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.
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Neighbors of Zoey Felix are sad and angry tonight. They say they reported concerns of neglect for years. They contacted police and Child Protective Services about the child, but nothing was ever done.
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The publisher and owner of the Marion County Record, Eric Meyer, says he is not surprised by the abrupt resignation of Police Chief Gideon Cody yesterday.
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Steven Woods told detectives the recent shooting was also self-defense.
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The American Heart Association has no official stance on AEDs in nursing homes but they are advocating for them to be required in schools.
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A newly filed lawsuit by Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit points to the numerous issues that have “plagued the 2034 assessment.”
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Many homeowners question if those required inspections really took place. KCTV5 spoke with the former lawmaker who authored the law.
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Gabrielle Lawron is suing Hyundai after she was shot while trying to prevent two men from stealing her car.
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Independence will sue Jackson County over the recent assessment. The city officially announced their intent today.
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An email revealing an interaction between former Overland Park Police Chief Frank Donchez and a grieving mother led to Donchez’s resignation Tuesday night.
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One of the biggest questions hanging over the assessment is whether proper physical inspections took place.
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More than 54,000 appeals have been filed, a state audit is underway and a class action lawsuit has been filed.
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A very tense meeting took place on Monday between legislators and the Jackson County tax assessor over the troubled assessment.
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The county blames the error on a “formulaic error in our data that led to the duplication of property values.”
The 54,000 appeals filed by Jackson County property owners shatter any previous record.
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Our investigative team found a $1 million home getting a great deal on its tax bill.
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Jackson County’s recent tax assessment will be getting a closer look from Missouri State auditor Scott Fitzpatrick.
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More than 500 Jackson County property owners were given the exact same property value.
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The Midwest Innocence Project says the state of Missouri needs to allow Board of Inquiry to conclude investigation of case against Marcellus Williams, sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of former St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle.
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Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said he’s ready to dig into the issues within the 2023 Jackson County Property Tax Assessment.
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Jackson County Legislature asks state auditor to review tax assessments after 54k people appeal.
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Her son believes the stress and anger she experienced were contributing factors to her death.
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Hundreds of other homeowners are questioning whether physical inspections were done.
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The three affidavits used as the basis to search the Marion County Record and two private residences are now public.
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Jackson County has 500 homes assessed at $356,270, a glitch according to one data analysis.
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Marion, Kansas, remains in the national spotlight Tuesday, days after the town’s police department raided the town’s newspaper office and two residences. It’s a case that’s a long way from being resolved.
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On Friday, Marion Police raided the Marion County Record and seized phones and computers.
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The raid has made national and international news and has been widely condemned by First Amendment advocates.
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If you ever wondered why some Jackson County senior citizens didn’t fight their recent assessment, one retired senior citizen can explain.
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The lawsuit argues the burden should be on the county, but property owners are now illegally bearing the brunt of fixing county mistakes.
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Fitzpatrick stated that his office will also look at claims that callers couldn’t get through to file an appeal.
On Thursday, Jackson County Assessor Gail McCann Beatty defended the assessment despite cries from homeowners.
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KC mayor calls Jackson County’s property assessment a ‘crisis,’ questions the long-term implications
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas called Jackson County’s recent property assessment a “crisis.” It’s the strongest statement yet from Lucas regarding the troubled assessment.
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Kansas City, Missouri, will study whether an independent 911 system would shorten wait times and ease dispatcher staffing issues, instead of relying on a regional system.
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It’s the largest number of people to appeal in recent memory. In 2019′s controversial assessment, about 30,000 people appealed.
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More than 43,000 people are appealing their assessments. That number will continue to grow until 11:59 Monday night as some homeowners challenge large increases.
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Jackson County has been telling homeowners assessments raised 30% on average across the county. Data expert Preston Smith says that’s an understatement. He recently got county data and did his own analysis...
About 43,800 property owners are challenging their assessments, about 14.6% of Jackson County.
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A Kansas City student captured a road rage moment with her cell phone and now questions the lack of response from the Johnson County prosecutor.
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Casey Maschler is a single working mother. She contacted KCTV5 out of sheer frustration after a seven-month battle to get benefits for her son.
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The lawsuit asks the judge to consider the properties essentially abandoned property and asks for temporary possession.
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A concept to help reduce Kansas City’s 911 hold times has been tabled for now, as the idea needs research and development.
Kansas City, Missouri, has a new idea to solve extreme hold times when it comes to emergency calls: an automated system prompting people to choose if they need police, fire or medical by selecting 1, 2 or 3.
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Property tax assessments have jumped in Jackson County, which has led to public outcry and now tension between the county executive and mayor.
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Just two days after the Board of Police Commissioners asked for it, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) released its plan to initiate an automated 911 answering system in Kansas City.
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The Board of Police Commissioners authorized Kansas City police to call for an emergency meeting to discuss a new way for 911 calls to be handled.
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Class action lawsuit filed over Jackson County assessments
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In a stunning legal decision, the Kansas Court of Appeals has reversed the convictions of a Wyandotte County man, previously convicted on child molestation charges, after a judge ruled charges were filed incorrectly.
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Many people consider starting a home business as a way to bring in extra cash, but when Ellen Finnerty was planning her business, the city told her “no.”
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The parents of a 6-year-old girl who drowned at Oceans of Fun last summer claim park staff made the young girl take off her life jacket when she first entered the waterpark.
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DeValkenaere was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and armed criminal action in November of 2021.
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