Ellis Wiltsey
Reporter
Lincoln, NE
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Ellis graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor's Degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Ellis is a native of Bellevue, Nebraska and excited to be reporting in her home state!
Before coming to KOLN-TV, Ellis worked as a reporter, producer and anchor at KUJH at the University of Kansas and interned at KETV in Omaha, Nebraska.
In her free time Ellis enjoys cooking, Jazzercise and volunteering at animal shelters.
When she's not cheering on the Huskers, Ellis is a proud Alabama Football fan and Tottenham Hotspur soccer fan! Watch out during basketball season because she is all in for her Jayhawks to take it all this year!
Ellis would love to hear from viewers on social media. You can find and follow her Facebook and Twitter accounts.
It created the Big Ten’s Cardiology Subcommittee, made up of doctors from across the conference including a team here in Lincoln at Bryan Health.
Despite a pandemic, homeowner in Lincoln are seeing their property values continue to steadily climb.
A measure introduced by a Lincoln councilmember aimed at rolling back COVID-19 emergency powers from Lincoln’s mayor has hit a pause but that doesn’t mean it’s completely off the table.
After nearly five years as the Chief of the Lincoln Police Departments, Friday was Jeff Bliemeister’s last day before moving into a new job working in the private sector for Bryan Health Systems.
Eric Underwood owns Rodizio Grill in the Haymarket. He says before the pandemic he was seeing record sales but after needed that first round of PPP to survive.
Hoping to bring casinos across the state, including one in Lincoln with a $200 million price tag.
It says a small holiday travel boost is likely but that it’s going to be years until the travel industry is back to normal.
400 were given out, those shots mark the beginning of distribution to what the state has laid out as priority recipients.
This season the city is testing out a new program that will hopefully help them get more of the streets cleared, faster.
As the holidays approach local businesses in Seward continue to push forward together.
Monday, it announced the approval of the second round of budget cuts but some programs originally on the chopping blocked were spared.
One Lincoln man has already done the leg work for you if you want to catch the best light displays around town.
For many small businesses, the effects of the pandemic keep piling up and for Pancho Villa Mexican Grill one suspects crime spree is only worsening the impacts.
What started as a spreadsheet that Elizabeth Herrick made with over 200 local restaurants has now been made into a full-blown website.
Lincoln Calling TV was born out of an adaptation the music industry has been making for months but its creators say the platform will still have a place even after the pandemic passes.
After the victim and multiple witnesses say he chased a woman outside of her apartment complex with a chainsaw while yelling multiple racial slurs.
Every year City Impact’s Gifts of Love brings holiday joy to hundreds of families in need, and this year it especially needs your help as COVID-19 has made the need greater.
An after-shift video from a UNMC ICU nurse is giving people an eye-opening account of just how serious COVID-19 hospitalizations are getting.
For a second time, youth and high school sports are being put on hold.
That news is mobilizing Nebraska and the nation to prepare for how to get that possible cure to the masses.
Nebraska Veterans Coalition is a group of veterans and supporters who connect on Facebook and beyond. For advice, to post columns, and about this time of year to decide on the issues to bring to Nebraska lawmakers.
Crews have slowly been working their way south to get everything up to date and in the process creating detours for tens of thousands of Lincoln drivers.
Despite those rates, one Nebraska woman says while the COVID test may say negative the long-lasting effects of the virus don’t end at recovery.
A photo of 107-year-old Thelma Chase returning her mail-in ballot in Lancaster County has now been seen by over 75,000 people.
UNL says it’s learned a lot in the past six months and it’s using that knowledge to adapt its COVID-19 protocols for the spring semester.
The Nebraska Club announced that it’s closing its doors for good at the end of the year.
It hosted a few incredibly successful drive-in movie nights at an old airplane hanger and hopes come spring to make the set up a community staple.
This time in a hearing in front of state senators, testimony Thursday included everything from COVID-19 to staffing to the potential for new facilities to be built to aid with overcrowding.
Lincoln Public Schools has a long-standing therapy dog program but in the last year, its been rapidly expanding as school and circumstances lend to the need for a furry, calming friend.
Dozens have registered for an event this weekend including a team of 10-year-olds who’ve been working for weeks on their products.
The Friendship Home here in Lincoln provides opportunities and shelter options to allow victims to heal and plan for the future.
Boswell’s lawyers filed a motion late last year in the event she was found guilty. To have three judges, rather than a jury, decide if there were aggravating circumstances surrounding Sydney Loofe’s murder.
Pinnacle Bank Arena announced Tuesday it will be hosting a free watch party for at least the first two games.
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry and his Democratic challenger Kate Bolz will face off in a debate Monday night.
Advocates and support for victims of domestic violence are available through the Friendship Home’s crisis hotline and some survivors said the process goes much further than that.
Elmwood Volunteer Rescue is funded 100% by fundraising, donations, and transport fees.
The biggest proposed department cut is The Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Desing which currently has just over 100 students, faculty, and staff.
Estimates show as many as 3,000 unfilled software engineer positions in the State.
His yearly report for 2020 outlines an overcrowding emergency, staffing issues, and a lack of transparency when it comes to COVID-19.
Like many places, the pandemic has taken a toll on the Lincoln Airport as many continue to avoid travel.
CHI Health promotes mental health talks in schools with book
Wednesday night dozens of first responders from Seward and surrounding communities took to the street.
Right now, there’s not a single Husker athlete that knows when their season will start or if it’ll happen.It’s not stopping many of them from trying to make a difference, calling for change and awareness on Nebraska’s campus and beyond.
Animal Control calls for bats have been on the rise. From July to August that number more than tripled and its a trend that pest control services are seeing as well.
It’s a section of O Street that, according to City of Lincoln traffic data, sees over 30,000 cars a day.
A video and photograph of five-year-old Alex Johnson saluting Investigator Herrera’s processional have been viewed by tens of thousands of people.The little boy actually has ties to Hererra and his family and says he held that salute for the entire escort.
Thursday Nebraska’s Supreme Court heart arguments after a lawsuit was filed challenging if the measure was posing one or more questions.
The center of the case is determining whether each of the three measures is posing one or two questions. A decision that’s been left up to the supreme court but a case that ultimately might end up elsewhere.
The Nebraska Supreme Court will decide what’s next for the initiative and whether it even makes it on the ballot.