Greg Payne
Anchor, Reporter
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Greg Payne joined KCTV5 News as a reporter in June 2019.
He’s originally from Hamden, CT.
Greg graduated from Quinnipiac University in 2015 with a BA in Broadcast Journalism.
Before joining KCTV5, Greg worked as a reporter with the ABC/FOX Affiliate WCTI NewsChannel 12 in New Bern, NC, and News 13 in Pennsylvania.
He loves to watch sports and a die-hard Houston Rockets, New York Giants and New York Yankees fan.
Greg is also very active, participating in basketball, tennis, flag football, baseball and soccer.
He loves to eat Italian and Indian cuisines.
Outside of the station, you can find Greg at local sporting events.
He is a Christian and his Sundays are always the same by going to church, watching the New York Giants and playing fantasy football with his friends from college.
If you see Greg out be sure to say hello!
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Greg Payne
A local animal shelter is experiencing such an influx at their facility that they’ve had to consider euthanasia.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
A Kansas City family is receiving a very special gift to help in the care of their child, who has rare and serious disorders.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 12:01 AM CDT
|By Greg Payne
Not all the candidates were asked the same questions about how exactly they would fix the ongoing violence issues, but the ones who did said the community and more resources are part of the solution.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 8:47 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne and Zoe Brown
The fate of Independence’s Pit bull ban, which has been on the books for nearly 20 years, will not be put in the hands of voters. Instead, the city council will decide.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 10:41 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The district has started getting creative, taking an initiative police use to solve cases and using it within their district to capture unruly students.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 10:23 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
Protestors rallied in front of the Olathe Public Schools building Monday. They’re concerned about racial issues within the district after students at Olathe South used racial slurs.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 10:21 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
Missouri legislators are hoping a new bill regarding name, image and likeness deals will help keep local athletes in the Show Me State.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The push for sports betting in the state of Missouri may be heading in a different direction if the current bill on the table doesn’t get approved by state legislators this week.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
“Kansas City starring Sylvester Stallone sounded amazing but, when they found out Missouri doesn’t have an incentive, they went and filmed in Oklahoma and called it Tulsa King."
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 7:59 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown and Greg Payne
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department is investigating after a child was fatally shot while playing in a front yard on Wednesday evening.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 7:15 AM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The decision on who will determine whether the nearly 20-year-old Pit bull ban in Independence will remain in place or not is still unknown tonight.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 3:01 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The NFL said the maximum capacity for the site is 60,000 and that, once the capacity is met, people won’t be able to get in until others leave.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 7:41 AM CDT
|By Greg Payne
We are less than two days away from the NFL Draft and things are beginning to heat up, especially at the barbecue smokers!
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:35 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The Missouri State Board of Education has voted unanimously to close the Genesis charter school in Kansas City.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
“Officers attempted to de-escalate the situation, attempted to have the individual drop the handgun,” said Sgt. Bill Lowe with Missouri State Highway Patrol. “He was not compliant and was subsequently shot.”
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
What started out as a small press conference for 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, quickly expanded into a rally of hundreds.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 10:41 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The global push for electric vehicles and the use of renewable energies has the Kansas City region at the forefront of a trending revolution.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 10:27 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
In the next few years, the landscape of downtown Kansas City might look extremely different due to a nearly $200 million park right in the heart of downtown.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 10:33 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
It’s no secret that Kansas Citians love their barbecue and you’ll get a number of different answers on which spots are the best. For Ted Lasso, who is played by Overland Park native Jason Sudeikis, the answer is one name: Arthur Bryant's.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
Union officials said that, in the past, workers were able to bring their own insulated cups with water from home. Two years ago, the Royals said that was no longer allowed.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
Gamers can now play with the likes of Satchel Paige and Buck O’Neil, but also learn the history of the players from the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:17 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
Due to the NCAA’s selection process, it didn’t matter how KU, K-State or Mizzou did on the court; they weren’t going to be playing in KCMO for the Sweet 16. Fans and businesses are still excited, though!
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The future of a ban on Pit bulls in Independence may fall into hands of voters to decide.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 10:12 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The first challenge in the quest for a repeat championship is a first-round matchup Thursday against the Howard Bison.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Greg Payne
The team at Hollywood Casino said it has already seen people putting in their bets and is expecting many more.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 8:19 AM CST
|By Greg Payne
The Big 12 Tournament has brought people from near and far to downtown Kansas City.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:25 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
“It’s a good day for everyone across the political spectrum, to say that common sense has finally prevailed in Missouri,” said Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:09 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Next month pot will be back on the ballot, as a number of cities look to get a cut of all those legal sales.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
"The kids were kind of freaked out a little bit, but it was more like an adrenaline thing to see what was going on next."
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 1:56 PM CST
|By KCTV5 Staff, Morgan Mobley and Greg Payne
Muhlbauer and his K-9 officer Champ were killed in a crash last Wednesday in which an 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 5:58 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Walgreens pharmacy says they won’t be sending abortion pills to Kansas because of a letter sent to them from the Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 7:29 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
In exactly two weeks, the new KCI airport terminal will be up and running! Today, some future travelers got a chance to get a sneak peak of what it will be like going through the new terminal.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 6:46 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid at a press conference?
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 7:50 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Just yesterday, a 21-year-old man drowned after falling through the ice at Shawnee Mission Lake. On Sunday, a dog had to be rescued after falling through the ice at the same lake.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 3:46 PM CST
|By KCTV5 Staff and Greg Payne
The man had been at the lake with a friend when he fell through the ice, police said.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 at 11:20 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
This week, those Missouri residents were able to purchase recreational marijuana at dispensaries, but very soon people will be able to get their hands on recreational marijuana without having to rely on dispensaries.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 11:46 AM CST
|By Greg Payne
"As I’ve gotten into the NFL, obviously learned more and more about the history of the Black quarterback, I’m happy that we are going to be on this stage."
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 7:18 PM CST
|By Shain Bergan and Greg Payne
KCK Public Schools is shuttering a plan to place cameras inside classrooms, but may still move forward with putting them in common areas.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 7:21 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Several abandoned apartment complexes near downtown Kansas City are going to get a much-needed face lift.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 7:04 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
We are 100 days away from one of the largest sports weekends Kansas City will ever see, as the city hosts this year’s NFL Draft.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 10:23 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
The KCPS interim superintendent is recommending only two schools be closed under the Blueprint 2030 plan.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 10:34 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Kansas City leaders are hoping to get a cut of the money earned in the sale of recreational marijuana.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 10:34 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
On Monday evening, community members got a chance to hear from the KCPD’s new police chief.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 7:43 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
We are now hearing from the Chiefs after Bills safety Damar Hamlin was tragically injured during Monday night’s football game.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 7:02 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
“We have a rivalry with Chiefs fans but all of a sudden, when people realized how serious it was, people were hugging."
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 6:26 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Missouri minimum wage workers will now see an 85 cent increase, from $11.15 an hour to $12 an hour. Meanwhile, Kansas' minimum wage is the same as the federal minimum wage: $7.25.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2023 at 11:34 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
It’s a pretty well known fact that Chiefs Kingdom is strong all across the country.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Travelers across the nation have been scrambling after Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights over the last couple days.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 6:14 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
Opening the resort this year is very special for the general manager of Snow Creek because their operations will be back to pre-pandemic form.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2022 at 11:23 PM CST
|By Greg Payne
An Oklahoma boy got a chance to experience a dream come true Saturday, as he watched his first Chiefs game at GEHA at Arrowhead Stadium.
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