Meg Britton-Mehlisch
News ReporterMeg Britton-Mehlisch is a general assignment reporter for KMUW and the Wichita Journalism Collaborative. She began reporting for both in late 2024.
Before joining the team at KMUW, Meg was the local government reporter for The Wichita Beacon. She was also a local government and general assignment reporter for Southwest News Media in Scott County, Minnesota, and The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In 2023, Meg was honored with the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s Reporter of the Year award for her work reporting on local infrastructure, government and election issues.
She’s a 2018 graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has a master’s degree from the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University. When she’s not reporting on Wichita, she’s eating good food with her fiancé or hanging out with her two cats and her dog. Meg can be reached at megbm@kmuw.org
-
Nonprofits, businesses and local and state governments raised $3.5 million for health testing for residents who lived near a contamination site in northeast Wichita. -
Programs that support some of Sedgwick County's most vulnerable residents are now in jeopardy as federal agencies continue to renege on their grant promises. -
About 87% of residential property owners and 73% of commercial property owners saw an increase in their property valuations for 2025. -
During a visit to Wichita, the Kansas senator said his support for the Ukrainian cause was unwavering despite tempestuous exchanges between American and Ukrainian leaders. -
Families at four Wichita schools that will close say they are concerned that the community fostered in the buildings will be lost in the district’s facilities plan. -
A new exhibit at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum tells the city's history through thrift shop finds. -
New reforms to Kansas’ suspended license rules went into effect at the start of 2025. Here’s what it means for drivers -
Immigration rights advocates hope a worried community finds facts and power in the pocket-sized red cards. -
Here's what we know about the victims of the American Airlines and a Black Hawk helicopter crash last week. -
Elite youth figure skaters came to Wichita to train. Now, local skaters mourn those lost in plane crash.
