Tyler LaRoe has been named the Classic PLUMBER of the Month. Tim Culver, owner of Classic Plumbing wants to honor those who give back to their community in extraordinary ways. BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com In life, there are the consumers and the doers. Mahomet teenager Tyler Laroe has always been a […]
CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that repairs to the bridge that carries Prospect Avenue over Interstate 74 in Champaign will begin Monday, June 3. The project involves making repairs to the bridge and replacing the bridge deck and will begin with placing protective shielding under the bridge […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Champaign County property owners can expect their property tax bills to arrive within the next few days. According to the Champaign County Clerk’s office, bills will be mailed out May 30 and May 31, and are already available to view on the Champaign County […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.comFifty years. Five decades. Half a century. No matter how it’s viewed, Harold Dean’s teaching tenure has encompassed a significant time period. Officially, Dean retired as a full-time teacher 13 years ago. His time off didn’t last long. And, he has yet to stop. “The person who was […]
In a vote that traditionally happens in June, the Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted 4-3 to approve contracts for its administrators at the May 21 board meeting. But members Meghan Hennesy, Ken Keefe and Colleen Schultz did not vote in opposition for the measure because they felt the listed administrators were […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Looking at a friend in a coffee shop, listening to the wind run between the leaves, feeling the sun’s warmth in the middle of summer. There are many ways within a day’s drive that humans are able to connect with something bigger than self. One of the […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It is always a solemn morning. No matter what the weather, how many people show up or what is said, lingering over Memorial Day, there is always someone missing as we gather to reflect on what America has been and what it is becoming. This year’s ceremonies […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com When the Mahomet Farmer’s Market opens next week (Friday, June 7), the time and location won’t be all that’s new. Among the dozen or so vendors expected to set up on the west side of Sangamon on Main (the former elementary school building) is Champaign-based Phoenix Botanical. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com This is a story about an 11-year-old girl corresponding with a 19-year-old man. What it’s not is a creepy tale about two people who meet over the Internet and the horrors that follow. This is a feel-good story that began in the fall of 1969 when the […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Charleston ended Mahomet-Seymour’s softball season on Saturday with an 11-5 triumph in a Class 3A regional championship game on the Bulldogs’ field. Charleston, 29-4, scored six second-inning runs and never trailed the Bulldogs. Sam Tamburo and Aubrie Shore each collected two hits for M-S. Ashley Wheeler drove […]
