Joe Jordan

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News Director and Political Reporter at News Channel Nebraska

News Director and Political Reporter at Telemundo

Retired News Director/Investigative and Political Reporter News Channel Nebraska and Telemundo Nebraska

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Sentinel man leads Washita County Sheriff’s Deputy on chase after traffic stop

2 weeks ago | cordellbeacon.com | Joe Jordan

Body On April 1st, Deputy Richard Jones of the Washita County Sheriff’s Department initiated a traffic stop with a 2020 Lincoln SUV, later determined to be driven by Joe Thomas Jordan of Sentinel. The SUV stopped but when the driver was advised to step out of the vehicle he accelerated away, driving south on Linwood Street in Cordell.
UNMC key player in national health disaster planning

Jul 18, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

The massive Nebraska floods of 2019 left billions of dollars in damage behind. [VIEW OUR FULL VIDEO REPORT ABOVE]And just last month tornadoes hit eastern Nebraska with 165 mile an hour winds. Local disasters present their own lengthy list of challenges from power outages to gas leaks and more. But in the aftermath of COVID-19 experts now insist that state and local disaster plans are simply not good enough, that a national all-inclusive health disaster plan is a must.
NE GOP's Spray on Trump shooting: 'A lump came in my throat'

Jul 14, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

During an interview with News Channel Nebraska, one of the leading voices in the Nebraska Republican Party, National Committeeman J.L. Spray, had to reach back for the words to describe his reaction to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Crime doesn't pay in Omaha bank heists

Jul 12, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

One year ago, two men wearing ski masks and gloves walked into this South Omaha bank pointing guns and driving off with several thousand dollars, helped by a third man behind the wheel. A few days later in West Omaha one of the three, wearing a hair net and medical face mask, robbed another bank driving off in a gold Jeep. Back in the 1950's one of the country’s most infamous bank robbers “Slick Willie” Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. Sutton said because that’s where the money is.
Police: Deadly shooting reveals 'transnational' organized crime, drugs

Jul 3, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

New and unexpected developments today in a five-month-old shootout that found two off-duty Omaha police officers killing two men, who according to authorities were in the country illegally. Police now tell us the men have been tied to a Mexico-U.S. drug trafficking operation.
Medical marijuana petition drive going down to the wire

Jul 2, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

In a last-minute push to make the November ballot, folks backing the legalization of medical marijuana tell us their petition drive needs several thousand more names as time is running out. As NCN’s Joe Jordan reports the deadline to turn in the names to the Secretary of State is 5pm tomorrow (Wednesday), and as of late Sunday the backers of medical marijuana said they were still 12,000 names short of their goal.
Pillen sets date for special session on taxes

Jun 26, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

Gov. Jim Pillen is making it official. He's "intending" to call the Legislature back into a special session that will begin July 25. In a letter to the speaker of the legislature, Pillen says lawmakers will remain in session until they finish their "unfinished business" specifically the state's "property tax crisis."In addition, Pillen says he's open to another special session to change the way Nebraska allocates its electoral votes. Pillen favors winner-take-all.
Abortion petitions backed by big bucks

Jun 25, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

The final numbers aren’t in yet but abortion-related petition drives from both the pro-life and pro-choice sides, groups with similar sounding and sometimes confusing names, are spending millions. [VIEW OUR FULL VIDEO REPORT ABOVE]The pro-choice Protect Our Rights, allowing abortions up to fetal viability, likely between 24 and 26 weeks of pregnancy, has raised just over $2.3 million.
Love: Black voters are playing with pollsters

Jun 21, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

The message Black Votes Matter is scattered throughout North Omaha, the state’s single largest pocket of Black Voters. Part of a key nationwide voting bloc that according to polls is slipping away from Democrat President Joe Biden. Joe Jordan, NCN: “There’s been some polling done that says Donald Trump is gaining black votes over Joe Biden. You agree?”Preston Love, Senate Candidate (D): “I do not agree, I think it’s a conversation worth having.
Mutual Tower: Going up

Jun 12, 2024 | metro.newschannelnebraska.com | Joe Jordan

As we’ve been reporting controversy surrounding the downtown Omaha streetcar is escalating. But those opposed to it have little bad to say about one of the streetcar’s biggest cheerleaders. [VIEW OUR FULL VIDEO REPORT ABOVE]If initial appearances are any indication when Omaha's new Mutual Tower is up and running the $600 million skyscraper will be putting superstitions aside and will have a 13th floor: 13 out of 44 floors, 677 feet tall.