The Merriam Community Center and the municipal pool are in need of significant repairs in the next few years, a fact that the city council was presented with last month.
As you make your way around northeast Johnson County today, keep an eye out for the pianos that will start to pop up on sidewalks across the Kansas City metro.
Merriam’s annual Turkey Creek Festival escaped with only a spot of rain Saturday, nothing like what came later that night, and enjoyed a steady stream of festival-goers. With a large
Merriam’s annual Turkey Creek Festival kicks off Saturday morning at Antioch Park. The festival begins with a pancake breakfast, sponsored by the Merriam Lions Club, running from 7:30 a.m. to
The Merriam Community Center is not the only community asset that will need attention – and money – in the coming years. This week the Merriam City Council not only
The Merriam Community Center needs immediate significant repairs within the next two years “to bring the building up to minimum life-safety and functioning standards,” the city council was told Monday.
The largest rooftop solar panel array in the state of Kansas is now fully functional in northeast Johnson County. The Merriam IKEA announced this week that it has officially turned
The area between Johnson Drive and the new IKEA store in Merriam will be adding more restaurant options in the near future. A building that will house a new Jimmy
Merriam’s art gallery, located in the Irene B. French Community Center, has received a significant new gift for its permanent collection. The four-by-eight foot work is an abstract prairie landscape
Merriam residents to a large extent are satisfied with the quality of life in the city and the quality and value they receive for city services. “We’ve done a pretty
Nancy Hupp voluntarily ended a 10-year run as Merriam City Council President Monday night saying, “the time has come for me to step back.” Hupp, who was just elected to
Revenue at Merriam’s five hotels along the I-35 frontage climbed by 14 percent in 2014, which is good news for the Merriam Visitors Bureau. The occupancy rate for the Merriam
A Merriam street that marks its historic origins back to 1871 is about to get a makeover. The section of Farley Avenue that runs from 67th to 69th Street in
Merriam’s annual crime report which was highlighted for the Merriam City Council this week by Chief Mike Daniels, shows that major crimes decreased in 2014 in all but one category.
The Merriam City Council Monday agreed to change its ordinance regulating how trash containers must be stored by residents between trash collections, but only after a tie vote that was
