Merriam News

Tennessee Williams' classic drama "The Glass Menagerie" will be staged by the University Theatre at the University of Kansas at 7:30 p.m. Nov.

A telephone scam artist is targeting retirees in the metro -prompting police to warn seniors of the old adage -- "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Virginia Thayer is very careful when it comes to protecting her 4-year-old granddaughter Maggie who she babysits.

A new type of doctors office is about to open in the metro and it promises to bring a new wrinkle to the health care community.

MERRIAM, Kan. a ' The Merriam Police Department plans to increase its patrol efforts late Saturday and into early Sunday morning to catch drunk drivers.

Globe/Roger Nomer Ernestine Carr and Allen Merriam, members of the Joplin branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, share a laugh this week while talking about the chapterA's plans to mark the national organizationA's 100th anniversary.

A lawsuit between a strip club owner and a property developer may hold up a development at the northwest corner of S.W. 29th and Fairlawn a while longer.

Raena Jo Fossen and Brooks James Rice were married July 12 in Merriam, Kan., with Rabbi Jerry Feldman officiating.

ATCHISON, Kan. a ' Members of the legendary Ninety-Nines, the females-only aviation group begun by Amelia Earhart in 1929, will be in Atchison on Friday, October 23rd, to help celebrate the release of Fox Searchlighta TMs new biopic "Amelia". The film, starring Hilllary Swank , details the life of the pioneer aviatrix, who mysteriously disappeared ...

If you are a child in Johnson County, or the parent or grandparent of a child in Johnson County, it is likely you have visited Dodge Town at Antioch Park, 6501 Antioch Road, Merriam.

The hostess at the IHOP at Shawnee Mission Parkway and Antioch greeted me with a question I hadna t heard in a very long time.

Gifford and Elfrieda Spaugh, Hays, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Oct.

The buyer receives the Hummer brand, trademark and all license rights to manufacture Hummer vehicles.

" Schools, libraries, parents and children will "Read for the Record" Thursday. This is the fourth year for Jumpstart's event, which aims to set the record for the most number of people reading the same book on the same day.

Three Johnson County, Kan., men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of an 18-year-old Overland Park woman who had been missing for nearly a week.

Two water main breaks in Merriam left a number of homes without water Thursday night and others with yards being torn up.

Municipal swimming pool revenues might have weathered the bad economy better this year if only the summer had been, well, more summery.

From Merriam PD: The Merriam Police Department and Johnson County area law enforcement agencies completed a DUI Checkpoint on Friday September 18 from 7:30 PM until 11:00 PM.

At first glance you could hardly tell it was a dog. Matted so severely, its head could not be discerned from the rest of its body.

Jan Mabe of Smithville tries on a necklace with the help of Nancy Blackman . Blackman, co-owner of Bond's Jewels in Kansas City, was tending the booth Saturday.

Johnson County Library is opening an early literacy space at the Antioch Library, 8700 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Merriam.