Cayla Koerner’s senior year has been full of records. After leading the Mahomet-Seymour girls basketball team to a 15-game win streak that landed them in the IHSA Class 3A super-sectional game, Koerner jumped back into action on the soccer field. Currently, the Bulldogs are unbeaten on the back of Koerner’s […]
The Mahomet Village board of trustees awarded the bid for South Mahomet Road extension to Feutz Contractors for $4,307,769.26 Tuesday evening. The Village received two bids for the project, the other from Duce Construction for $5,296,368.08, both coming in under the projected cost of $5,489,002.60. The board also placed a […]
Country-music artist Randy Houser will headline the 2022 Mahomet Music Festival on August 27 after performances by rising-country stars Drew Green and Mahomet native Onoleigh (Pommier). Houser racked up three consecutive No. 1 hits with his album, How Country Feels, plus earned critical acclaim for his powerful delivery of the […]
Mahomet-Seymour’s new superintendent Kenny Lee said he operates on three core functions: “we’re going to be kid-friendly, we’re going to be a good steward of taxpayer dollars, and we’re going to encourage people to take risks because that’s the only way we ever get better.” It’s a philosophy that has […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved language for the district tax referendum that will appear on the June 28 ballot Monday night. The question will read: “Shall the Board of Education of Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District Number 3, Champaign and Piatt Counties, Illinois, build and equip a school building to […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education approved a four-year contract for Superintendent Dr. Kenneth (Kenny) Lee, who will replace Lindsey Hall full-time beginning July 1, 2022. Lee’s contract extends to 2026 with a first-year base salary of $210,000. The salary in subsequent years will be determined by the board of education. […]
The Champaign County Forest Preserve District was recently awarded $726,900 in grant funding by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Museum Capital Grant Program to support the construction of an improved Discovery Garden, replacement greenhouse, and program facility at the Museum of the Grand Prairie, located in the Lake of […]
There’s always more than one way to get from Point A to Point B. But most people, no matter what their circumstances, never stop to ponder the options. They just go. This is how nine-and-a-half-year-old Makenna Barnes operates. “She’s a very active kid,” her mom Meredith Barnes said. Makenna swims […]
Quaint. It’s a word used by every realtor throughout the Midwest. Every Chamber of Commerce member uses this word to describe their downtown. It’s a word used to describe the unique, the small, the revived, the picturesque. These are the places where people listen to bird songs instead of trains […]
IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike is leaving the agency after three years of service. Her last day in that role will be March 14. “With all her being, she has dedicated each day — and I mean EVERY day — to the agency’s mission to protect the health and wellness […]
