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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A handful of Wichita-area vets are part of an emerging movement in veterinary medicine called "Fear Free." The techniques aim to change how our pets feel about visiting the doctor. -
Unofficial results show nearly 82% of Wichita voters said 'no' to the proposal. Mayor Lily Wu said in a Facebook post that her vote to hold a special election was "a mistake." -
The lawsuit claims that Honda of Downtown Los Angeles filed a false police report after a car sale went south. That report led to the arrest of a California woman. -
The ripple effect of a hot housing market during the pandemic means that the median increase in home values will hit 10.8% in Sedgwick County this year. -
Wichita firefighters at Station 15 evacuated the building on Sunday. The firefighters reported burning eyes, noses and throats after mold remediation started last week. -
Wichita homeowners would see reductions on next year's property taxes if the sales tax passes. Plans for Century II renovations and a new performing arts center would have to wait until 2029 at the earliest. -
Some Wichita residents believe that a new commercial from Wichita Forward, the nonprofit group behind a proposed sales tax, violated city and state political action rules. -
Seventeen-year-old Cedric "CJ" Lofton died at a Sedgwick County juvenile facility in 2021 after five officers pinned him to the floor for more than half an hour during a mental health crisis. -
The Sedgwick County Election Commissioner sent the district attorney a mailer from the group behind a sales tax proposal. -
Dr. Heather Arens, the Sedgwick County Zoo's director of animal health, made a call to several local surgeons after young chimpanzee Alizeti was injured recently. The surgeons made a house call to help heal the 2-year-old chimpanzee.
