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 […]
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MSJHS May Eighth-Grade Students of the Month
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School Eighth-Grade Students of the Month for May are Addisen Woolsey, Karlie Fuoss, Kyle Walmer, Carter Johnson, Ella Trevillian, Madisyn Payne and Wyatt Bohm.
Diamond Dogs participate in Challenger League Game
The Mahomet Diamond Dogs 9U and 10U teams participated in a Tom Jones Challenger League baseball game Tuesday night at AMBUCS Park in Urbana. Each Diamond Dog player paired up with a Challenger League athlete, helping them field, run the bases and bat. They also provided team support by cheering […]
Museum of the Grand Prairie to celebrate May Day on May 4
April showers sometimes bring May showers. But the forecast for May 4 signals a break in the clouds. The Champaign County Forest Preserve and the Museum of the Grand Prairie will take advantage of the forecased mid-70’s temperatures to celebrate May Day on May 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. […]
Mahomet Public Library to host App Authors Coding Club
Does your child want to learn how to code? The Mahomet Public Library will offer a seven-week course between June 6 and July 26 for students entering fifth and sixth grades to learn basic coding skills. Class will not meet on July 4. Through the course, which was developed at […]
Commentary: Where You Live
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com How do you know where you live? Is it by the way you tell your loved ones how to get to your home? Do you give them street names or landmarks? Do you know where you live by the return address you put on envelopes? Do your […]
Candidates Answer Questions From Local Constituents
Mahomet-Seymour School Board Candidates Julie Cebulski, Meghan Hennesy, Jeremy Henrichs, Ken Keefe, Jenny Park, Lance Raver, Colleen Schultz and Jason Tompkins fielded questions from the community at a forum earlier this month. Nine additional questions were posed to the candidates via email. They had six days to answer. The Mahomet […]
2019 Mahomet-Seymour School Board Candidate Discussion
2019 Mahomet-Seymour Candidate Discussion: Visiting Schools Not including athletics or other extracurricular activities, tell us about the last time that you were in one of our schools and interacted with any teachers and/or students who are not part of your family? Julie Cebulski (outside township): I am currently busy planning […]
Commentary: A real picture of Briarcliff
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com How many times have you heard the saying, “I’m not a political person?” When I hear someone speak those words, I imagine that they are saying, “I don’t want to be thrown into the pig pen with the wild boars who will bite your head off if […]
Spring Break in Champaign County can be fun, too!
The best men’s and women’s collegiate wheelchair basketball teams will come to the State Farm Center March 14-16 for the 42nd Annual National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Games will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday play will culminate Saturday with third and fourth place games beginning in the morning and […]