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Author: Dani Tietz
Killer Bee Honey to perform at Lake of the Woods Summer Concert Series
The Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve welcomes the crowd pleasing Killer Bee Honey (KBH) for the Summer Concert Series on Mabery Gardens on August 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. The five-member band formed when Mahomet graduate Bryce Johnson saw a video of Jim Means perform original songs on Facebook. In what […]
Vagina Monologues performance to benefit Courage Connection at Virginia Theatre
CHAMPAIGN, IL — A gender-inclusive group of over 70 community performers are coming together for one night only to perform playwright Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to raise money and awareness for local domestic violence program Courage Connection. The show will take place at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown […]
Breast Cancer Survivors ‘Living Legendary’ through Dragon Boating
Breast cancer survivors on a dragon boat in the middle of Central Illinois may seem absurd. But for 30 women in Champaign County, being part of the Prairie Dragon Paddlers is part of “living legendary.” “We don’t only want to be survivors, but we want to live,” Mahomet resident Sara […]
Day Trips: Sidney Dairy Barn
Sidney Dairy Barn Owner Dennis Riggs stops a former employee who came by to get ice cream on the day before she gets married and gets teary-eyed. “Do you remember the three things for happiness?” he asked. “Something…” she said. “Always have something to look forward to both near and […]
M-S Board moves to vote on hire of Johnston as project manager for phase II of Middletown Prairie
Walker’s, Lanz Heating and Cooling take MPRD summer baseball titles
MSYF PeeWee Football team wins opener
The Mahomet-Seymour Youth Football Pee Wee team won their opening game at Schlarman Field in Danville 7-0 Sunday.
Community members invited to join in Sangamon River Mussel Survey
Each year the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy and local volunteers scoop through a section of the Sangamon River in search of mussels. The annual mussel survey not only measures the number of mussels, but also the number of species, the sex of the mussels and the variety of age groups. […]
Moseley performs on CU music scene throughout summer
Jada Moseley is a 16-year old girl with a ukulele. But when she begins to sing with her soft, subtle voice, people listen. Mosely, who spent time in the Central Illinois Children’s Chorus and is currently part of the Mahomet-Seymour Chorus, was asked to be on WCIA’s Friday Morning Jam […]