Morgan Riddell
Reporter

Morgan joined the KCTV5 team in December 2024. She was born and raised in Crystal Lake, IL. She began her journalism career at the University of Missouri, graduating in 2020 she took her first job in St Joseph.
From there, she spent three years in College Station, Texas, reporting on everything from local government and crime to the Capitol in Austin and the US-Mexico border.
She’s so excited to be in Kansas City cheering on the Chiefs and spending time with family.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2026 at 3:14 AM CDT
|By Julia Scammahorn, Morgan Riddell and Gray News staff
Police say a 10-year-old boy left his home while sleepwalking about 12 hours before his body was found in a pond.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM CDT
|By Morgan Riddell and Brandy Beard
A woman was accused of smashing Canadian goose eggs in a nest at a Missouri shopping center shortly before they were expected to hatch, according to officials at the mall.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM CST
|By Gabe Swartz, Zoë Shriner, Morgan Riddell and Emily Van de Riet
Officials have released the autopsy results for a 13-year-old Kansas boy who was found dead after going for a bike ride.
Updated: May 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Greg Dailey, Morgan Riddell, Grace Smith (KCTV5) and Emily Van de Riet
A veterans hall in Missouri is having déjà vu after a second car crashed through its roof within three months.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM CST
|By Julia Scammahorn, Morgan Riddell, Gabe Swartz, Ryan Hennessy and Gray News staff
A boy and a woman were killed in two separate homicides, the second of which involved a child abduction that prompted an Amber Alert.















