Category: Local
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Community Blood Services of Illinois seeks blood donors during holiday shortage
Kirby Winn wants people to remember to give this holiday —blood that is. Winn, who is the spokesman for Community Blood Services of Illinois, said that blood donation decreases during the holiday season. “As donors get busy with holiday travel, shopping, events, ect. we see a decrease in the rate of blood donation” he said. Winn… Read more
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Public Meeting on Proposed TIF District Wednesday
The Village of Mahomet will host a public meeting on November 7 at 7 p.m. at the Village Administration Building to allow constituents to learn more about a proposed commercial redevelopment project that will impact 74 or more inhabited residential units and commercial businesses along Main Street in downtown Mahomet. On September 25, the Village… Read more
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MSJSH First Quarter Honor Roll
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M-S Board Agenda 11.5.2018
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High will meet on Nov. 5, 2018 in the Middletown Prairie Elementary boardroom at 7 p.m. [gview file="https://mahometnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nov-5-2018.pdf%22] Read more
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Letter to the Editor: Support for Matt Grandone
November 2, 2018 Matt Grandone is the most qualified candidate for Champaign County Clerk. Matt is conscientious, hardworking, ethical, honest, and dedicated to our community. The facts are simple: … For the past 4 years, Matt has been working with State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies to increase Election Security and helping to expand Early… Read more
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Commentary: “Kesher Moments”
By Jason Schifo Pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church of Mahomet Have you ever gone to the store in search of a particular thing and run into or across something unexpected along the way that wasn’t on your list? Maybe it’s just me, but that happens all the time. It seems to me that when… Read more
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2018 Living Flag performance Nov. 2-4
[gview file="https://mahometnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Flyer-A.pdf%22] Honoring America’s Veterans is something the Mahomet community prides itself in each year. Mahomet-Seymour School do not close down, but instead, host Veterans from all backgrounds to recognize them with students who get to see their heroes up close. The same holds true for the Living Flag Celebration at Mahomet Christian Church. Each year,… Read more
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Commentary: Kroner encourages constituents to vote
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is a political column. When I told my buddies about this idea, they shook their heads. Almost in unison, they responded, “Don’t go there.” This is not a typical political column, however. After a half-century of involvement working in the media, I continue to have a problem with one aspect… Read more
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Hand, foot and mouth disease: symptoms, causes and treatments
Whether a child is in daycare or at school, there is always the chance that they will be exposed to some sort of illness. With cold weather just around the corner, parents are encouraging their children to wash their hands and to not share drink containers in hopes that they will not catch a common… Read more
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Pommier to perform at YoYo’s Saturday night
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Mahomet-Seymour graduate Onoleigh Pommier will perform with Nashville recording artist Jake Loban at Yo Yo’s on October 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. Pommier is currently enrolled at the University of Missouri, Columbia where she studies social work. During the final months of her senior year, Pommier is completing… Read more