BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The saying that 24-hours can change your life is true. In the 24-hours that Michael and Mason McAnally were on an Honor Flight in June, their lives were changed. What they didn’t realize until the end of the Honor Flight, though, is that those 24-hours would also […]
Mahomet Democrats will host a meet-and-greet with candidates who will be on the Democratic primary ballot on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at Los Zarapes (840 Eastwood Dr, Mahomet). This is an opportunity for local voters to hear directly from candidates for Congress, circuit court judge, circuit clerk, and coroner. […]
Three Mahomet-Seymour Seniors, Charlie Moore, Peter Slezak and Henry Livingston will be honored at Senior Night during the Champaign Chiefs Hockey game on Feb. 3. Danville High School senior Robert Jaruseski will also be honored. The Chiefs who currently hold third place (8-5-0) in the Lincoln Land High School Hockey […]
Pictured back row L-R: Kylie Fuoss, Jenna Ledin, Savannah Smith, Audrey Boateng, Kiana Bailey, Joshua Park. Front row L-R: Miranda Morrissette, Averhy Sanborn, Mallory Fonte, Penny Sheridan, Zoe Hovde, Tadeo Ruiz, Nick Harfst The Mahomet-Seymour Speech team is poised for the IHSA Sectional Competition on Feb. 8. The Bulldogs completed their […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com My grandmother was a devout Christian. After my grandfather passed away in the late 1970s, she moved to Waxhaw, N.C., where she joined the JAARS missionary team. She lived there for almost 20 years, helping to serve groups of people overseas and at home. She loved to […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will host a one-day Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event in Champaign one April 4, 2020. Registration for collection is open to all Illinois, but pre-registration, with opens on Feb. 3, must be completed to attend. An Oct. 26, 2019 collection was […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com If we were acquaintances and I told you that I grew up in Indiana, you might make a few assumptions. The first thing that you might assume is that I grew up in a rural area. That would be correct; a few of them, in fact. The […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High cheerleading squad placed fifth at the IESA state competition on Saturday. The 16-member squad began training for the 2019-20 season after tryouts last May. “For most of the summer, they go to camp and have practice, so that’s really where they learn just […]
The Mahomet Polar Plunge and Donut Dash 5K will be held at Champaign County Forest Preserve’s Lake of the Woods on March 21, 2020. The Polar Plunge is an annual event to raise money for Special Olympics. Each year plungers raise at least $100 for the right to jump into […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Owning a restaurant like Patricio’s Pizza has always been a dream for Lazaro and Vanney Patricio. “It was something that was planning for a long, long time,” Lazaro said. “I found this small spot and I decided to rent and give it a shot.” Patricio’s Pizza opened […]
