Steve Mehling
Reporter
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Steve Mehling is an award-winning reporter at WSMV.
Steve is focused on telling the stories that matter to your community and keeping the public informed.
Before moving to Nashville, Steve spent almost two years reporting and fill-in anchoring at the NBC affiliate and legacy station in Evansville, Indiana. While there, he covered a five-day national manhunt and spoke exclusively with one of the prisoners who was on the run from police. He also reported on multiple house explosions, warehouse fires, as well as recovery efforts in Western Kentucky communities following the December 2021 tornadoes that claimed the lives of more than 50 Kentuckians.
Steve is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. (Roll Terps!) While there, he won a student Capital Emmy for his reporting on an after-school lacrosse program that brought the sport to underprivileged communities. He graduated from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, and also achieved a Minor in Music Performance as a classical percussionist.
Steve is originally from Warwick, New York. He grew up watching the top market in television news. Although he always wanted to pursue a career in sports, he pivoted to dedicate his work to impacting the lives of those in the communities he covers.
On his days off, you can usually find Steve on the golf course, discovering new areas of the city, or finding a hole-in-the-wall restaurant with live music. Unless, of course, any of his New York sports teams are playing, then he's glued to the screen.
He's looking forward to connecting with everyone who calls the Midstate home. If you have a story idea, feel free to email him.
Four separate local, state and federal agencies executed a federal search warrant at a home on Hobson Pike, suspected of being an operating brothel.
Anytime severe weather is in the cards, they deliver each of their clients with an emergency meal kit, which lasts five days.
A storm system that swept across much of the Ohio Valley and Midstate on Sunday brought rain, snow, and wind gusts; which caused widespread damage in counties across Kentucky.
Most delays were caused by planes being caught up at other airports waiting to depart.
Cerveza Jack's Co-Managing Partner Frank Miller recalls getting calls from his security companies letting him know that the alarms inside the business were going off Christmas morning of 2020. Little to his knowledge, his storefront had been completely blown out by a bomb detonated just yards away.
Lindley decided that he, with the help of his friends Dylan Clarke and Ty Trosdal, would buy and restore the cars to their “former glory” and donate them to someone in need.
North Police Precinct officers responded after hearing what they estimate to be between 20 and 30 shots in the area of the Cumberland View Apartment Complex just after 7 p.m.
AAA estimates nearly 120 million Americans will be traveling this holiday season, another record-breaking prediction. While 2.7 million from Tennessee doesn’t quite eclipse previous forecasts for the state, it’s still a lot of people using similar ways to get to where they need to go.
Linda Weaver and her husband have had their priorities elsewhere this year, ever since Linda’s Stage Four cancer diagnosis back in May.
Tibbs says he woke up to a call from his father Saturday morning. His father said Metro Police called to let them know that Tibbs’ car had been stolen and set on fire.
The Lebanon Police Department released surveillance video which shows a car ramming through a fence in the middle of the square, before continuing on down the block, hitting trees and fire hydrants before coming to a rest.
Sunday afternoon, a vigil was held outside the Historic Metro Courthouse, where loved ones gathered to remember Ashley and call attention to the gun violence issue among younger ages.
The Unidentified Human Remains Initiative has restored nearly half a dozen identities to victims throughout the state.
The initiative comes two months after the murder of 34-year-old Alyssa Lokits on the Mill Creek Greenway.
County leaders are now seeing the effects of rapid growth in different facets of public services such as education, crime, and county staffing. They’re trying to find ways to offset the costs of needed upgrades in these areas to meet demand without touching property taxes.
The court’s three liberal justices seem firmly on the side of the challengers. But it’s not clear that any of the court’s six conservatives will go along. Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion in 2020, has yet to say anything.
Hwarang Joo, who friends referred to as “J,” was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of a shooting in his business parking lot. Metro Police believe two twin brothers, 17-year-olds Marcos and Emilio Leyva-Hernandez, are responsible for the shooting
Metro Police say the shooting was a result of a heated argument between two groups that escalated into gunshots.
The driver drove minutes down the road before realizing three people had been shot, that’s when police say they called 911.
Tennessee has over 140,000 small business with less than 100 employees.
Hwarang Joo was the only victim in Sunday night’s deadly shooting in which police believe he was not the intended target.
Gerardo Behori, 64, has been missing since Nov. 15 at Republic High School, according to his daughter, where he teaches Spanish.
The Benton County Sheriffs Office says a tanker truck carrying Anhydrous Ammonia collided with three passenger cars and went down a 30 foot embankment before coming to a rest.
The travel association says they expect nearly six million people to fly, while 74 million will hit the roads. To qualify, the person is expected to travel 50 miles or further from their home.
While we’ve been used to temperatures in the 70s as of late, doctors say you and your family have to be ready to change out your wardrobe to accommodate the chillier temps.
Officers were called out originally just after 11 a.m. Tuesday for reports of a gunshot, but when they got on scene, there was no victim. What they did find, however, was a large amount of blood on the front porch of the home.
MNPD says a 20-year-old man was shot to death inside the Strike and Spare Family Fun Center on Lebanon Pike after an argument with a group of four people.
Police say no one was injured. Witnesses reported hearing over a dozen shots around 6 a.m. Monday.
12-year-old Hayden Horton was riding the bus in October when he was allegedly attacked by a high school student.
That home, now where the Hargis family lives, was gifted to them by the Gary Sinise Foundation in honor of Sergeant Joshua Hargis’ service and loss of his legs during his time in Afghanistan.
Rogers, who was last seen on Stafford Court in Hendersonville on February 26th, 2024, has been missing ever since.
The fast-growing town is now making adjustments to some of the resolutions they have on hand. One of those, just approved in a landslide victory on Tuesday, now allows the sale on wine in grocery stores.
In a grant they’ve received from the federal government, if authorized by Metro Council, MNPD would dedicate nearly a quarter of a million dollars to their own backlog issue they say they’re facing.
Police say they responded to the Trap Up Studio Lounge on Saturday night where they found 45-year-old Johnathan Wallace shot to death in his car in the parking lot. No more than 12 hours later, police were back at the same parking lot, where they found 35-year-old Justin Williams shot to death.
The data collected during the annual report MSS does showed that one of out 10 Nashvillians have trouble buying food.
Roberts says they’ve seen great turnout, and besides the occasional longer wait, voters have come and gone without causing a stir.
Millie Rodriguez’s quick actions saved Geneva McKnight’s life, who was having a heart attack.
The project calls for hundreds of boat slips, a picnic area at the boat launch, a nature walk and more. Proponents argue it’ll increase property values and cut down on marina wait times.
Metro Nashville police say 59-year-old James Sutton was assaulted, and then died later at an area hospital.
Franklin Police say they’re aware of the vandalism claims and are actively investigating, but could not provide any further details.
Since Thursday, there have been three incidents involving pedestrians in the downtown area that have led to multiple arrests, injuries, and two deaths.
In recent years, they’ve worked with Metro Government by using money from American Rescue Plan funding.
People scattered and took cover, even grabbing children and taking them away to safety.
Metro Police say two groups of people opened fire on each other, sending crowds running in all directions.
Officers responded to Jefferson Street near the campus of Tennessee State University.
While Montannah Vetter and Andrew Hill always planned on a beach wedding, their plans have been uprooted by Mother Nature. The original Englewood, Florida venue has now landed the couple in Cookeville.
Church leaders claim they’ve dealt with both financial damages as well as trash and human waste since the ministry started. They say it was decision they made because they could no longer afford to deal with the aftermath.
The display is a family tradition, and it’s garnered a fair amount of attention this year based on the names found in the graveyard.
Police say a woman and her 10-year-old daughter were riding an electric scooter in the bike lane on Nolensville Pike when a speeding driver cut into their lane and hit them head-on.
All of the people we spoke with have lived in the area for over 15 years, and they say between parking problems and traffic, gamedays are a big headache.
