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 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.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2024 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Philip Catalfamo
Nebraska voters will see both sides of the abortion issue on their ballots in November.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2024 at 2:13 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
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.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2024 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The 18-year-old charged with murder after a woman was found dead in Cass County last week appeared in court Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2024 at 1:40 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Two teens wanted for murder in Utah were arrested earlier this week after a “high-risk” SWAT operation in an Omaha neighborhood.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
One of the founding family members of Kohll’s Pharmacy has died.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2024 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Mike Heavican, the chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, said he will retire in the fall.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and John Chapman
Gov. Jim Pillen signed the tax reform bill the Legislature sent him on Tuesday, granting some property tax relief to Nebraskans.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Jackson Piercy and Gina Dvorak
Nebraska State Patrol investigators arrested a Nevada homicide suspect and located over 250 suspected fentanyl pills, a release said Monday.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2024 at 1:22 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The City of Omaha has closed all but one of the debris sites set up for the public after the July 31 windstorm toppled trees in several parts of the city.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
On the heels of a statement from the governor promising to veto any version of the tax reform bill that lessened the caps orginally presented, the Nebraska Legislature advanced its version into a third round of debate.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is challenging the Biden-Harris administration over what he believes to be an illegal voter registration scheme.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
WarHorse Gaming said Thursday evening that their Omaha casino would be closed temporarily because the air-conditioning system was damaged during construction.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2024 at 4:25 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Joe Harris
As work continues to restore power to thousands across the Omaha-metro, many residents are also working to clear their yards of fallen branches and even whole trees.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Baseball’s head coach is sticking around for another five years.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2024 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Nebraska Secretary of State’s office certified a paid sick leave ballot initiative on Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
According to crime stats released by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday, violent crime in major cities is declining. The data for Omaha shows a similiar trend.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2024 at 3:00 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
OPPD crews had outages from the July 31 storm down to 394 on Thursday morning, and less than half that a few hours later.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2024 at 11:36 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A BNSF train derailed in the small Iowa town of Red Oak, hitting a parked vehicle with someone inside it.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2024 at 11:57 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
OPPD crews had outages from the July 31 storm down to 394 on Thursday morning, and less than half that a few hours later.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A week after a massive storm took out power for 220,000 in the Omaha area, OPPD crews were still out making repairs Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2024 at 7:09 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
OPPD hit another landmark Tuesday as power crews continued restoring electicity to those left in the dark after last week’s major storm.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2024 at 9:03 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
While many have sat in lines to drop their debris at sites around the Omaha-metro in the days since severe weather took out several large trees throughout the area, others in Omaha have been eagerly awaiting debris pick-up from residential areas.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2024 at 11:34 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
6 News gathered information that OPPD has been sharing with the public, and with us during the course of our reporting on the aftermath.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2024 at 2:38 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A Bellevue, Neb., man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Des Moines on Tuesday.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2024 at 12:38 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A week after a lawsuit filed in St. Louis accused Omaha Archbishop George Lucas of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, the archbishop issed a second statement, noting that he had submitted his resignation prior to the accusation.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2024 at 10:11 AM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
Nebraska state lawmakers are finding themselves in the midst of a record-breaking special session.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A Kansas City skydiver was hurt this weekend after a hard landing on a pickup truck in a southeast Nebraska parking lot.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
The parents of a 4-year-old with developmental disabilities were arrested by Fremont County (Iowa) deputies after the child was found alone in Hamburg on Thursday morning, leading investigators to discover signs the boy and another child had been caged inside cribs.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A new lawsuit filed this week in St. Louis accuses Omaha Archbishop George Lucas of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2024 at 9:05 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Brian Mastre
The day before Nebraska’s 37th special session was expected to start, the governor has finally sent out an official proclamation calling the Unicameral back to the Capitol.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2024 at 1:38 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Mike McKnight
An electrical equipment issue caused intermittent power outages Wednesday for customers in the Waterloo area.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2024 at 7:12 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
While the governor hasn’t yet released an official proclamation about this week’s special session, he did issue a “statement of principles” ahead of the Legislature’s return on Thursday.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By John Chapman and Gina Dvorak
The Nebraska Democratic Party said Monday that all 34 of its delegates will be casting their votes for Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention next month.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2024 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A group of state senators will hold a public forum here Sunday ahead of an expected special session next week.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2024 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Firefighters responded to a report of a fire at a professional laundry service in South Omaha on Saturday morning.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2024 at 12:44 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A semi slid into a ditch Saturday morning near an Interstate 80 on-ramp at 84th Street, closing the ramp for a few hours.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2024 at 12:27 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
A 29-year-old man was arrested Friday night near a Mexican restaurant shortly after a robbery occurred at the establishment.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak, John Chapman and Elaina Riley
The global CrowdStrike outage affecting Microsoft users on Friday was also impacting some Omaha hospitals and transportation services.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2024 at 8:56 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse will deliver his farewell address Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2024 at 7:34 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and John Chapman
In the hours since Gov. Jim Pillen shared details about his push to reduce Nebraska property taxes by 50%, reactions have been coming in from organizations, state senators, and even the mayor of Omaha.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2024 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Brian Mastre
A week before the Legislature is expected to reconvene for a special session, Gov. Jim Pillen held a news conference on his push to reduce Nebraska property taxes by 50%.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2024 at 4:20 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen has ordered county elections offices to stop registering residents in the state who have been convicted of felonies but have not received official pardons.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2024 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The City of Omaha and Police Chief Todd Schmaderer have been removed as defendants in a lawsuit filed by a University of Nebraska regent last year.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2024 at 1:13 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
John Butler joins the Huskers as an assistant defensive coach with both college and NFL experience.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2024 at 8:50 AM CDT
|By Brian Mastre, Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The foster mother of the 5-year-old boy found dead in a car Wednesday has been arrested.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2024 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
“See something, say something” was just the beginning. Now, authorities are working to help the public have conversations they hope will prevent tragedy.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2024 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
OPPD said a cut underground cable caused an outage impacting electricity in northwest Omaha.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The man charged in the murder of his mother and sister last year was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2024 at 10:56 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
An ORBT bus was blocking several lanes of Dodge Street near the University of Nebraska-Omaha for a short while on Monday morning.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2024 at 10:50 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The FBI said Friday that they had identified the man they were looking for in connection with a child sex exploitation case.