Whitney Setterdahl knows what it is like to be a teenager battling cancer. The University of Illinois was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer when she was 18. As a teenager battling cancer, Setterdahl went back and forth between pediatric oncology appointments as well as regular adult oncologist appointments. While she […]
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Commentary: Who Will Be Our Next President?
Who will be our next President? I hope I didn’t lose you right there. This isn’t a conversation about our President at all. But, my guess is that you know what the President does – or should do – or can do – or doesn’t do. Not this current President […]
Commentary: Kids Have a Voice too
By Brogan Hennesy With the 2018 midterm elections just completed, politics has been on everybody’s mind. This was a major election that had lots of action. But by people, I don’t just mean adults. Kids too are constantly talking about politics. Although, I feel kids are shielded from politics, when […]
Six tips to help young athletes prepare for upcoming season
Just because the weather outside is getting colder, it doesn’t always mean that athletes are taking time away from their sport. In fact, for many East Central Illinois athletes, the cold months are a time to prepare their body for the grind of spring, summer and fall seasons. Adam Tarr, Certified […]
M-S adds security measures to visitor check-in process
The Mahomet-Seymour School District unrolled added security measures to its four schools within the first few months of the 2018-19 school year. Visitors have been required to request admittance by pressing a button located outside each school since 2014. Beginning Nov. 1, 2018, guests are also required to present their […]
Commentary: Continuing to Explore Caesarea Maritima
Welcome back, fellow travelers! So after viewing the Pilate stone from last week, we watched an amazing film regarding the construction of Caesarea Maratima, and at this point, we walked into one of the highlights of ruins of this the port city: an immense and well preserved Roman amphitheatre. What […]
Services set for Joel Roberts
The United Methodist Church of Mahomet, located at 1302 E South Mahomet Rd., will open their doors to family and friends who wish to share their condolences with the Roberts family. Joel Roberts, an 11-year-old Lincoln Trail student passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning. Visitation services will be from 3 to 7 p.m. […]
Commentary: Remembering Amity 21-years later
On Nov. 13, 1997, my basketball team sat in my coach’s classroom to have a meeting about our upcoming game. Like always, the team scattered after the meeting, but this time, we were quickly called back together. A senior, Amity Pascal, who played basketball in junior high with many of […]
Village Board Agenda 11.13.2018
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. on 11.13.2018 in the Village Administration Building. [gview file=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/11132018_SS_PACKET_WITH_LINKS.pdf”]
Commentary: Sometimes We Don’t Know Why
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Life is unfair. So, too, is death. We all like to think that good things happen to good people, and many of us espouse that philosophy on a regular basis. The fact is that bad things also happen to good people. When those instances occur, the […]
