Teri Easton expects a lot of buzz about her new venture. The former athletic department administrative assistant at Champaign’s St.Thomas More needed a hobby to help her into retirement. The White Heath resident found a sweet one. Easton is becoming a beekeeper. She had no background in the endeavor. “I’ve […]
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The Vineyard Church Mahomet Moves Worship Services To Urbana, Continues To Serve Locally
Urbana, Illinois –– August 9, 2017 –– The Vineyard Church Mahomet will begin meeting for weekend worship services in Urbana beginning August 19th and 20th while continuing to serve the local Mahomet community. Beginning the third weekend of August, the Vineyard community will no longer meet in Mahomet for their weekend services. […]
Vagina Monologues performance to benefit Courage Connection at Virginia Theatre
CHAMPAIGN, IL — A gender-inclusive group of over 70 community performers are coming together for one night only to perform playwright Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to raise money and awareness for local domestic violence program Courage Connection. The show will take place at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown […]
Breast Cancer Survivors ‘Living Legendary’ through Dragon Boating
Breast cancer survivors on a dragon boat in the middle of Central Illinois may seem absurd. But for 30 women in Champaign County, being part of the Prairie Dragon Paddlers is part of “living legendary.” “We don’t only want to be survivors, but we want to live,” Mahomet resident Sara […]
Day Trips: Sidney Dairy Barn
Sidney Dairy Barn Owner Dennis Riggs stops a former employee who came by to get ice cream on the day before she gets married and gets teary-eyed. “Do you remember the three things for happiness?” he asked. “Something…” she said. “Always have something to look forward to both near and […]
M-S Board moves to vote on hire of Johnston as project manager for phase II of Middletown Prairie
Walker’s, Lanz Heating and Cooling take MPRD summer baseball titles
MSYF PeeWee Football team wins opener
The Mahomet-Seymour Youth Football Pee Wee team won their opening game at Schlarman Field in Danville 7-0 Sunday.
Community members invited to join in Sangamon River Mussel Survey
Each year the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy and local volunteers scoop through a section of the Sangamon River in search of mussels. The annual mussel survey not only measures the number of mussels, but also the number of species, the sex of the mussels and the variety of age groups. […]
Moseley performs on CU music scene throughout summer
Jada Moseley is a 16-year old girl with a ukulele. But when she begins to sing with her soft, subtle voice, people listen. Mosely, who spent time in the Central Illinois Children’s Chorus and is currently part of the Mahomet-Seymour Chorus, was asked to be on WCIA’s Friday Morning Jam […]
