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  • Volleyball team to honor military/first responders with car wash and cookout

    Dani Tietz

    The Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team will host their fourth annual Free Car Wash and Cook Out for active duty military, veterans and first responders on August 19 from 1-4 pm at Mahomet-Seymour High School. The annual event began not as a fundraiser, but instead, a way for the volleyball players to give back to those in… Read more

  • Pick-Up and Drop-Off Procedures for Mahomet-Seymour School District

    Dani Tietz

    PLEASE NOTE: CELL PHONE USE in SCHOOL ZONES LAW Effective January 1, 2010, the use of cell phones in a School Zone is strictly prohibited by State law. PARKING On most school days, parents are asked to use the parking lot in front of the school.  On special event days (ie: P/T Conferences, Dawg Walk),… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band to Perform Zorro

    Dani Tietz

    You know it’s time for the Mahomet-Seymour school doors to open when you can hear brass instruments and percussion throughout the Mahomet valley. The 210 students who are part of the Mahomet-Seymour High School marching band kicked off the 2017 marching band season with band camp July 31 through August 5. Until school starts on… Read more

  • I’m Writing About Something You Don’t Want To Talk About

    Dani Tietz

    The events of this weekend in Charlottesville left my limbs feeling numb and my heart heavy. As I looked at the angry faces of the white men and women carrying tiki torches, I thought, ‘Some of those men and women look just like the people who would live in my town.’ They weren’t just some… Read more

  • Village Board Agenda 8.15.2017

    Dani Tietz

    The Village of Mahomet Board will meet at the Village Administration Building on August 15 at 6 p.m. [gview file="https://mahometnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8-SS-08152017-AGENDA-FINAL.pdf%22] Read more

  • Sangamon River Music Festival provides Upgrade Experience

    Dani Tietz

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  • Killer Bee Honey to perform at Lake of the Woods Summer Concert Series

    Dani Tietz

    The Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve welcomes the crowd pleasing Killer Bee Honey (KBH) for the Summer Concert Series on Mabery Gardens on August 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. The five-member band formed when Mahomet graduate Bryce Johnson saw a video of Jim Means perform original songs on Facebook. In what began as a friendly “jam”… Read more

  • Vagina Monologues performance to benefit Courage Connection at Virginia Theatre

    Dani Tietz

    CHAMPAIGN, IL — A gender-inclusive group of over 70 community performers are coming together for one night only to perform playwright Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to raise money and awareness for local domestic violence program Courage Connection. The show will take place at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on Friday, August 25,… Read more

  • Breast Cancer Survivors ‘Living Legendary’ through Dragon Boating

    Dani Tietz

    Breast cancer survivors on a dragon boat in the middle of Central Illinois may seem absurd. But for 30 women in Champaign County, being part of the Prairie Dragon Paddlers is part of “living legendary.” “We don’t only want to be survivors, but we want to live,” Mahomet resident Sara DeYoung said. Prairie Dragon Paddlers… Read more

  • Day Trips: Sidney Dairy Barn

    Dani Tietz

    Sidney Dairy Barn Owner Dennis Riggs stops a former employee who came by to get ice cream on the day before she gets married and gets teary-eyed. “Do you remember the three things for happiness?” he asked. “Something…” she said. “Always have something to look forward to both near and far,” he starts. “Always enjoy… Read more