By Will Payne Summer concerts around the country are coming back, and in Mahomet it is no different. The Mahomet Music Festival is returning on August 27-28 this year, with the Village boasting a great venue, popular artists and mouth-watering food. The concerts are free to attend and will be […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Studying our history allows us to learn about – or in some cases, remember – events that otherwise might be lost forever. It also raises questions when we discover that what we now know isn’t the way it always used to be. Surprise! My recent history […]
Residents throughout East Central Illinois reported feeling a small rumble Thursday morning. They were not imagining things. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake, recorded as a magnitude 3.82, just north of Montezuma, Ind. a little after 2 p.m. on June 17. At just over 4.7 miles deep, […]
Farmers markets are the ideal place for at-home business owners to sell their homemade honey and candles and for homegrown producers to share their produce as fruits and vegetables are starting to ripen on the local grounds of central Illinois. The towns of Oakwood and Mahomet have prepared for their […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The day that marks the anniversary of the day in 1865 when some of the last enslaved Americans learned that they had been freed is now an official state holiday in Illinois. At a bill signing ceremony in front of a signed copy […]
Gas taxes in Illinois are set to increase from $0.387 per gallon to $0.392 per gallon on July 1. The state’s Motor Fuel Tax first increased from $0.19 per gallon of gasoline to $0.38 cents per gallon and from $0.215 to $0.455 per gallon of diesel fuel on July 1, 2019. At that […]
Mahomet Craft Beer Festival will once again fill the streets of downtown on June 26. “The event will be a little different than in years past, but come out for a fun event in downtown Mahomet, try a variety of beers from local and regional breweries as well as wine […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Throughout his running career, Gabe Pommier has been surrounded by greatness. He was a member of Mahomet-Seymour’s state championship cross-country team as a high school senior (2016) and ran for Class 2A state runner-up teams as a sophomore and junior. On the track, Pommier was the […]
By SARAH MANSURCapitol News Illinoissmansur@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The state Senate on Tuesday approved a change to next year’s budget at the request of Gov. JB Pritzker to correct drafting errors in the measure that passed in the early hours of Wednesday, June 1, with little time for it to be […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Andrew Norman would agree with the sentiments of actress Judy Garland, whose character in The Wizard of Oz claimed, “There’s no place like home.” For the Mahomet-Seymour High School senior, home base is more than a building. “Baseball is like my second home,” Norman said. “COVID […]
