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Merriam

Former Merriam Public Works Director Randy Carroll will not serve jail time for taking fuel for his personal use. Carroll did receive an underlying sentence of seven months in prison, but will only serve it if he violates the...
The same six northeast Johnson County cities that joined together for the swimming pool SuperPass are back with another joint effort to celebrate National Parks & Recreation Month. Beginning today, Fairway, Leawood, Merriam, Mission, Prairie Village and Roeland Park are...
The Merriam City Council once again this week postponed action on ordinances that would bring the municipal election cycle into compliance with state law. The only outstanding issue, apparently, is a change that would have the city’s primary election reduce...
The Merriam Police Department needs space. When it was built in 2004, the police station, which sits on the same property with city hall, was built 33 percent smaller than the projected needs of the department because of budget constraints,...
Dominic King will be buried today in a police uniform that the Merriam Police Department had specially made for him. Dominic was only 8 years old when he died last week from brain cancer at Children’s Mercy Hospital. For months...
As part of efforts to reduce the appeal of burning leaves and dead tree limbs in the city, the Merriam council on Monday directed staff to flesh out potential plans for piloting a city-wide limb pickup program. Merriam is the...
The body found Friday at a house being demolished in Merriam has been identified at a 79-year-old Overland Park man. Merriam police said the body was that of Donald Kimbley. “The house had been vacant for a long time,” said...
A construction crew demolishing a house in the 5400 block of Antioch in Merriam this afternoon found a dead body inside the structure. Major Darren McLaughlin with the Merriam Police Department said officers received a call on the incident at...
A senior citizen apartment project that had been planned for the west edge of Mission is not going to happen. Brinshore Development has been turned down for the state low income housing tax credits for the third year in a...
Phil Lammers, Merriam City Administrator since 2008, has submitted his resignation. Lammers has worked in city government for more than 35 years. He has been a city administrator in Cameron and Albany, Mo. He also was a program manager for...
Approximately 6,000 people filled Antioch Park on Saturday for Merriam’s annual Turkey Creek Festival. The park wasn’t the only draw on a perfect day for the festival. The 5K run that went through downtown Merriam from the Merriam Marketplace set...
In Merriam a three-year project is expected to add up to 27,000 feet of sidewalk in the city in a project designed to put in sidewalks everywhere it is practical. “This project fills in approximately 27,000 feet of sidewalk in...