Author: Dani Tietz

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board accepted $27,184.39 from the Mahomet-Seymour PTO on Dec. 16. The MS-PTO appropriately divides money raised during the Dawg Walk between Middletown, Sangamon and Lincoln Trail based on the number of students within each school on the sixth day of school. Prior to allocating the money, the MS-PTO listened to how parents… Read more

There’s nothing like performing music at home for Ashley and the Goose. Mahomet graduates, Ashley Cox and Richard Geese (“Goose”), connected three years ago when Champaign Freight picked up Cox as a vocalist. Champaign Freight split up after their lead guitarist moved to Arizona, but Goose and Cox stayed in touch. The duo decided to… Read more

After three years in a new building, the Mahomet Public Library has put together a task force of community members to gather input on the future of the library. “This strategic planning helps us determine the major things people want so we can put the money we have in the right places,” Library Director Lynn… Read more

Mahomet Public Library (MPL) patrons can now find an extended eBook and audiobook catalogue through the 3M Cloud Library. MPL gained access to the 3M Cloud Library through membership with the Illinois Heartland Library System. Patrons can use their library card to directly download eBooks to eReaders, iPad and Android tablets, smartphones, music players, personal… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School District and ARAMARK will offer breakfast to students at Lincoln Trail and Middletown Early Childhood Center beginning Jan. 14. Mahomet-Seymour High School has served breakfast to 25 to 30 kids per day for several years. In previous years, Lincoln Trail provided breakfast for 20 to 30 students through a program called Breakfast… Read more

A lovely mess; this is an apt phrase to describe the birth of Christ.  We have lost the imagery of this truth within our lives.  When one sees Christmas within modernity, the story of Christ has seemingly become “white noise” within the landscape of a commercialized holiday. The story is not lost because we fight… Read more

Girl Scout Troop 2066 finished their community service requirements by making superhero capes for Crisis Nursery on Dec. 10. With the completed project, the girls earned their Agent of Change Journey badges. The journey included units on the Power of Me, the Power of Team and the Power of Community. The cape project was taken… Read more

While providing educational environments which create up-to-date learning opportunities for staff and students is the focus of the 20-year facility proposal which was presented to Mahomet-Seymour school board members on Dec. 4, the plan also included much needed athletic facility maintenance and upgrades. Superintendent Rick Johnston believes all the facility upgrades and maintenance over the… Read more

Full Throttle is ready to get Mahomet residents dancing as they open up Uncle Buck’s Sports Bar holiday entertainment on Sat. from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. After 12 years together, Full Throttle comes into every gig with over 100 cover songs from Eric Clapton, CCR, BB King, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Elvis, Radiohead, Phillip Phillips,… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved funds for phase two and three of smart board purchases at Sangamon Elementary in 2014. In years past, the Mahomet-Seymour Foundation and the Mahomet-Seymour PTO have supplied money for these fixed assets. The school board approved the use of $30,000 in Champaign County sales tax dollars, which can be used… Read more