Four Mahomet-Seymour School board members: Merle Giles, Meghan Hennesy, Ken Keefe and Colleen Schultz, asked for a hiring freeze until the board could discuss further what the financial impact of COVID-19 might be during Monday’s school board meeting. The request came from concern of being able to maintain current staff […]
The Village of Mahomet in conjunction with the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday to identify some Mahomet needs and put together volunteers who would tackle those needs. Thursday the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce launched a delivery service to get goods from Mahomet IGA/Schnucks, Walgreens and CVS to residents in […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com There’s something about giving back that makes the members of Mahomet-Seymour Interact Club light up. Senior Zoe Hovde said that a club focused on making a difference in the community was something that she missed her freshman year of high school. “I was originally in Community Action […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com When my daughters were pretty little, we went to Meijer on one of our weekly grocery shopping trips. I remember putting the girls in the cart and one of them put her mouth on the metal. It was late winter, and I was horrified. About 24 hours […]
The Sangamon Valley Public Water District’s Board met on March 10, 2020 in a Special Meeting to develop a plan for mitigating and managing the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on the district’s staff and the Mahomet community. The SVPWD serves Mahomet residents that live north of I-74 and east of […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@sjodaily.com There is one thing that Wood N’ Hog owners Michael McDonald and Okema Battle have known their whole lives: that they can depend on each other. Like most Americans, the siblings grew up eating barbeque. “I grew up in Chicago where there were four (barbeque restaurants) in […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Lincoln Trail’s Celby Ryan stepped out of his fourth-grade student classroom on Monday morning in a green tie and a gray sweater to see what it would be like to be the principal. Ryan’s parents, Chris and Casey, won the special morning for their son at the […]
The Mahomet-Seymour and Centennial Interact Clubs will host a Spring Carnival on March 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Lincoln Trail Elementary. The event will include food, bounce houses and games. Proceeds from wristbands at $8 each with discounts for families of 4 will go to support the Australian […]
A grocery store is a grocery store. They have selections ranging from produce to meat and deli, to frozen foods and cereals, all handled by stockers and cashiers. After spending his career managing, operating and owning grocery stores, Mahomet IGA’s owner Brooks Marsh knows that the green beans his store […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com A cruise ship quarantined with passengers on board, elevated travel precautions, reports of fatalities and talk of a pandemic have captivated news reports for months, with an escalation in both national and local reports in the weeks since the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed within […]
