Merriam, Kansas

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• Candidates are filing for April 7 general election
  

  If two years of presidential campaigning failed to satisfy your political appetite, fear not.

• The Watchdog: Pedestrian concerned about intersection near Antioch Park
  

  Today’s problemClare Rockenhaus lives near Antioch Park in Johnson County and must cross Shawnee Mission Parkway and Antioch Road to get to the library and Merriam Town Center.

• Kwanzaa Celebration Saturday at Johnson County Library
  

  MERRIAM, Kan.- There will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate Kwanzaa Saturday at a branch of the Johnson County Library.

• Potato companies feed the hungry
  

  NBC Action News interviews David Haun, owner of Haun Potato Co., Merriam, Kan., about the company's 25-year history of giving holiday donations of potatoes to charity.

• Girl Left In Bus In Freezing Temperatures
  

  A Merriam bus driver has been fired after leaving a kindergartner asleep in the back of her bus this week.

• Piles Of Stolen Property Found In Motel
  

  Piles of stolen property were found in a Johnson County hotel on Sunday, police said.

• Animal Adoption Prices Discounted to Meet Goal
  

  The economy is proving a tough for pet shelters. Animal Haven in Merriam has seen a record number of people giving up their pets.

• Driver Fired After Kindergartener Left on Bus
  

  A Durham Bus Company driver has been fired after fshe failed to notice a kindergarten student asleep in the back of the bus.

• Tribute: Haskell Cochran lived life on his terms
  

  Who: Haskell Cochran, 93, of ShawneeWhen and how he died: Nov. 23, of dementiaStudent of idiosyncrasies: Recently, Cochran took a road trip to Albuquerque, N.M., with his son and daughter-in-law. He told ...

• AIA Selects 12 Honorees for its Diversity Recognition Program
  

  The American Institute of Architects announces the 12 honorees of its Diversity Recognition Program, which celebrates contributions of AIA members toward the goal of a more diverse profession.

• Woman Found Dead in Merriam Motel
  

  " Police are investigating the "unattended" death of a woman whose body was found Sunday in a motel room.

• Other news in brief: School open house is Tuesday
  

  School open house is TuesdayFamilies interested in touring the Kansas City School District’s Southwest Early College Campus, 6512 Wornall Road, will get that chance from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at a holiday ...

• Standoff Ends In Man's Peaceful Surrender
  

  A standoff ended peacefully late Friday afternoon with a 30-year-old man surrendering to authorities.

• Standoff at KCK Home
  

  KANSAS CITY, Kan. a ' Police arrested a suspect after a two hour standoff in Kansas City, Kan., near Valley and Central Streets.

• Woman explores and documents graveyards
  

  Some people knit. Some people bowl. Linda K. Lewis hangs out with the dead. Lewis has spent five years exploring and documenting all of Johnson County's cemeteries, from Antioch Pioneer Cemetery in Merriam - ...

• Judge sentences KC man to nearly 30 years in assault
  

  Two years ago, former Merriam city councilwoman Beth Snell threw her keys at a carjacker who then threw her to the ground.When Snell’s friend ran to help, the thief shot him in the throat.

• Sifers Valomilk
  

  I was in Economy Candy the other day where I saw these Valomilks. Not having seen one before, and intrigued by the old-fashioned label, I decided to try it.

• Commission race still undecided
  

  An estimated 675 provisional ballots will determine who wins the sixth district seat on the Johnson County Commission.

• Area veterans recall Tet Offensive
  

  Johnson Countya s 22nd Annual Veterans Day Observance will pay special tribute to 57 local soldiers killed in Vietnam and mark the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive.

City Description

Merriam is a city in the northeastern part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was 11,008 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 10,773 in the year 2006. As a suburb of Kansas City, it is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by the cities of Overland Park to the east and south, Shawnee to the west, and Kansas City, Kansas to the north (in Wyandotte County); the city of Lenexa is less than a mile to the southwest. Merriam is included in the Shawnee Mission postal designation. The city was named in honor of Charles Merriam, a one-time secretary/treasurer of the then Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf railroad which ran through the area. Merriam was incorporated as a third class city on October 28, 1950, and established second class city status on January 18, 1957. Merriam is located at 39°1′15″N 94°41′38″W / 39.02083, -94.69389 (39.020888, -94.693784). The city straddles approximately three miles of Interstate 35 from less than a mile southwest of its junction with Interstate 635 south to 75th Street. Shawnee Mission Parkway, an east-west road, nearly bisects the city. U.S. Routes 59 and 69

City Contained By:

• Johnson County
• Kansas

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 11.1369488744 km squared

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