BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Champaign County property owners can expect their property tax bills to arrive within the next few days. According to the Champaign County Clerk’s office, bills will be mailed out May 30 and May 31, and are already available to view on the Champaign County […]
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Dean finishes 50th year as educator
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.comFifty years. Five decades. Half a century. No matter how it’s viewed, Harold Dean’s teaching tenure has encompassed a significant time period. Officially, Dean retired as a full-time teacher 13 years ago. His time off didn’t last long. And, he has yet to stop. “The person who was […]
M-S Board of Education discusses language in admin contracts
In a vote that traditionally happens in June, the Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted 4-3 to approve contracts for its administrators at the May 21 board meeting. But members Meghan Hennesy, Ken Keefe and Colleen Schultz did not vote in opposition for the measure because they felt the listed administrators were […]
CCFPD invites community to celebrate International Dark Sky Park at Middle Fork
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Looking at a friend in a coffee shop, listening to the wind run between the leaves, feeling the sun’s warmth in the middle of summer. There are many ways within a day’s drive that humans are able to connect with something bigger than self. One of the […]
Commentary: The American worth fighting for
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It is always a solemn morning. No matter what the weather, how many people show up or what is said, lingering over Memorial Day, there is always someone missing as we gather to reflect on what America has been and what it is becoming. This year’s ceremonies […]
Phoenix Botanical, a medical marijuana dispensary, to be included in Mahomet Farmers’ Market
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com When the Mahomet Farmer’s Market opens next week (Friday, June 7), the time and location won’t be all that’s new. Among the dozen or so vendors expected to set up on the west side of Sangamon on Main (the former elementary school building) is Champaign-based Phoenix Botanical. […]
49 Years Later: Servicemen pen pal results in strong friendship
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com This is a story about an 11-year-old girl corresponding with a 19-year-old man. What it’s not is a creepy tale about two people who meet over the Internet and the horrors that follow. This is a feel-good story that began in the fall of 1969 when the […]
MSHS Softball season ends with loss to Charleston
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Charleston ended Mahomet-Seymour’s softball season on Saturday with an 11-5 triumph in a Class 3A regional championship game on the Bulldogs’ field. Charleston, 29-4, scored six second-inning runs and never trailed the Bulldogs. Sam Tamburo and Aubrie Shore each collected two hits for M-S. Ashley Wheeler drove […]
Hendershot and Powell win State Championships, MSHS Boys’ Track takes third at IHSA State Meet
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Saturday was a day of first for members of the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team as they competed in the 125th-annual IHSA state meet. Junior Hunter Hendershot won individual Class 2A state championships in two events, the shot put and the discus. His performances broke school […]
Village Road Closures next week
Starting Tuesday, May 28th, Finch Drive will be closed between Hawk and Elk starting at 8:30 a.m. until mid-afternoon, weather permitting. Starting Wed. May 29th, the 200 block of Orchard Drive will be restricted to one lane through the weekend, weather permitting.