Staff Bios

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Anchors

Ellen McNamara

Ellen McNamara joined the KCTV5 News team in April 2015. She co-anchors KCTV5 News at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.

Brad Stephens

Brad Stephens joined the KCTV5 News team in October 2005. He co-anchors KCTV5 News at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.

Carolyn Long

Carolyn Long co-anchors KCTV5 News at Noon and KCTV5 News at 4 p.m. She joined the KCTV5 News team in August 1996 as a general assignment reporter.

KCTV5 News This Morning Anchors

Joe Chiodo

Joe Chiodo anchors KCTV5 News This Morning from 4:30-7 a.m. every weekday.

Gina Bullard

Gina Bullard joined KCTV5 in December 2016. She is an anchor for KCTV5 News This Morning.

KCTV5 News This Morning Traffic

Belinda Post

Belinda Post is a part of KCTV5 News This Morning, serving as the traffic anchor.

Meteorologists

Gary Amble

Gary Amble joined KCTV5 in June 1994.

Brett Anthony

Brett Anthony joined KCTV5 in October 2017.

Alena Lee

Alena Lee was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV.

Erin Little

Erin Little joined the KCTV5 News team in March 2018. She is the morning meteorologist for KCTV5 New This Morning airing weekdays from 4:30-7 a.m.

Reporters

Leslie Aguilar

Leslie Aguilar joined KCTV5 News in November 2018 as a multimedia journalist.

Amy Anderson

Amy Anderson grew up in Overland Park, so she's not new to the Kansas City area. She's glad to be back home and working for KCTV5 as a reporter and a weekend anchor.

Abby Dodge

Abby Dodge joined KCTV5 News in May 2019 as a multimedia journalist.

Bill Hurrelbrink

Bill Hurrelbrink joined the KCTV5 News team in March 2018.

Abigael Jaymes

Abigael Jaymes joined the KCTV5 News team in March 2017.

Kaci Jones

Kaci Jones joined the KCTV5 News team on New Year's Eve 2019.

Greg Payne

Greg Payne joined KCTV5 News as a reporter in June 2019.

Emily Rittman

Emily joined KCTV in July 2012. She grew up in the Kansas City area.

Savannah Rudicel

Savannah Rudicel joined KCTV5 News in June 2019.

Kelli Taylor

Kelli Taylor joined KCTV5 News in April 2017 as a multimedia journalist.

Nathan Vickers

Nathan Vickers joined KCTV5 in 2014 as a multimedia journalist and reporter.

Betsy Webster

Betsy came to KCTV5 News in 1999 and currently reports for KCTV5 News at 10 p.m. Before coming to Kansas City, she worked as a reporter and anchor for Wichita's KAKE-TV.