Mahomet Daily

Preschool and kindergarten teachers became acquainted with their new spaces at Middletown Prairie Elementary School as Superintendent Rick Johnston took them on a tour of the building early last week. Teachers may be able to begin personalizing their classrooms as early as next week after crews spend the rest of […]

For many preschool and kindergarten-aged children, recess is the most exciting part of the school day. And with new playground equipment at Middletown Prairie Elementary School, the 15-minute venture outside could be the highlight of the 2014-2015 school year. While providing children with a fun and stimulating recess experience was […]

“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” -Dr. Martin Luther King On a recent trip to Milwaukee, the growing blonde-haired girl, whom I refer to as “Bean” […]

A growing community is a building community. Mahomet is no exception. Building takes time, numerous materials, experience, and know-how. Small towns often are forced to look outside the community to acquire these things when they need them. In a day where the “superstore” has all but wiped out “Main Street, […]

The process of remodeling the exterior of the Eastwood Shopping Center began this week. “We’re making upgrades because the reality is this building still looks like it’s in the 1970’s,” Eastwood Shopping Center Manager Alex Amatyleon said. “This is the one area in Mahomet where people come to shop.” With […]

Mahomet Seymour FFA member Megan Myerscough won grand champion steer for the second year in a row at the Section FFA fair on July 1.  

Mahomet families seeking information about a home-centered education movement called Classical Conversations met at the Mahomet Public Library Wednesday. Mahomet resident Julie Baker, who initiated the idea implementing Classical Conversations into the Mahomet homeshool community, said about 10 families have committed to the program. Classical Conversations was developed in 1997 […]

I love a mystery.  As an archaeologist, it’s this interest in discovering the unknown that keeps me digging.  The potential for discovery – the artifact or feature that might be hiding just under that next trowel-scrape of soil – is exhilarating, and the information learned from everyday objects is invaluable. […]

A muddy soybean field with a clouded sunset behind the makeshift shed set served as ideal conditions for crews filming the independent film “Food” near Crowley Road Tuesday night. The movie, written by Director Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, follows a single mother (Lister-Jones) on a mission to find out […]