To have your Vacation Bible School listed on the Mahomet Daily, email dani@mahometnews.com with a graphic and registration information. [one_half] June 11th through June 14th, 9:30am-11:30am. Free family picnic lunch each day. There is no cost to attend the Rolling River Adventure! This adventure is open to all kids 4 […]
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Candy Foster to perform at Lake of the Woods Sunday
Help the Champaign County Forest Preserve kickoff their summer concert series with Candy Foster and The Shades of Blue on Sunday, June 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. Candy Foster has entertained the Central Illinois area with upbeat blues hits from Etta James, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, among […]
MPRD Summer Concert Series begins Friday
Musicians Mike Ingram and the Caleb Cook Band will kick off the Mahomet Parks and Recreation’s Summer Concert Series on from 4 to 8 p.m. on June 8 at Barber Park. The kick-off event will also feature several food trucks and the Mahomet Farmer’s Market will be moved from the Mahomet […]
13th Annual Diamond Dogs Tournament
The Mahomet Diamond Dogs will host their 13th annual 9U and 10U baseball tournament at 13 Acres Park on June 9 and 10. Tournament play will consist of eight teams in pool play beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. A Home Run Derby will take place from 2:15-4 p.m. on Saturday also. […]
America proves as dream come true for foreign exchange students
America was everything they had imagined it would be. And while Francesca Morichelli and Emanuele Lo Giudice, foreign exchange students from Italy, arrived back in their homeland this week, both students said they cannot wait to come back. Everything the two had learned about America prior to their eight-month stay […]
M-S Board to hold special meeting Monday
The Board of Education will hold a special board meeting on Monday, June 4th at 6:15 pm. The meeting will be held in the Administrative Conference Room. [gview file=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Meeting-Packet-1.pdf”]
MSHS Math Teacher Angie Gruner retires after 30 years
She wanted to leave teaching in the same way that she worked: behind the scenes. After 31 years dedicated to the Mahomet-Seymour School system, 20 as a paid employee and 11 as a classroom volunteer, MSHS Math Instructor Angie Gruner has retired. In 1985, Gruner student taught in the district. […]
Glumac gets first-hand look at State political scene
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The first time Mahomet’s Tim Glumac served a day as page for Republican state Senator Chapin Rose, he wasn’t fully prepared. “We had to borrow a blazer,” said Patti Glumac, his mother. That was when Tim was in fifth grade. He is now finishing up his […]
Albin to be remembered on I-74 through Farmer City
Springfield, IL – Interstate 74 from mile post 155 to 160 through Farmer City will be known as the “Trooper Ryan Albin Memorial Highway.” State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) sponsored the legislation (HJR 93). It was adopted by a unanimous vote of the Senate unanimously May 28. Trooper Albin was born in Urbana […]
Gruner retires as MSHS Girls’ Soccer Coach
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Folks with a background in athletics can relate to this sentiment: At some point in our lives, there’s a coach who makes others think, “he doesn’t know a thing.” Joey Gruner was that guy. Not the one with the negative thought process about a coach, but […]