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
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This is the first time in six years that the Winfield college has displayed a rare blooming titan arum, known for its distinctive smell. -
Two Wichita police officers shot and killed Karen Jackson in 2012. The newly adopted settlement with the city puts to rest the wrongful death and battery charges Jackson's family filed against the officers. -
Practice makes perfect, but for people who respond to accidents and medical emergencies, practice can be hard to come by. Meg Britton-Mehlisch spent a day recently with local firefighters as they got a chance to learn how to use new techniques and tools. -
A group of south Kansas landowners and ranchers had hoped the Kansas Corporation Commission would reject Evergy’s proposal for a new major transmission line. Instead the energy company got the okay to build the line up to the Flint Hills perimeter. -
Former Coldwater, Kansas, mayor Joe Ceballos surrendered to federal immigration agents at a detention center in Wichita on Wednesday. He has said voting was an “honest mistake” because he believed his permanent legal status allowed him to vote. -
Sedgwick County leaders have consistently said they’re against the kind of multi-year moratorium enacted by some neighboring counties. -
A group of chefs in Wichita spent their Earth Day trying their hand at a new ingredient. Now, there may be a future on their menus for a perennial grain designed for sustainability called Kernza. -
At M&M Sharpening, Mark and Patrick Madden maintain knives, shears and even swords with skills passed down through their family. The end result, they say, is generational heirlooms. -
The 'No Kings' protest focused on demonstrating a public opposition to the Trump administration's immigration and military policies. The Wichita protest was among nearly 40 demonstrations planned in Kansas. -
There aren't many details on what Monarch or NextEra envision for western Sedgwick County, in part because people selling land have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements with the companies.
