When my babies were little, I wrote a poem about the experience of sleeping next to them. My husband on one side of the bed, and my child in the middle, I often felt like I got the short end of the mattress space. I contorted my body in all […]
Author: Dani Tietz
Creel honored by the City of Champaign
Champaign Police Officer and Mahomet resident Jeffrey Creel was recognized by the City of Champaign in a virtual ceremony Wednesday night for the courage and loyalty he showed on May 19 when he and his partner Chris Oberheim responded to a call. Creel and Oberheim responded to a domestic disturbance […]
Appointments to be required for certain services at Champaign driver’s facility
The Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White, announced Wednesday that throughout the next few months, many larger downstate and central Illinois Driver Services facilities will require appointments for behind-the-wheel road tests, REAL IDs, standard driver’s licenses and ID cards. Vehicle services, such as renewing a license plate sticker or applying […]
Session 4 of the Bulldog Blueprint refines facility options
Definition of what impacts renovations and facility expansion along with a tax referendum will have on the Mahomet-Seymour constituent took shape during session 4 of the Bulldog Blueprint in late October. Another session, both in-person and online, will be held on Nov. 16 and 17. BLDD Architect Damien Schlitt went […]
Mahomet-Seymour Illinois Report Card summary
The 2021 Illinois Report Card, an annual report released by the Illinois State Board of Education, backed away from giving each district a designation this fall after an unusual 2020-2021 school year due to COVID-19. The report, though, continues to break down each district’s finances, expenditures per student, teacher retention, […]
Athlete of the Week: Joseph Scheele and Kyle Nofziger
Seniors Joseph Scheele and Kyle Nofziger are ready to lead the Bulldogs in the IHSA Class 2A State Cross Country meet, just as they have all season. Nofziger finished third at the Decatur Sectional meet at Hickory Point Golf Course 3 miles in 16:11.78 seconds with Scheele following in fifth […]
Mahomet-Seymour to end on-site COVID-19 testing
Over the last 48 hours, Mahomet-Seymour community members have questioned the outcome of a vote that eliminates on-site testing within the district’s four schools. The 30-minute discussion ended in a 4-3 vote (Meghan Hennesy, Jeremy Henrichs, Ken Keefe, and Colleen Schultz) nodding that students would need to receive COVID-19 tests […]
Athlete of the Week: Auggie Gaudio
The state-bound Mahomet-Seymour Junior High cross country team is ready to be led once again by Auggie Gaudio. The eighth-grader broke the MSJHS course record at the Bulldogs’ 2-mile cross-country home course at the Swiss Valley area of the Lake of the Woods on Sept. 16 and was also the […]
Mahomet-Seymour moves into fourth Bulldog Blueprint session
The Mahomet-Seymour School District is gearing up for the fourth session of the Bulldog Blueprint initiative on Oct. 19 (in-person) and Oct. 21 (online). Billed as a time to develop and evaluate solutions for facilities within the district, BLDD Architect Damien Schlitt said that plans from Session 3 will be […]
East Central Illinois Legacy Project: Mohegan Sachem Mahomet Weyonomon
In East Central Illinois, we are on the lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. Although it has not been recorded that Natives lived on land in Champaign County because of its marshy qualities, the tribes nearby surely hunted […]
