Angie Ricono
Investigative Reporter
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Angie Ricono joined the KCTV5 News team as an investigative reporter in October 2015.
Before that, she worked worked in Philadelphia, PA and Lexington, KY.
Angie has won numerous awards for her reporting including a Regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigations. She was also name Associated Press’s Reporter of the Year in New Jersey for her coverage related to the September 11 attacks and the beltway sniper.
At KCTV5, Angie looks into closed cases, legal issues and policies and procedures that don’t make sense.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:34 AM CDT
|By Cyndi Fahrlander, Angie Ricono and Gray News staff
An animal control report details a lack of cooperation from the boarding facility's staff while seeking information about the attack.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 4:35 PM CST
|By Angie Ricono
The pumper truck had run a red light smashing into an SUV carrying two people, killing them both and a pedestrian.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 7:23 PM CST
|By Angie Ricono and Andrew McMunn
A man serving time for a 2002 murder conviction has died in prison Wednesday morning from cancer, his family said.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:55 PM CST
|By Angie Ricono
Adam Mace has learned he’ll be released from prison after a Cass County judge expunged his old marijuana possession conviction.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 2:31 PM CST
|By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
Chris Dunn is convicted in the 1990 Saint Louis murder of Ricco Rogers.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:28 PM CST
|By Angie Ricono
Lamar Johnson has served 28 years and has always said he’s innocent. His case is back before the courts under a new law that allows Missouri prosecutors to review old convictions and bring them back before a judge.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 3:51 PM CST
|By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
His groundbreaking research could have major implications for how Alzheimer’s and dementia patients are treated.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:07 AM CDT
|By Greg Dailey, Angie Ricono and Gray News staff
In taking a plea deal, he faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 2:57 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
Britt Reid will enter his guilty plea on Monday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 5:49 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono
Lamar Johnson has spent more than 27 years in prison for a murder in Missouri he swears he didn’t do. On Wednesday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filled a motion to vacate that old conviction.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 7:32 AM CDT
|By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
Hattie Saltzman was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 16 years old. She’s 25 now, but she says living with type-1 diabetes is difficult. Insulin keeps her alive. But at various times in her life, she couldn’t afford the medication.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 10:17 AM CDT
|By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
It’s a big task: Placing thousands of beagles removed from a breeding and testing facility in Virginia. That facility also bred the dogs to supply other labs that test on animals.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono
The petition would allow voters to legalize marijuana for people 21 and older.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono
In order for the petition to be placed on the ballot, there must be enough signatures in six out of eight congressional districts.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono
Doctors and hospitals have expressed confusion over what will be considered a medical emergency and if certain contraceptives are allowed under the new law.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
There’s little doubt that many Missouri voters are still undecided and it’s certain this race will go down to the wire.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 4:00 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono, Cyndi Fahrlander and Andrew McMunn
Millions of people take it every day without a thought. It can help cure a headache, relieve other aches and pains, and reduce a fever. But it can also poison you.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 5:00 AM CDT
|By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander
Patty Prewitt is serving a life sentence for the death of her husband, Bill, in 1984.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono, Cyndi Fahrlander and Debra Worley
Michael Politte was 14 when he was convicted of his mother's murder. He will soon be released from prison and hopes to clear his name.
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