Meg Britton-Mehlisch
News ReporterMeg Britton-Mehlisch is a general assignment reporter for KMUW. She began reporting for KMUW in 2024 in a joint fellowship between the station and the Wichita Journalism Collaborative.
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 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 husband or hanging out with her two cats and her dog. Meg can be reached at megbm@kmuw.org
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The Kechi-based farm is famous for its blackberry brambles and farm-to-table dining. This year, the owners gambled on something new and planted a you-pick flower patch. -
Developer EPC Real Estate says the seven-story, 160-room Wichita Tribute Hotel will be a Tribute Portfolio property by Marriott. -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recently questioned the drivers and passengers of a bus bound for Mexico. The scene capped a tense week for Wichita’s immigrant and Latino community. -
Ballet Wichita is taking Lewis Carroll’s classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” on the road as the company travels around the state. The moveable visuals of "Wonderland" come courtesy of a partnership with Shocker Studios. -
JaiDe Brown spends most of her time managing the City Arts ceramics studio. But on Monday nights she gets to sit behind the wheel and lead one of their weekly pottery classes. -
Fourteen students competed in the Kansas state final round of the National Civics Bee in June. The competition gives middle-schoolers the opportunity to showcase their passion for the country's founding principles. -
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.
