Category: Local
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Powell and Hendershot capture Illinois Prep Top Times championship
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Two Mahomet-Seymour athletes won individual titles on Saturday in the boys’ Class 2A division of the Illinois Prep Top Times indoor track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. The meet is considered the unofficial state indoor meet. Junior Hunter Hendershot defended his title in the shot put, with a… Read more
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Village Board meeting venue change 3.26.2019
The Village of Mahomet has moved their regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, March 26 to the Cornbelt Fire Department, located at 506 E Main St. The change comes after the March 19 study session where residents from Summit Ridge, Briarcliff and Lakeview Subdivisions packed the Village Administration Building. During the meeting, which lasted more… Read more
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Building 429 named as Christian Act at Mahomet Music Festival
Building 429 has been named as the headlining Christian act at the Mahomet Music Festival. The 2019 Mahomet Music Festival will take place on August 23 and 24. Building 429 will perform at 11 a.m. on August 24. Friday and Saturday night’s headliners include “The Southern Accents” and Joe Nichols. Building 429 is a GRAMMY… Read more
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Sunny Acres Road detour near railroad tracks to begin March 25
Construction on Sunny Acres Road is scheduled to begin at the end of March. The contractor, Beniach Construction, will set up the detour and close Sunny Acres Road, from South Mahomet Road to the railroad tracks on Monday March 25. Beginning construction from South Mahomet Road to the railroad tracks will allow school buses to… Read more
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Three Bulldogs qualify for Illinois Top Times meet in Bloomington, MSHS soccer and baseball capture wins
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour will have three athletes competing in two events on Saturday in the unofficial state indoor track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center in Bloomington. In the boys’ Class 2A division, C.J. Shoaf is a qualifier in both the high jump and the 60-meter hurdles. In the girls’ Class… Read more
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Commentary: The role of news media is to inform, not promote
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The message and the messenger often get confused. And blurred. And misunderstood. One of the tenants of good journalism is to be impartial. Plus, present both sides of an issue. Plus, be factually accurate. It can be understandable that the message gets mixed. There are exceptions, just not to the accuracy part.… Read more
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Commentary: White looks back on 30 years in Briarcliff
Almost 30 years ago, we moved to this “magical” neighborhood called Briarcliff. Our sons, Mike and Andrew grew up with a family of neighborhood parents who let them explore and play but watched over them . Our families gathered together celebrating life together – swam in the lake, played at the beach, rode bikes in… Read more
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Commentary: A real picture of Briarcliff
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com How many times have you heard the saying, “I’m not a political person?” When I hear someone speak those words, I imagine that they are saying, “I don’t want to be thrown into the pig pen with the wild boars who will bite your head off if you mention a topic they… Read more