Author: Dani Tietz

Coming home has always been exciting for Mahomet Native Nick Washburn. After graduating from D-II Hillsdale College in Michigan, the 2009 Mahomet-Seymour graduate left the United States to play professional basketball overseas in Spain. Then, the 6’10” center spent 10 months playing basketball in Portugal. Now, Washburn is excited to come home to Mahomet during… Read more

Dear Drivers, I’ve been anxious about this day. This day seemed so far away when she was born. We purchased a car five years ago thinking, this could be her car when she turns 16. And now, it’s here. My daughter is behind the wheel. I know millions of moms have felt this moment before… Read more

The American Legion Post 1015 will celebrate flag day on June 14 with an Unserviceable Flag Ceremony at 6 pm. Flag Day commemorates June 14, 1777 when the United States adopted the flag of the United States of America. President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation in 1949 that June 14 would officially be Flag Day.… Read more

Unless you visit the same spot for vacation every year, traveling can bring up some nerves. Am I choosing the right spot? What will we do? How will we get there? Where will we stay? What do we need? You research, make choices, but you actually don’t know what you’re going to get. That’s how… Read more

Orange. Cherry. Citrus. Ginger. Blueberry. This is just a sample of the 250 different kinds of soda that will be available for tasting at the Fourth Annual Homer Soda Festival in downtown Homer on June 4. With 40 unique soda vendors, the 2016 Homer Soda Festival has expanded to also include the Sundowners Classic Car… Read more

MSHS Freshmen Quinn Searsmith was chosen as the 19th District American Legion Association Essay winner this month. Searsmith shared his piece on the subject “Should There Be Term Limits for Our U.S. Senators and Representatives?” to the Champaign Post #24 on May 22. Read more

While many celebrate Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial first day of summer, members of the American Legion Post 1015 and the Mahomet community remember military men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. Memorial Day derived from Decoration Day, which may have originated when southern women’s groups honored fallen soldiers… Read more

A few days ago, a friend stopped me and asked, “What’s going on in this town?” What’s going on in this town? Mahomet. The town with a desirable school system. The town with a very low crime rate. The town where the “happiest” people in Illinois live. A town of 15,000 people, most of whom… Read more

The Mahomet Post Office is hosting a food drive for Mahomet Helping hands this Saturday, May 14. The post office asks Mahomet residents to put donated food items next to their mailbox. When the mail carriers come by to deliver the mail, they will also pick-up the donated food. Read more

By:  Prof. John Kindt* Virtually a nonentity in 2012, by 2015 Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) was the largest advertiser in the United States. But by the end of 2015, DFS was the subject of investigations by the U.S. Attorney Offices in New York, Boston, and Tampa. Other criminal justice authorities including two dozen state attorney… Read more