Month: February 2019

Local

El Koury makes things happen

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Raptor Power Systems may be one of Mahomet’s least-known businesses, despite its central location along Main Street. “We don’t do any walk-in business,” owner Evan El Koury said, “and I don’t know if we’ve sold any orders in Illinois.” At the very least, its inclusion as one […]

Local

Maple Sugar Days Feb. 23 and March 2

There’s nothing like sitting down to breakfast with a plate of pancakes and some maple syrup. But making that syrup begins with a process that was first documented in North America by French explorer André Thévet in 1557. Today extracting sugar from maple trees isn’t something people think about; it’s […]