined by the gender designated at birth.
He ended the visit with some advice and encouragement for the group, urging them to find something positive to focus on and keep them off a bad path.
The Douglas County (Neb.) Sheriff’s Office praised their effort and is looking for help identifying the good Samaritans.
The responding animal control officer said he thought the dog had already died when he arrived at the home.
The Omaha Police Department on Friday released a detailed timeline of Tuesday’s active shooter scene at a Target store.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Thursday an exhaustive search of a property near Bartlett has turned up no evidence of a serial killer.
Health officials in Nebraska said a child died from a brain-eating amoeba infection.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, in Nebraska on Wednesday to talk about attempted cyberattacks in David City, wouldn’t answer questions about the agency’s recent search at Mar-a-Lago.
The Air Force service members, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue and McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, are being represented by Kris Kobach, a candidate for Kansas attorney general, and attorneys from the America First Policy Institute.
About 500 animals were rescued from a home in Nebraska over the course of two days, according to the Nebraska Humane Society.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in the District Court of Lancaster County, Erin Porterfield and Kristin Williams are looking to be recognized as the legal parents of both children after each gave birth to one child.
Theodore, 3, and Emily Price, 5, were found dead inside the home of Adam Price after a welfare check May 16. The children’s parents had been in the middle of a divorce, and it was Price’s week to have the children.
Cliff Emerson, 67, of Ashland was booked on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and first-degree criminal trespassing on Sept. 12.
Omaha Police arrested an international flight passenger at Eppley Airfield who caused a disturbance when asked to comply with COVID-19 rules.
The Indian rhino was found early Tuesday afternoon in front of its enclosure on a tram path, the zoo said.
