Zoe Brown
Digital Producer
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Zoe Brown was a digital producer at KCTV5 News from September of 2016 until August of 2023. She orchestrated a complete rebuild of the website you are looking at right now!
Zoe is originally from the Kansas City metro and spent most of her childhood in the Northland. She has also lived in Topeka, Kansas. Over the course of a decade there, she attended Washburn University and worked at KSNT News as a digital content producer.
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Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 10:42 AM CDT
|By Zoe Brown and Nathan Brennan
Authorities are calling a threat at the Ford plant in Claycomo ‘not credible’ Wednesday.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2023 at 8:11 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Police say a 22-month-old was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he was left inside a hot car at a church in Lenexa on Monday.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown and KCTV5 Staff
The Miami-Dade Police Department has confirmed that they are “investigating an allegation of an assault/battery involving Tyreek Hill.”
Updated: Jun. 16, 2023 at 3:44 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
The authorities have confirmed that legislators are receiving “suspicious letters” and “possibly packages” at their homes with a suspicious powder inside.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
The state of Kansas intends to pursue the death penalty for Donald R. Jackson Jr., who is accused of killing his two sons on Oct. 24, 2020.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
We now know when the Kansas City Chiefs will be visiting the White House to celebrate their latest Super Bowl win!
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 7:39 AM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Two students are facing expulsion after killing a duckling and then dumping it in the school bathroom. Other students made the shocking discovery.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A Leavenworth man has been sentenced to more than three and a half years in prison for threatening police with a sword in December.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 3:42 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court for a $215,000 cattle fraud scheme, which he tried to cover up by murdering two brothers from Wisconsin.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2023 at 3:39 AM CDT
|By Zoe Brown, KCTV5 Staff and Gray News staff
Police say a 53-year-old man was shot once in the incident and ultimately died due to his injuries.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 6:29 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Update: The authorities have identified a body that was found in the Kansas River on Wednesday as 29-year-old Verlon Timms, a man who had been reported missing.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
The Independence Police Department is looking for a woman who has not been seen since November of 2020, but was just reported missing on Tuesday.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:26 PM CST
|By Emily Rittman and Zoe Brown
During a detention hearing, a detective testified investigators seized enough powdered fentanyl during the investigation to manufacture an estimated 3.5 million fentanyl pills with the potential to kill an estimated 2 million people.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 4:05 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
The FBI is now offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information regarding the whereabouts of a 13-year-old boy who has been missing since the beginning of February.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 8:07 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
An ambulance that was stolen at a local hospital crashed into four other vehicles, causing injuries, before hitting a tree and going down an embankment.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 7:54 AM CST
|By David Pinter, Zoe Brown and Shain Bergan
Three officers were shot and taken to the hospital. The standoff continues into Wednesday morning.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:31 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
A woman has been sentenced for her role in the death of a 2-year-old in Merriam, Kansas, in 2020.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 11:59 AM CST
|By Zoe Brown, David Pinter and Shain Bergan
Police said a vehicle hit a squad car while the officer was on patrol. The secondary impact hit a pedestrian.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 10:13 AM CST
|By Shain Bergan and Zoe Brown
A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged in a Leavenworth High School football player’s death, which stemmed from a fight during a pickup basketball game.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 8:55 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
"If it’s made in China, that’s a large indicator that the item is likely fake," Homeland Security Investigations KC said. "Official NFL apparel isn’t made there."
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 8:32 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
The Bills vs. Bengals game was “temporarily suspended” Monday night after Bills safety Damar Hamlin sustained an injury on the field. CPR was reportedly performed.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 2:48 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office is grieving after an off-duty deputy passed away Sunday.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 5:33 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
A woman has been sentenced to more than two and a half in years in prison for her role in her 12-year-old brother’s death. The boy was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Leavenworth pharmacy in 2021.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 3:47 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
The Kansas City Royals will hold a public community meeting to discuss the team moving to a new ballpark district in or around downtown KC.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 2:01 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
“There is no way to show that the resident’s intent was anything more than trying to deter someone, who had just gone through his vehicle, from attempting to violently enter his home in the middle of the night and that he felt that his life was at risk," Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 11:55 AM CST
|By Zoe Brown and Betsy Webster
Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman said the Royals want to move out of Kauffman and addressed the idea of a downtown stadium.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 4:24 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
The authorities have released bodycam video of a woman being pulled from a burning vehicle following a crash in Leawood on Monday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 10:25 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
A man and woman have been charged after a video doorbell recorded a child being beaten in Independence. The video subsequently began circulating on social media.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 8:00 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown and Jordan Gartner
An investigation is underway regarding the death of an Amazon driver earlier this week in Missouri.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 5:14 AM CDT
|By Zoe Brown and Gray News staff
An investigation is underway and two dogs are dead after an Amazon driver’s body was found in someone’s yard just outside of Excelsior Springs.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 9:33 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
According to court documents, he "confirmed he the victim had an argument earlier [in] the day... regarding the oven being shut off while [he] was trying to cook a pizza."
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 10:03 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A 16-year-old has been arrested after threats of violence were directed toward Ottawa High School.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown and Bill Hurrelbrink
KCTV5 News has confirmed that there were rolling roadblocks on I-435 today due to filming for HBO’s “The Last of Us.”
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 1:03 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
According to the school district, a Center High School teacher has been put on leave “following allegations of inappropriate communication with a student.”
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
The police are investigating after shots were fired inside Independence Center. There were no reports of injuries.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 7:05 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A girl is safe tonight but the police are investigating after someone tried to kidnap her on Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Children and adults who were aboard a horse and buggy when it was hit by a vehicle in Missouri over the weekend had to be taken to KC-area hospitals for their injuries.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:38 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Ahead of the Chiefs taking on the Chargers at Arrowhead on Sept. 15, the Chiefs are planning to make the 31st Red Friday the largest in team history!
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A Shawnee attorney who was working for the public defender’s office has been sentenced for smuggling heroin to a Missouri inmate she was in a relationship with while he was serving a sentence for murder.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 6:35 AM CDT
|By Shain Bergan, Taylor Johnson and Zoe Brown
While clearing the building after the fire was deemed under control, crews found two people dead inside. Now, the police say one of those deaths has been ruled a homicide.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:06 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A man has submitted a plea and been convicted after an investigation found that he molested two children over several years.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
An Ohio man who traveled to Kansas City to have sex with a 12-year-old girl he saw on Instagram will spend a decade in prison after unwittingly messaging her mother and an FBI employee.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 4:37 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
The family of a DeSoto, Kansas, woman killed in the Amtrak train derailment last month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to committing a federal hate crime and shooting a local teen about eight times over the victim’s sexual orientation.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 8:43 AM CDT
|By Shain Bergan and Zoe Brown
The crash shut down both lanes of I-435 for multiple hours.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A missing 15-year-old has been found and is safe, according to the police department.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
The Unified Government has unanimously approved an agreement to settle litigation and pay Lamonte and Rose McIntyre $12,500,000.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:22 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
A fire last night at a chiropractor’s office in Pleasanton, Kansas, critically injured a firefighter. That firefighter was flown to a hospital in the KC metro.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
An 18-year-old from KCK has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 12-year-old in Leavenworth last year.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 4:53 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Those who were waiting with bated breath to hear if Kansas City was going to be a World Cup host city saw a familiar face just after the announcement!