Mahomet Daily

Jason Goodner was recognized as the Seymour Fire Department “Fireman of the Year” at the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce Banquet Tuesday night. Goodner, a firefighter and EMR, joined the Seymour Fire Department in 2012 after several local farmers had encouraged for years as they gathered at the Top Flight grain […]

Busey Bank Mahomet hosted a luncheon for 12 community leaders Wednesday. The Village of Mahomet, Cornbelt Fire Department, Mahomet Public LIbrary, Champaign County Forest Preserve and Mahomet-Seymour Schools were represented. Busey Vice President Cheryl Zindars said the lunch was an opportunity for Busey to show appreciation for the work the […]

After three years of service on the Cornbelt Fire Department, Mahomet resident Travis Molitor was recognized as the Cornbelt “Fireman of the Year” by the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. Molitor learned of the honor in December at the Cornbelt Fire Department Annual Banquet. “I was taken back,” Molitor […]

I would like to blame this rut I am in on the fact that my skin has not felt the warmth of the sun in three months. Or maybe my antsiness comes from trying to find something for my kids to do almost every day of the week because they […]

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved several facility upgrades, including electrical upgrades and air conditioning units on the second floor of Sangamon Elementary and 10 classrooms at MSJHS on Tuesday. Board members approved $23,259 at Sangamon Elementary and $35,914 at MSJHS to upgrade the power grid in order to handle the […]

The best camera is the one you have with you. I have a fancy camera with fancy lenses, but my kids have become iPhone kids. Initially I struggled with accepting this because how can I have all this nice equipment, and not use it on my favorite subjects? Truth is […]

Business is more than quality service provided at Images Hair Design. Owner and stylist Katie Gilbert, alongside stylists Cary Isaac, Theresa McNew and Kara Granadino also enjoy the relationships they have built with their clientele over the years. “It’s definitely a hometown feel,” Granadino said. “We are most definitely a […]

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted to name the new Early Childhood Center on IL-150 Middletown Prairie Elementary Tuesday night. The district gave the community and elementary students an opportunity to submit suggestions for the name of the new building in December. With 55 people submitting 76 names, a committee narrowed […]

Eight youth from Mahomet’s First Baptist Church visited Green Lake, WI for a five day spiritual retreat over Christmas Break. The annual trip usually involves outside winter game competitions such as turkey bowling or broom ball, but students were kept inside this year because of sub-zero temperatures. Instead, they played […]

Kindergarten students in Melissa Gibson’s kindergarten class learned how to take pictures and use art tools on iPads during their Media class Thursday morning. The half-hour class is part of a pilot program Middletown Early Childhood Center is using this year to see what whole-class technology education looks like. Kindergarten […]