Alex Junge yanks at the Creeping Charlie growing on the side of a garden plot overlooking Interstate 94 in St. Paul’s Merriam Park. The fast-growing weed isn’t native to Minnesota, though it’s made itself at home for centuries, he explains. Beer-drinking European explorers likely introduced the invasive pest in the mid- to late 1600s as […]
A Kansas City man pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in the fatal stabbing of a man in Johnson County in 2022. John Daniel Crawford Murry, 27, was arrested on Nov. 9, 2022 in the killing of Charles Dillon, who was stabbed to death on Oct. 21, 2022. Police found Dillon, who had been stabbed, when […]
MERRIAM, Kan. — After 14 years, Strawberry Hill Baking Company is forced to find a new home after the owners of the building decided not to renew the tenants’ leases and build a car dealership. From the apple cinnamon to coffee cake, Strawberry Hill Baking Company is a staple in Kansas City. Walmart settlement: Wednesday […]
MERRIAM, Kan. — Merriam City Council voted 6-2 Monday night to allow only American flags to fly at the city’s “Flags 4 Freedom” event around the Independence Day holiday beginning this year. The event was started in 2006 in response to the September 11th attacks by volunteers and was called Healing Fields. Original organizers said […]