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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Jim and Linda Parker have rolled up their sleeves and donated blood and platelets at American Red Cross sites across the country. -
The victory marks the Republican incumbent's sixth consecutive term in Congress. -
Trump originally scheduled an event in Salina on Halloween, but abruptly canceled it. Now, he’ll return to Kansas on Sunday in an attempt to boost Sen. Roger Marshall in his race against Democrat Adam Hamilton. -
Nearly 6,000 people filed into the Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City for a rally that featured the president and several local Republican leaders. -
Wichita police said Monday that they were allowing aid organizations into Chapin Park in southeast Wichita to help relocate people living there, but limiting all other access to the area. -
The roadrunner, long a symbol of the American Southwest, is experiencing range expansion. That's bringing the bird to places that didn't use to resemble the desert vistas beloved by its cartoon counterpart. -
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment lifted a boil water advisory for Wichita and parts of Andover on Thursday afternoon. Wichita's wholesale customers remain under their own water advisories. -
Half a million people in Kansas are under a boil water advisory after the City of Wichita lost power at its main water treatment plant and pump station early Wednesday morning. -
Under the proposed deal, Botanica would rent about a third of the park land between the gardens, Sim Golf Course and the Arkansas River for 30 years at $1 a year. -
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.
