By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Monday night’s formula for success is not one Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball coach Nathan Seal would like to see repeated. A slow start was followed by a fast finish. The outcome was satisfactory as the Bulldogs (10-6) defeated visiting Mount Zion 57-37, but the manner in which […]
Author: Dani Tietz
Political Candidates to make appearance in Mahomet next week
Jon Rector, Republican candidate for Champaign County Clerk, will meet with voters at Mahomet IGA on January 10 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Democrats Daniel Biss (Gubernatorial), Aaron Ammons (Champaign County Clerk), Jen McMillin (Illinois House 101st District), Darlene Kloeppel (Champaign County Executive) and Ramona Sullivan (Champaign County Circuit Judge) […]
Opportunity for Central Illinois residents to participate in artificial intelligence research
By Dani Tietz dani@mahometnews.com Picking up a smartphone and putting in a numeric password is something millions of people do every day. More recently, people have been able to hold their smartphone up to their face only to have it open through face recognition technology. But artificial intelligence, which is […]
Difanis provides opportunities for East Central Illinois
By Dani Tietz dani@mahometnews.com As a realtor of over 20 years, RE/MAX Agent Matt Difanis has given thousands of people the opportunity to pursue their homeownership dreams. Difanis remembers being a newly married 21-year old undergrad student with the opportunity to purchase his first home. “We had a delightful realtor,” […]
Second AnnualMPRD Daddy/Daughter Dance Scheduled for February 10
Arm-in-arm, fathers and their daughters will walk into a night designed just for them at the second annual Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department Daddy/Daughter Dance on February 10. The event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. and be held at the Lake of the Woods Pavillion. Event Coordinator Denise […]
Emergency Snow Routes in Effect
Village Administration has instated emergency snow routes as of 3:41 p.m. on 12.29.2017. DESIGNATED SNOW ROUTES ARE AS FOLLOWS: CENTER STREET MARIETTA PEACOCK FAWN DRIVE NORTH AND SOUTH GARDEN COURT VISTA VIEW ALL OF NORTHRIDGE SUBDIVISION When snow routes are put into effect, anyone parked in these areas will be […]
M-S Music Boosters to host 24-hour musical January 6
Paying for music education isn’t cheap. In fact, the 2017 Mahomet-Seymour Marching band performance cost $30,000 after music rights, extra staff, drill and travel were taken into account. But because music education is so important to the Mahomet-Seymour environment, programs like the M-S Music Boosters exist to offset costs that […]
17 New Illinois Laws to Go Into Effect January 1, 2018
Illinois Lawmakers were busy in 2017. Of the more than 200 new Illinois laws that will go into effect on January 1, 2018, here are 17 that may be of immediate interest. Summaries of the additional laws are included in the pdf below. Barack Obama Day (SB 55/PA 100- 0037): […]
Mahomet monument: ‘The’ Pig Sign
This piece first appeared in the Mahomet Citizen on March 8, 2011. Raising pigs is a full-time profession. But owning a pig sign has a lifetime privilege for Bill and Barbara Herriott of Seymour. The Herriott family has farmed land just south of Mahomet for generations. After returning from the […]
Bill Herriott Obituary
Seymour, IL – William Howard “Bill” Herriott, 86, entered eternal rest on Christmas morning, Monday, December 25, 2017. Born on August 3, 1931 in Champaign County to Harold and Gretchen Herriott, Bill began playing the piano at the age of eight. Two years later his parents bought him the grand […]
