Gina Dvorak
Digital Director
Omaha, Neb.
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Gina Dvorak joined the 6 News WOWT newsroom as digital director in 2018 after a couple years in the same position across town 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 nearly 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.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska officials, advocates, activists, and politicians made their stances known after the Legislature passed the session’s most contentious bill on Friday.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 4:19 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Cassie Crowe
Nebraska lawmakers have passed the session’s most contentious bill.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help identifying a group of Good Samaritans.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Social Security Administration listed the 100 most popular baby names in 2022 for each state. Here are the top names last year in Nebraska and Iowa.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Charles Drew Health Center said goodbye to 26 employees on Thursday.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 1:08 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Johan Marin
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana is hoping the third time is the charm as they once again filed for a ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in the state.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
After several hours of debate, Nebraska state senators voted Tuesday to attach AM1658 to LB574 before sending the bill back to second-round voting.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 1:57 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The Council Bluffs man who turned himself in following a four-day manhunt exchanged gunfire with the man killed in the shooting, according to details shared in Washington County Court on Wednesday.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 12:36 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
An 18-year-old was arrested after several officers responded to a situation near Benson High School, which is located on the same property as Monroe Middle School.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
After several hours of debate, Nebraska state senators voted Tuesday night to attach AM1658 to LB574 before bouncing the bill back to final-round voting.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 12:21 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Laura Sambol
Local law enforcement officers honored those fallen from their ranks during a memorial service Monday morning.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 3:14 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
With severe weather expected to roll into the area, Friday night’s opening concert for the “Rock the C!” concert series at Lake Cunningham has been canceled.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 11:37 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Local and federal authorities on Friday morning were looking for a 22-year-old Council Bluffs man following a shooting that left one man dead and a woman injured near Blair High School.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Omaha Police Foundation honored 28 Omaha Police officers and OPD staff for their stand-out community service in the past year during an awards banquet on Thursday.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Both of Nebraska’s 2023 Presidential Scholars are students at Millard North High School.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 12:30 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The body of a man reported missing more than a week ago was found in the DeSoto National Wildlife Preserve.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Brian Mastre
A local branch of a national nonprofit backed by the Obama Foundation is being honored as one of its four exemplary community organizations from several across the country.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 1:06 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Council Bluffs Police said Thursday that a man who was reported missing over the weekend has been found safe.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The sister of a man missing since last week told 6 News on Tuesday that authorities are still searching for him.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 11:55 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors is slated to hear a presentation on the Omaha streetcar at its meeting Tuesday morning.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 3:24 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Authorities have been searching wildlife preserve areas outside of Fort Calhoun for a man missing since Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
As it’s been for years (with a pause during the pandemic), there are several events planned for the big Berkshire Hathaway weekend.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 7:27 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Omaha Fire Department investigators are looking into the cause of a house fire that broke out Thursday in the northwest part of the city.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
Authorities in Council Bluffs are asking for the public’s help tracking down two vehicles they believe were involved in an ATM robbery last week.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 9:33 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Authorities investigating a murder in central Iowa are looking for a teen they say is responsible.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Emergency officials are warning the community about intentional fires planned in the area for the next couple of days as weather conditions allow.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Bella Caracta and Gina Dvorak
Omaha Police Officers Association President Tony Conner will join Mayor Jean Stothert for an announcement about the police union’s contract Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Omaha Public Schools is adding buses for the coming school year.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A former Omaha South basketball standout who was playing in the NCAA men’s championship final a few weeks ago has lost his brother.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 10:45 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Jonas Brothers are coming to Omaha later this year.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
State Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha said she is being formally investigated for a potential conflict of interest on LB574 because she has a trans child.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 5:49 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
A judge ruled Wednesday that Omaha City Councilman Vinny Palermo and two others facing federal charges will remain in custody until the evidence presented during Wednesday’s hearing can be properly reviewed.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Jacqueline Fernandez and Gina Dvorak
A form starting the recall process to remove Vinny Palermo from the Omaha City Council has been filed — and the clock is ticking.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 4:38 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Bella Caracta
The Omaha City Council on Tuesday voted 5-0 temporarily removed Councilman Vinny Palermo from the office of vice president of the council.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
The first of four men facing federal charges after two indictments were unsealed last week made his initial court appearance Monday afternoon.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 2:53 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre, Gina Dvorak and Cassie Crowe
The four men facing federal charges after two indictments were unsealed last week made their initial appearances in a Lincoln court on Monday afternoon and were back in jail that night.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2023 at 12:49 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Cassie Crowe
The vice president of the Omaha City Council, two retired city police officers, and a man hired to raise funds for a nonprofit supporting Latino peace officers were arrested Friday to face 41 charges relating to misuse of funds for that organization.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 10:07 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Reactions from Omaha city officials ranged from “not shocked” to concern over the fallout of federal indictments resulting in the arrest of four people, including the vice president of the Omaha City Council.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Cassie Crowe
Councilman Vinny Palermo, two former Omaha Police officers, and a local fundraiser were arrested Friday after two federal indictments were unsealed alleging wire fraud and various financial schemes.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Employees from six Omaha bars, restaurants, and live music venues owned by the same LLC are being awarded thousands of dollars in back wages as the result of a federal investigation.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
City officials put the word out on social media about the safety of its drinking water, assuring residents that Bellevue’s water supply was safe.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 12:00 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The daughter of a man found dead in a Lancaster County ditch last week appeared in court on Wednesday morning — a day after the three others charged in his death.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The daughter of a man found dead in a Lancaster County ditch last week is among the four people who stand accused in his death.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 10:43 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Two people were injured in an overnight shooting at a party, but police have little information about the incident and are asking for help from the public to fill in the details.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Jacqueline Fernandez and Gina Dvorak
A day after a bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors passed the second of three rounds in the Unicameral, the Nebraska Legislature was supposed to move to other items but did not.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 10:12 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Omaha Police have made four arrests in connection with an Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a body that was found in a ditch northeast of Crete earlier this week.
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. 13, 2023 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta, Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
As firefighters from around the Omaha-metro were working to contain a brush fire that had spread near NP Dodge Park on Thursday afternoon, the governor declared an emergency for the state and issued a ban on open burns for the next few days.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 11:03 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
Three people involved in a head-on crash in Missouri Valley over the weekend were transported from the scene with serious injuries.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 12:01 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Just three months after announcing the appointment, Mayor Jean Stothert’s office said Wednesday that the new Director of Human Rights and Relations has resigned.
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