The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
The Mahomet Rotary Club celebrated the dedication of a shelter they built along the Buffalo Trace Trail on Sun. The shelter and picnic table located at Prairie Park just north of Mahomet-Seymour High School on Crowley Rd. is the first handicap accessible shelter on the Buffalo Trace Trail. The MSHS […]
While emptying the dishwasher with me last week, my blonde daughter who only enjoys direct answers asked me, “What do you think Jordyn (my oldest) will be when she grows up?” I very matter of factly said, “I think J will be kind when she grows up,” I said. “No […]
Baseball fans throughout Champaign-Urbana flocked to the Urbana Holiday Inn on Oct. 4 to meet Pete Rose during Mike’s Mega Events fundraiser to support the Tom Jones Challenger League. But when fourth grade student Preston Hodges and 14-year-old Andrew Moseley, put on their Challenger baseball uniforms, they were less interested […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – The Archaeology Lecture Series, which started in early April, will come to an end this Sunday when archaeologist and museum educator Valerie Hall presents “A Material World: Artifacts, Their Stories, and the People They Represent.” The fourth lecture in the series will run […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – The newly elected Mahomet-Seymour PTO board is focused on bringing parents, teachers and community businesses together for the benefit of students. “I feel like there needs to be an internal change with the board, and how we relate to the community,” said first-time […]
The Mahomet Rotary Club will raise money for the Mahomet Rotary Shelter at Buffalo Trace at its 11th Annual Golf Outing Thursday. The Champaign County Forest Preserve District plans to begin construction on the shelter, which will be located at the west end of the bike trail at Crowley Road […]
When the Lake of the Woods Road overpass is completed, it will include a bike path which will connect the existing infrastructure of the Champaign County Greenways and Trails Path. The Village of Mahomet partnered with the Champaign County Forest Preserve (CCFPD) on the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant, which […]
In the interest of safety for the Cornbelt Fire Department, the Village of Mahomet and students, Sangamon Elementary will change their drop-off and pick-up process effective Tuesday, May 2. During morning drop-off and evening pick-up, parents wait in a long line along Main Street, making the right lane impassable. “This […]
Kathy Steepleton knows the heartache that comes with losing a pet. And she knows it takes a community to bring them home again. Earlier this year, Steepleton created the Facebook page “Mahomet Area Lost Pets” to serve as a forum for pet owners to assist in the recovery of lost […]
Central Illinois is about to be socked with an arctic blast of air that will bring the coldest air temperatures that the area has experienced in about 15 years. That means that many people, whether home owners or renters, will have never endured such extreme conditions in their current homes. […]
