By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nine years ago, a summer meal program was implemented for residents of the Candlewood neighborhood in east Mahomet. While the COVID-19 pandemic has altered many of life’s routines as we used to know them, the Candlewood summer meal program – after undergoing a restructuring in format […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Nick Berger needed a 2-hole playoff to win the Lake of the Woods club championship on Saturday. Berger and Ryan Coleman each finished their 18-hole rounds with 71s. Tying for third place were Grant Kinkelaar and Troy Gagne with 74s. Coleman (67) was the winner of […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet’s Patrick and Samantha Olson are filled with love and hope as they anxiously await the arrival of their third baby. The anticipation is offset only by the uncertainty of when the moment will occur. Unlike many expectant families, who have a due date to plan […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com It all started on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Or, maybe it didn’t. As a child, Susan Hites developed a deep love for animals and can’t remember ever wanting to be anything except a veterinarian. “I never wavered on this decision from first grade on,” said Hites, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The start of a world-wide pandemic hardly seems like the ideal time to undertake a new business venture, but Mahomet’s Brien Hawkins had to deal with opportunities as they arose. “In March, we started to get the ball rolling,” Hawkins said. Perhaps ‘rolling’ is too strong […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Before Dave Parsons’ professional career ever took flight, he headed in a different direction. After graduating from Mahomet-Seymour High School in1987, Parsons enrolled at the University of Illinois. “I was going to be a pilot,” he said. Parsons soon decided to stay grounded. “It hit me […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Izaiah Lusk shot a 77 on Thursday and was the champion in the boys’ 16-17-year-old age bracket at the annual Lake of the Woods Junior Open golf tournament. He was one of 12 challengers in the division. The runner-up was Matthew Erickson (78). Tanner Buehnerkemper (81) […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com High school athletes will soon have the chance to start competing. Depending on the sport, competitions could start within a matter of weeks. The Illinois High School Association unveiled a plan on Wednesday that allows all sports in the state to have a season, though many […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Karl Mauzy was first introduced to and influenced by the Mahomet Area Youth Club as a fifth-grader in the 1990s. The club had such a profound impact on his life, that he continued to support it even after he had left the state. And, years later […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Carter Johnson was the player who made the pitches last weekend in a game that ended in a no-hitter. The upcoming Mahomet-Seymour sophomore was credited with the win in a 4-0 victory for his summer travel-ball team, the Yard Goats. Anyone who has been associated with […]
