Canadian Thanksgiving is my new favorite holiday. No. I’m not Canadian. I’ve only been to Canada once, and it was barely over the border. My husband’s family is German. And with little research, I’m pretty sure I may qualify to register as a Daughter of the American Revolution. I’m about […]
Along the old, muddy streets of Champaign, when laboring immigrants made local empires possible and the Orpheum Theater housed a vaudeville and moving pictures theater, criminal activity and ghost stories haunted the area. Mahomet resident Camille Born brings these tales and the historical downtown area to life through “After Dark: […]
After more than 75 years of service to the Mahomet community, the Mahomet Town and Country Women’s Club (MTCWC) is ready to reach out to those in need again this year. MTCWC kicked off its first meeting in mid-Sept. with their annual nut sale. The money raised from the nut […]
Parents throughout Champaign County who believe in the benefits of babywearing will join babywearing groups throughout the world this week to celebrate International Babywearing Week. During International Babywearing week, the non-profit group, Babywearing International encourages local chapters to host events during the second week of Oct. to promote babywearing by […]
Kortny and Jeremiah Cox welcomed their 18-month old son with his adoptive father’s playful personality home from Ethiopia at the end of June. After a two year wait, the adoption process was complete, and their family finally felt intact. The couple made two trips to Ethiopia without their four-year-old daughter, […]
Central Illinois Athletic Academy opened its doors Sunday to provide the Mahomet community, and surrounding areas, with an indoor practice facility. Scotty Harvey, alongside business partners Jim and Kim Long transformed the north side of the old D&D Foods building at 201 N. Prairieview Rd. over the summer months with […]
After three years of building and planning, the Sportsmen’s Club of Urbana will open their shotgun and pistol target-only shooting range on Oct. 2. The shooting range will be open from 9 a.m. to one hour before sundown as long as the weather is decent. The Club continues their no […]
With 87 ultra-marathons under his belt since 2000, Mahomet resident Chris Migotsky hopes complete 100 ultra-marathons by the end of 2014. Migotsky completed his 87th race at the 32-mile Evergreen Lake Ultra Marathon in 6 hours, 14 minutes. In April, Migotsky ran 100-miles in his best time at 23 hours, […]
The Mahomet Bible Bowl team will begin their competitive season on Oct. 5 at Mahomet Christian Church when teams from all over the state gather to answer questions over Joshua 1-8. Mahomet Christian Church hosts a Bible Bowl competition every Saturday October through May. From May to June, the team […]
Volunteers with the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy spent Saturday combing a three-mile stretch of the Sangamon River just north of the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. The 22 in-water volunteers took 10 canoes and 5 kayaks on the six-hour trip. Three volunteers stayed at Lake of the Woods Forest […]
