Meet The Team

Michael has covered Kansas news for more than 20 years. He anchors Eyewitness News at 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 in addition to Right Now with Michael Schwanke. He is also a FactFinder 12 Investigator.

Rachel is excited to join the Eyewitness News team, anchoring weekday evenings with Michael Schwanke and Jacob Albracht.

Shane joined KWCH in 2008 as part of the KSCW Crew. Fast forward to 2020, he now co-anchors Eyewitness News This Morning.

Felicia is a Wichita native and Wichita State University grad. In January 2021, she joined the Eyewitness News This Morning anchor team.

Brityne joins the Eyewitness News This Morning team and provides viewers will the latest Kansas and national news. She’ll also continue her work reporting on agriculture news from around the state.

Hailey, an Oklahoma-native, is a multimedia journalist for KWCH. In January 2020, she joined the Eyewitness News Weekend team as the morning anchor.

Jacob is a Sports Anchor and anchors 12 News at 4.

Shawn considers himself first and foremost a storyteller, getting invested in every story he covers.

Joe joined the KWCH team as a Regional Reporter covering news in western Kansas. He now helms from Wichita where he shares stories from across the state.

I grew up watching KWCH. Seeing Roger Cornish, Cindy Klose, Merril Teller and Bruce Haertl on TV sparked my interest in journalism at a young age.

Austin Morton is an Oklahoma native, so the trip to Kansas wasn’t a far one. He is now the Regional Reporter for KWCH, stationed out of Hays.

Photojournalist for KWCH 12 News.

Kansas native and a graduate of the University of Kansas with a BS in Atmospheric Science. Ross also holds seals of approval from the National Weather Association and the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation from the American Meteorological Society.

Award winning meteorologist with the AMS Seal of Approval and a Master of Science degree in Applied Meteorology. Co-host, public speaker, happy husband, proud father, avid runner, and sports junkie.

Adrian Campa is a meteorologist at KWCH in Wichita, Ks. He is a Kansas native and was born and raised in Wichita.

Peyton's passion for the weather and television began when he was just 4 years old after meeting a local TV meteorologist in his hometown of Wichita. From then on, he knew exactly what he wanted to be someday.

Rodney is a life-long Kansan, growing up outside of Topeka in the small town of Harveyville. From an early age, Rodney was intrigued by severe weather.

Dean Jones is a Storm Team 12 meteorologist and has been forecasting Kansas weather and severe storms since 1992.

After viewing his first tornado on April 26, 1991, (the Andover day) at the age of 6 from his family's driveway, Darin was instantly hooked on severe weather.

Justin has been storm chasing since 2007.

While in college, I remember watching a tornado crossing the highway in front of me as I drove to school in Western Kansas. After that last event, I have been captivated by the power of severe weather ever since.

Born and raised here in the great state of Kansas, Dillon has always been fascinated with the weather.

Ed O’Neal is based out of Dodge City and has more than 50 years experience as a storm chaser.

Steve Polley is a 16 year storm chaser

Scott Roberts has been chasing and covering storms since 1981 when, during live coverage of a storm east of Pratt, he saw his first tornado as a reflection in the radio studio window!

Born and raised in North Central Kansas, I've always been captivated by storms, and weather in general. I love to chase storms, and help to keep people safe

A combination of taking cover in his childhood home's cellar during tornado warnings, the movie Twister, and watching severe weather from his front porch all contributed to Taylor's passion in learning how to forecast tornadoes.

In July 2022, Brandon joined the Eyewitness News team as a sports reporter and anchor for KWCH.

Tejay is a Kansas native and Sports Reporter for 12 News.

Matt is the director for Catch it Kansas & KWCH Sports