BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It was the moment that junior high track and field athletes had worked for all season: crossing the finish line with a chance to move on to the IESA State meet. Of the hundreds who compete at IESA sectional meets, only dozens get to move on. To […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had champions in two girls’ events and placers in four others on Monday night in the 38th-annual News-Gazette Track and Field Honor Roll meet at Urbana High School. Poe vaulter Mara Pletcher beat all competitors with a leap of 11 feet, 2 inches. The M-S 3,200-meter […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com In every story told, there is more than meets the eye. The stories told and those that will be created at the Museum of the Grand Prairie’s upcoming exhibit: “Frieda Mumm’s Discovering Home” are no different. It’s not something museum curators will be there to talk about, […]
The following is a list of garage sales that have been submitted so far. To be included in the map, please email dani@mahometnews.com by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15. It is free to be included on the map thanks to: 1210 E Jeffery Dr. Saturday 8 am-1pm baby clothes […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com As a teen-ager, Andrew White had a better idea what he didn’t want to do with his life than which area he would want to be his focus. “I knew physical labor wasn’t a career path I might go for,” said White, a 2004 Mahomet-Seymour High School […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High track team competed at IESA Sectionals on Monday in Mt. Zion. The following athletes qualified to compete at the IESA State Tournament in East Peoria on Friday and Saturday. Abby Bunting: 800 Meter Run, 4×400 Meter Relay Ella Scott: 800 Meter Run Durbin Thomas: 1600 Meter […]
Twenty-three Lincoln Trail students performed in the Heart of Illinois Orff Chapter Music Festival on Saturday, May 11 at the Center for Performing Arts in Normal. Music Instructors Sue Keeble (Lincoln Trail) and Jacob Beinborn (Middletown Prairie) had an amazing day creating music with students from all over Central Illinois for this annual […]
May 12-18 is National Police Week. There are a few services and fundraisers in Champaign County that all are invited to attend. May 17 Police Memorial Service at West Side Park at 11:15 a.m. Friday, May 17, 6:00 AM –11:30 AM: Cop on a Rooftop @ area Dunkin Donuts locations […]
Springfield, IL– State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) and Representative Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) announced they have reached an agreement with the University of Illinois to increase access for veterans. The lawmakers worked with University of Illinois Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris, reaching an agreement to form a committee to […]
According to Patrick Wampler, Jimmy Johns, which will be on the corner of Main and Lombard Street in Mahomet, will begin construction on May 20. They are scheduled to open their doors around Labor Day 2019.
