Champaign County CASA is a not-for-profit organization that recruits, trains, and monitors volunteers who speak for the best interest of abused and neglected children. CASA will have the next volunteer training from April 16-May 8, 2019. If you are interested in giving your time to youth in our community with […]
EDITORS NOTE: The news media’s practice of placing mugshots within the publication is long-standing. Seeing the impact this practice has on lives, groups are beginning to question the practice. The following story is a local recount of such questions and stories. *Photo of Kevin Hobbs, provided by Kevin Hobbs Kevin […]
University of Illinois Students Are Helping Dogs Talk By Ben Chapmanbenbart.chapman@gmail.com The project is called “Dug the Dog IRL” (read: Dug the Dog In Real Life), and it’s a wondrous mix of nerdy, fascinating, and adorable. A prototype of the technology will be on exhibit at the University of Illinois […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Once upon a time, Derrick Roy had lived his entire life in Mahomet. Once upon a time, all of Roy’s education was in the Mahomet-Seymour school district. Like all good fairy tales, this story has a happy ending. Or, in Roy’s case, a happy continuation. At age […]
The story you are about to read had to be destined to happen. Although when Heather Foster and Neil Beigler were 8 and 11 years old, they had no idea what might happen a decade later. “My dad’s little sister married his mom’s little brother,” Heather said. “We were the […]
Life is full of little moments and big moments; funny moments and profound moments. Sometimes those moments just come and go. And other times, we can capture them through pictures. Seymour resident Judy Yost is passing her love for moments onto her two grandchildren, kindergartner Alli Yost and sophomore Cora […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com It all started with a request. Kate Dallmier wanted to learn to play the piano. She wasn’t yet in kindergarten. Her parents couldn’t accommodate the request themselves. “We are a family of scientists, with very little intrinsic musical talent,”said Michelle Dallmier, Kate’s mom. That didn’t mean the […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Joseph Stephen Dauwe. It’s a name that hundreds of Mahomet-Seymour spectators became acquainted with during the last month. A freshmen at Mahomet-Seymour High School, Joseph performed Christmas songs on the piano as loved ones found their seat for the M-S Christmas play. Then on Jan. 17, Joseph […]
When The Greatest Showman hit theaters, its anthem song, “This is Me,” hit the hearts of viewers. When Karli Waldrep and Catherine Tandy hit the stage at the Mahomet-Seymour Variety show on Thursday night to perform “This is Me” in American Sign Language (ASL), they moved the crowd. Waldrep and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Forrest Smoes became accustomed to life on the run as a student at Mahomet-Seymour High School. A standout two-sport athlete, Smoes excelled in cross-country and track and field. That lifestyle is now part of his past. The former all-state runner hasn’t slowed down, however, just moved […]
