The Champaign County Forest Preserve will continue to take undecorated, real Christmas trees at Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, Homer Lake Forest Preserve and the Middlefork River Forest Preserve. Drop-offs are accepted at the marked sites only: • Mahomet, Lake of the Woods: west maintenance entrance off IL-47; • […]
The American Legion Post 1015 will host a Memorial Day ceremony at Riverside Cemetery on May 27. This year’s ceremony will include a presentation of the colors, the laying of a wreath, a prayer and a 21-gun salute. The 11 a.m. 2024 service will feature Andrea Cowper, a retired Air Force […]
By Dani Tietz As land on the west side of Champaign develops, so does the need for expanded emergency services. Cornbelt Fire Protection District Chief John Koller knows this. And so he, alongside the Cornbelt board, planned to move the volunteer-based fire district to one with three full-time shift captains. […]
The Champaign County Clerk’s office opened additional early voting sites in Champaign County opened on March 27. All early voting sites are vote centers and available to any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County for early voting and on Election Day from 6AM-7PM. Early […]
Note: This article has been updated. Originally, we quoted a 2016 Amendment to the Mobile Home Act that looked to change the first right of refusal clause in many mobile home land leases. That measure failed. The language regarding the sale of a mobile home according to the Act is […]
By Fred Kroner Paxson O’Malley poured in a season-high 35 points on Monday (Jan. 9) as the eighth-grade Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team dispatched Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 59-31, at home. Bryson Tiefenthaler added eight points and Parker Henry totaled six points. The Bulldogs nailed eight three-point shots, six by O’Malley. Also sinking […]
By Dani Tietz On Sunday night, I combed over an article about projections and capacity of enrollment at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School that would be published on Monday morning. I have been collecting data for years, looking at enrollment numbers, classroom sizes, the number of classrooms, and then following information […]
By Dani Tietz In a little over three weeks, the decision on the Nov. 8 ballot for $59.4 million in the Mahomet-Seymour School District referendum will be tabulated. The district is asking voters to approve a property tax increase for the next 20 years in order to construct a 135,000-140,000 […]
More than the board room was packed during Monday’s regular meeting of the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. With teachers and community members sitting in seats and on the floor with the seven board members of the Mahomet-Seymour School Board, the surrounding hallway and playground was filled with about 150 more community […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board will vote Monday to award Ameresco with $750,000 to put in HVAC controls at Mahomet-Seymour High School. This will be the sixth amendment to a 2013 performance contract. Ameresco has also been the performance contractor on projects like the press box and chiller at Mahomet-Seymour High […]
