Mike McKnight
MMJ / Reporter
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A Lincoln native and 1977 Journalism graduate of UNL, Mike has 30 years reporting experience at WOWT -- 10 years of that as State Bureau Chief.
There have been numerous awards along the way including Nebraska Associated Press Investigative and General News honors. Mike is a two-time winner of the Radio Television News Directors Regional award for investigative reporting: 1994,1997. Others include:
- 1994 Nebraska News Photographer of the Year
- Past Emmy nominee
- UNL College of Journalism outstanding alumni award
- UNO award outstanding investigative reporting
- Nebraska Broadcasters Gold Award for investigative reporting -- 2004
- Lincoln Northeast High outstanding alumni award
- Omaha Press Club Excellence in Journalism Award
Mike is married and has two sons.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 10:23 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
An Omaha man has an unusual piece of Husker football memorabilia.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 10:24 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
She worked for a small gym that closed a couple of months back, leaving her to fight for more than $2,000 in unpaid wages.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 10:23 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
After giving two grandkids Visa debit cards, Randy and Deb Lackas didn’t expect their grandson would be left empty-handed when shopping.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 8:28 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
A large collection of stolen guns has been recovered and the alleged thieves put behind bars.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 10:27 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
An iconic Nebraska image is being misused by scammers to gain the trust of victims.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
The subdivision near 36th and Capehart in Sarpy County is called Liberty -- but John and Kelly Bowling are shocked to be notified they weren’t free to install solar panels, and theirs must come down.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
After neighbors took video of him dumping old tires in piles on his own lots near 9th and Castelar Streets in South Omaha, 6 On Your Side confronted property owner Tristan Scorpio, who claims he’s done nothing wrong.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Residents of a lake community not far from Omaha have been frustrated that a delivery service has left their packages miles from the front door.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Clean water blasted from a hydrant near 28th and Martin Avenues for 30 days, round the clock -- creating a gutter stream flowing for nearly two blocks.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 1:45 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
A growing eyesore next to a popular lake prompted a much-needed cleanup after members of a private club didn’t want to wait any longer for the city to tackle the illegal dumping issue there.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 7:38 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Under the cover of midnight darkness, a PT Cruiser cruises the town of Coin, Iowa; home security video shows dogs dumped off as if their lives aren’t worth a plug nickel.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta and Mike McKnight
The Nebraska Humane Society admitted they “did mistakenly euthanize a dog.”
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 10:19 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Thursday, there’s more information on an exclusive 6 News investigation into construction site thefts.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
As he lives and breathes, Johnny Denard Jr. has battled the IRS for refusing to process his tax returns.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
The driver who allegedly smashed into two buildings last year pleads no contest to charges.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Property owners are making noise in a quiet country neighborhood near Logan, Iowa.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
In 1909, funeral processions and loved ones decorating graves passed the office of Forest Lawn Cemetery. But the administration moved to a west entrance years ago, and the east gate closed for good -- leaving the over-100-year-old building in its last days.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 10:27 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Dumping off an old couch at River City Recycling, Anthony paid a lot less because he lives in Omaha -- but proving it has cost him a lot of worry.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Thieves have been treating construction sites in northwest Omaha like their own building supply store.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Any official-looking letter from a lawyer would make most of us nervous especially if it claims you owe money.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Mike McKnight
Authorities said Thursday that an arrest has been made in connection with the finding of a missing Kearney man along Rainwood Road last month.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Seriously wounded in Vietnam, 78-year-old Jack Swaney knows the difficulty his disabled daughter faces today.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 10:24 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
When her husband returned from a six-month deployment, Jessica Sherrill came back to Bellevue from Georgia and found four storage units full of their belongings invaded by mold.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 10:24 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
It’s not the construction of four lanes -- but a raised median down the middle that has left the city and several South 168th Street homeowners divided.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 8:01 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
The pandemic got people used to ordering food and other items delivered to their door.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
They come whenever we call for help, so calls asking for money to help law enforcement should draw donations.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
An owner goes too far while disciplining his dog that got loose.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:59 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Carrying closure for his mother, Dan Whited leaves Kremer Funeral Home with remains of her longtime partner.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Goldie Wright died last November, and over four months, her family says they’ve attempted to get the ashes from Kremer Funeral Home.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Mike McKnight
An Omaha man is facing a felony charge after he called animal control to euthanize a dog in his care that was found to be suffering from severe neglect.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
The Burt County town of Lyons is dealing with a population explosion. Not of people -- but of stray cats.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight and Gina Dvorak
A Douglas County Sheriff’s captain gave more details to 6 News on Wednesday about the human remains found last week north of Elkhorn.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Mike McKnight
Authorities said Wednesday that a body found in a ditch in northwest Omaha earlier this week was that of a missing Kearney man.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
79-year-old Billy Lorenz died three months ago. But instead of getting closure, his family has repeatedly gone to Kremer Funeral Home and found it closed.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 1:11 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
A smashed-through door and wall isn’t how Ross Budweg dreamed of coming home to find a 2022 Tesla in his garage.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Omaha city crews had a busy weekend removing signs from public property and it’s not even election season.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 8:47 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Nebraska has 6,655 registered sex offenders. In the last couple of weeks, some of them have received phone calls that threaten them with being sent back to prison. But it’s not law enforcement making the threats.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:56 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
A teen accused of attacking a blind date will be tried as an adult.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 2:16 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
After a tornado hit Beaver Lake more than a year ago, Craig Molek needed new siding -- so he paid Midwest Restorations $5,000 to do the job, but it never got started.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Those using the trail around Lake Zorinsky usually watch ahead or around them, but Steve Cacioppo spent Tuesday morning looking up.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 10:22 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
A top dog of crime fighting in the Omaha area retired Monday.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 8:17 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
A busy corner in northwest Omaha is looking better tonight several months after 6 On Your Side exposed a pair of dangerous eyesores.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 1:45 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
A pair of alleged check thieves are wanted in Sarpy County and investigators can use your help to identify the suspects.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:22 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
A former hotel employee slipped into a locked banquet room to steal cards containing cash. Nine months after the reception, justice is served.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:22 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
Where the pavement ends, the rubber leaves the road as drivers avoid a mud hole on a rough two-block stretch of South 45th Street in Omaha.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:24 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
A goal of soccer practice is moving your feet -- but deep tire ruts have added an unwanted twist to training at Lake Zorinsky Fields.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:29 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
A nuisance has been seeping to the surface in a southwest Omaha neighborhood.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 10:24 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
Only texts built up as Mark and Joann Levin waited months on a porch project that was never started.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 10:27 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
There’s a heated dispute between homeowners and developers who plan to build apartments close by.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 10:25 PM CST
|By Mike McKnight
The smell of sewer water invading their basements won’t be soon forgotten by a pair of Southwest Omaha families near 106th and Y Streets.
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