Mahomet Daily

When Mahomet resident Lori Larson was diagnosed with cancer and lost her brother seven years ago, she vowed to make a mark on life. “I just felt such a draw after my brother passed away to leave a legacy when I die,” she said. “My brother had hundreds of people […]

Five of the six Village Trustees voted to take some definitive action on the video gambling issue in Mahomet in a straw poll during Tuesday’s board meeting. In open discussion after agenda items had been acted upon, Acting Mayor Sean Widener asked Trustees if they would rather come bring the […]

Talking to a room full of six and seven-old students is easy for Julie Henry. But this Saturday Henry will tell her story to an auditorium full of 800 spectators during the third annual That’s What She Said show at the Virginia Theatre. Henry was approached earlier this summer by […]

The Mahomet Rotary Club, which meets every Wednesday morning at Bridle Brook Assisted Living Community, donated dictionaries to all third grade students at Lincoln Trail Elementary at the beginning of October. The Rotary donates dictionaries to the school every year.

Newton’s Second Law is taught in high school physics classes around the world. Mahomet Seymour elementary student, Charlie Hawley, learned the concept last week after his science group was given a ball and a measuring stick. “All we did,” explained Margaret Miller’s fourth grade student “is hit the ball with […]

Buddy, When I first held you in my arms ten years ago today, I did not know how to be a mom to a boy. I knew to give you a ball, to teach you how to hit and I thought my duty was to teach you how to be […]

The Mahomet-Seymour High School Ag Supply Store has partnered with Prairieland Feeds again this year to offer Mahomet residents pet food and bedding at a reasonable price. As the winter months approach, they will also offer salt for sidewalks and porches. “We are a subsidiary of Prairieland Feeds,” Assistant Manager […]

Growing up in small-town Indiana, it was a treat to go to the Covered Bridge Festival. Not only were there miles and miles of vendors with the important stuff, like paper Chinese fans, but spending hours driving through the winding Indiana roads to view a large concentration of beautiful covered […]

Children are exhausting and there are times more often than we want to admit when children are made to feel like a bother. A friend of mine recently pointed out to me how deeply our eldest generation cherish children. She’s completely right. I brought my little girl along to Bridle […]

My 30th class reunion is this weekend so I’m in a reflective mood. When I think about my post high school life, I think mostly of the past 20 years. The first 10 years were spent trying to be the cool kid I was not in high school. I first […]