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 […]
The Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company will present “Steel Magnolias” on March 12, 13,14 and 15 at Parkland College Second Stage. Tickets can be purchased here. BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com “Steel Magnolias,” a play written in 1987 by Robert Harling, still strikes a chord with performers and spectators. Set in northwest Louisiana, Harling […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com There are significant dates one learns during their time in American History class: The Declaration of Independence was passed by Congress on July 4, 1776;The United States Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787;The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act entered the statute books on March 25, […]
Senate Bill 2565 and Senate Bill 2564, filed by State Sen. Jim Oberweis (Republican-25th District), seeks to increase speed limits across rural Illinois. The bills have been assigned to the Senate Subcommittee on Special Issues, which currently has no members. Should the bills pass, Senate Bill 2564 would change the […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted 6-1 to increase Mahomet-Seymour High School Summer School fees prior to registration opening in February. Ken Keefe was the only board member to vote no. The fee increase was implemented to offset additional expenses related to providing two bus routes and an […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School District will offer a self-contained special education Math course called “Math Readiness” beginning in the fall of 2020, eliminating a current course, “Action Ed.” Proposed by Instructor Garrett Risley, the course will be offered to students with an IEP to meet the needs of […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Senate Bill 2762 could mandate “inclusive, medically accurate, and culturally appropriate comprehensive sex education” for students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade if it becomes law. Presented by sponsors Senator Ram Villivalam (Democrat District 8) and Representative Kathleen Willis (Democrat District 77), the bill would require the […]
