Author: Dani Tietz

The Mahomet-Seymour High School WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) team took second place at the Illinois State Competition Monday. Dunlap High School placed first. Junior Jessica Berkman was named the State Champion in Biology. She also placed third in Physics. Nick Morrow placed second in Math, Ben Dahl captured third in Chemistry and fifth… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted to increase school registration and Kid’s Club fees for the 2018-2019 school year. Middletown Prairie and Lincoln Trail (K-5) registration increase will go from $85 to $110. MSJHS registration will go from $85 to $135 and MSHS registration will go from $120 to $170. The school registration increase will help pay… Read more

Springfield, IL – A package of legislation sponsored by State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) to strengthen oversight of natural gas storage sites below ground, and strengthen notice requirements if a natural gas leak occurred below ground in a storage facility, passed a Senate Committee April 12. Rose’s measures come after more threats to the Mahomet… Read more

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State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) met with Aimee Poskin from Mahomet April 11 at the Statehouse. Poskin is with the Illinois Leadership Council for Agriculture and works for Farm Credit Illinois. She was in Springfield for Ag Day at the Capitol, discussing legislative issues related to agriculture with lawmakers. Read more

Nineteen-year-old Heather Clarke of Mahomet was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle crash near 2175 CR 700 E in Hensley Township at 8:55 a.m. Monday. An autopsy is scheduled at the Champaign County Regional Autopsy Facility Monday afternoon. The crash is under investigation by the Champaign County Sheriff’s Department. Read more

Cody’s Video from JJ Creative Media on Vimeo. It’s an epidemic that is sweeping the nation. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 115 people in the United States die daily from an opioid overdose. And every single time a loved one dies of an overdose, the story hits close to home.… Read more

The Village of Mahomet Pension Board voted 5-0 Friday morning to award former Mahomet Police Officer Jeremy Scharlow a disability pension. During a confrontation with Dracy Pendleton in the 500 block of South Vine Street on May 7, 2016, Scharlow was shot in the arm. Pendleton, who was also injured, fled the scene. He died… Read more

When Danielle Schuh was a student at Lincoln Trail Elementary School, she enjoyed the annual Mahomet-Seymour PTO HANDS Around the World event. And now, as a senior studying Psychology with a concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Illinois, Schuh was able to share her love of music with Lincoln Trail students during the… Read more