If the mid-winter weather has you longing for a good garage sale, you don’t have to wait around until spring. All God’s Children Preschool’s annual garage sale is this Saturday, January 27, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The garage sale is the preschool’s only fundraiser. For about 15 years, money from the […]
Month: January 2018
Memories created at Women’s MSHS Alumni Game
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The uniforms with numbers were replaced by colored T-shirts, some orange and some blue. The scoreboard clock started with 12 minutes showing and didn’t stop — unless there was a timeout — until the total time had elapsed. The referees were not there as a courtesy. […]
Local ‘heroes’ help homeowners deal with nightmare scenarios
Photo and Article by Emily Jankauski: Tim Culver of Classic Plumbing Systems has operated out of the Tin Cup Road location for the past four years, but he has been a Mahomet-based business since 2009. Each week the Mahomet Daily and Mahomet Citizen share one article. Within the first week of January, […]
Churm appointed to the Naval and Air Force Academies
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Joe Churm has grown accustomed to life on the move. He was born in New Hampshire and moved with his family to New Mexico as a fifth-grader. At the beginning of his eighth-grade year, the family relocated to the Mahomet-Seymour School District. During Winter Break, his […]
Oliger joins RE/MAX Realty Associates
Thursday, January 18th, 2018 – RE/MAX Realty Associates welcomes Bill Oliger as a sales partner with The Nick Taylor Real Estate Team. Bill is a lifelong resident of Mahomet. He’s a graduate of Parkland College, Eastern Illinois University, and the University of Illinois Police Training Institute. Retiring after a twenty-year […]
Mahomet-Seymour Educators experience poverty simulation
It’s hard to understand another’s walk in life unless you’ve walked in their shoes. On Jan. 4, the day before students arrived back at school, Mahomet-Seymour teachers, grades K-8, spent a few hours in a poverty simulation hosted by the Mahomet-Seymour School District. K-5 teachers met at Lincoln Trail for […]
Mahomet Public Library Valentine Bingo Registration Opens Jan. 19
The Mahomet Public Library will host the very popular Valentine Bingo on February 8 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. With great prizes and food–and even better company–adults of all ages are invited to join the library staff for the annual Mahomet tradition. Participants will have a chance to win fabulous […]
Bice records first original song, to work as intern for Sidewalk Prophets
Catching a professional break at 20 years old isn’t something many college students experience. But, Mahomet-Seymour graduate Leah Bice is beginning to experience the fruits of her ‘break.’ It all began in the spring of 2017. A second-year communications student at Parkland College, Bice was asked to record her original […]
B.L.A.S.T. Session 3 registration begins tonight
Registration for Sangamon and Lincoln Trail MAYC B.L.A.S.T. Session 3 begins at 6 p.m. on January 17. [gview file=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BLAST-Brochure-Session-3-2018.pdf”]
MSHS Girls’ Basketball and Wrestling come up with wins, Boys’ Basketball falls to Washington
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In Tuesday night action, the Mahomet-Seymour wrestling and girls’ basketball teams were victorious while the boys’ basketball team lost a six-point decision. Wrestling Seven Bulldogs won matches as the team edged Mattoon 33-31. Two of the wins were due to pins. Three others came in matches […]
