Paxico News

Economists provide tips for farm families to weather difficult times Dec. 4, 2009 PAXICO, Kan.

From left, Jeanie Wege, co-owner of Kathy's General Store south of Holton, and employees Carmen Cattrell and Annette Searles are gearing up for the holiday season at the convenience store and gift shop.

Wabaunsee High School-USD#329 students and staff spent Thursday, November 12 in the communities of Alma, McFarland, Paxico and Maple Hill cleaning yards for their elders.

Newbury Avenue in Paxico is home to antique stores and, starting Monday, a new cafe.

Seraphin Matrot, a 19th-century French immigrant relocated his family from Paris to rural Topeka and built this castle said to be identical to the one he left in France.

For $15,000, Michael R. "Mick" Wunder said he would provide information so a Lawrence contractor would win the bids to renovate the Junction City Opera House project, a key witness testified Tuesday in the jury trial of the former Junction City mayor and city commissioner.

The Randy Rogers Band, which earned an ACM Award nomination for Top Vocal Group, will cap the Flint Hills Music Festival, which will be Friday and Saturday in a Wabaunsee County pasture just north of Interstate 70 at Exit 324.

Kansans took part in a rally Saturday to join with others across the nation for the 912 March on Washington.

PAXICO a ' A motorcycle rider who suffered injuries considered life-threatening in a Sunday afternoon bike crash remained in critical condition in a Topeka hospital Monday morning.

I'm a big fan of food contests, and not just because I get invited to judge a lot of the local ones.