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James (Jim) Jeffers will run unopposed in the 2021 consolidated election for one seat on the Cornbelt Fire Department Board. The consolidated election will be held on April 6, 2021.

There’s nothing that says the holidays like ordering out a pizza the night before the big meal. It’s been a year now since Patricio’s has been filling the belly of Mahomet residents with their  original sauce and dough.  “We make our own over here so we try to keep everything […]

The U.S. Congress reached an agreement on a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief package that extends unemployment benefits, provides stimulus checks to Americans within a certain income bracket and funding to small businesses, but it fell short of providing direct funding to state and local governments. The relief package approved […]

Mahomet-Seymour teachers are currently on a long-awaited holiday break after balancing remote and in-person learning during the first semester of the 2020-21 school year.  Since August, 69 students and 16 teachers have tested positive for COVID-19, including four in-school exposures, two of which were added to the Mahomet-Seymour COVID-19 dashboard […]

Four candidates, Laura Lang, Max McComb, Sunny McMurry and Rebecca Richardson have filed as candidates for two in-township seats in the Mahomet-Seymour School Board consolidated election that will be held on April 6, 2021. Justin Lamb and Patrick Mackay have filed as out-of-township candidates for the consolidated election. There is […]

After the filing period of Dec. 14-21, the Village of Mahomet candidate for Mayor is Sean Widener. Also running for three trustee seats are Andy Harpst, David Johnson, Brian Metzger. Harpst, Johnson and Metzger, who filed simultaneously at 8 a.m. on Dec. 14 will be placed in a lottery for […]

By Zainab Susi 2020 has felt like the longest year in recent memory, but it’s almost over and we are about to begin 2021. A new year. Sadly, the coronavirus pandemic is not over, and still countless families, workers, and businesses are struggling. My heart goes out to the people […]

The Christmas season has arrived, and so has Dana Martin’s 5G Packs Joy donation drive. “5G Packs Joy was inspired by my fifth grade students in memory of their friend and classmate, Joel Roberts,” says Dana Martin, fifth grade teacher at Lincoln Trail, “We have kept his legacy alive by […]

The Illinois State Board of Education has released guidance for assessment administration in the spring 2021, but several Illinois’ education unions are calling for standardized testing to be put off this school year. In a joint letter with the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the Illinois Principals […]

About Mindy Mindy Spencer is the Director of Alumni Relations for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also one of the founders of the Mahomet Seymour Equity Alliance. Mindy is a Mahomet-Seymour High School alumna. She has a BS in Environmental […]