On Jan. 31, 2023, Mahomet-Seymour Board President Max McComb wrote an opinion piece for the News-Gazette in rebuttal to what board member Meghan Hennesy said at the Jan. 17, 2023, regularly scheduled board of education meeting. The following are just excerpts from those pieces. Hennesy’s speech (Jan. 17) can be […]
Mattoon high school student, Aydin Tariq, and Uniting Pride of Champaign County will host a rally for Queer & Trans* Youth Autonomy at 5:30pm at the corner of 5th & John St. in Champaign on March 31. UP Board and Staff jumped at the chance to work with Tariq in […]
Mahomet’s Museum of the Grand Prairie has once again been recognized with accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). The honor, which is afforded to the nation’s top museums has been bestowed on the Champaign County Forest Preserve property for 50 years. The Museum first achieved this status in […]
The quality of air in schools became a topic of discussion as parents and educators discussed how to navigate the COVID-19 virus in 2020 and 2021. On the back of those concerns, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced a $29.6 million program to distribute more than 60,000 HEPA (High […]
Three years after Zoom became the go-to for work meetings and presentations anywhere, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is asking lawmakers to move forward a bill that would make video conference calls, video streams, and social media illegal while on the road. “We need to take steps to change […]
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will vote later this month on bid packages for the construction of a 6-court tennis facility that will be located at Middletown Park. Mahomet Parks and Recreation Director Dan Waldinger said the apparent low bidder was from Petry Kuhne Company in the amount […]
By Dani Tietz There’s something special about Barb Oehlschlaeger-Garvey. Maybe it’s her soft demeanor that greets patrons at the Museum of the Grand Prairie. Maybe it’s the way she tears up as she tells the stories of local men and women who made their way toward the greater good for […]
By Dani Tietz It’s become commonplace at Mahomet-Seymour School Board meetings: “Illinois School Code.” It’s the compilation of laws and regulations that guide what school boards and school districts across the state can and cannot do, whether it’s in electing board members, governance, policy, or procedure. It provides protection for […]
By Dani Tietz EDITOR’S NOTE: In order to protect residents in the Candlewood Mobile Home Park, names will not be used in this piece. Actual conversations with residents, not just ones taken from Facebook, have taken place over the last couple weeks. This is the account of those families who […]
Village of Mahomet residents have a choice to make: join the municipal electric aggregation, choose a different supplier or elect to remain on utility default supply. Village residents were notified by mail on Dec. 5 that they are automatically enrolled in the program that gives the municipality the authority to […]
