Weisenbergers have been milling near Midway for 150 years
The Weisenberger family is celebrating a century and a half in the milling business on South Elkhorn Creek near Midway. Not much has changed in 150 years, but not many such mills remain. click here
Elkhorn Creek is a little bit polluted, but it's still a great place to boat, fish and float - or just watch it flow along
South Elkhorn Creek, Midway's defining waterway, is popular with fishers and kayakers and is a beautiful feature of the area, but does not meet the standards for recreation involving contact with water. This does not mean that fishing in the stream is unsafe, but anyone with open wounds should avoid contact with the water, experts say. click here
Midway University, in second year with male undergraduates, reports significant gains in enrollment
Midway University says it has a record-breaking graduate-student enrollment of 215 for the fall semester, as well as its highest traditional undergraduate enrollment “in recent history,” with 482 students at the school that admitted male undergrads for the first time last year.
Sam Shepard in Midway: He liked the town that honored his privacy, and he chose to spend his last days nearby
At the Messenger's request, Woodford Sun correspondent and City Council Member John McDaniel wrote a remeberance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, screenwriter, director and Oscar-nominated actor who had a farm near Midway and frequented the town..
Critt Rawlings serves men's clothing world, including Calipari and athletes, from Midway
Crittenden Rawlings, former CEO of Oxford Clothes, operates Crittenden Clothes on Main Street. For his interesting story, by Kayla Loy, click here.
Ray Papka, mixed-media artist at Wallace Station, has a long and varied life of inspiration for his workThe sights and sounds of Midway
Click here for a multimedia presentation by Autumn Harbison from 2008. (Opens in Windows Media Player)