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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…

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…

Against all odds, Waters and Willard work NFL game in Los Angeles

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Take your pick. There are facts about figures. Or, a way to figure out the facts. Numbers are the starting point. There are around 7.7 billion people in the world, give or take. In Los Angeles, the population is above 4 million. In Mahomet, the number of residents is in the vicinity…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Becoming an advocate for a child who has been abused: Murphy volunteers with CASA

Champaign County CASA is a not-for-profit organization that recruits, trains, and monitors volunteers who speak for the best interest of abused and neglected children. CASA will have the next volunteer training from April 16-May 8, 2019. If you are interested in giving your time to youth in our community with CASA, you can go to…

Mugshots sometimes harm local lives

EDITORS NOTE: The news media’s practice of placing mugshots within the publication is long-standing. Seeing the impact this practice has on lives, groups are beginning to question the practice. The following story is a local recount of such questions and stories. *Photo of Kevin Hobbs, provided by Kevin Hobbs Kevin Hobbs is a professional actor,…

Powell and Hendershot capture top honors, MSHS Soccer tops Bloomington

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Two Mahomet-Seymour athletes won individual events in the large-school division of Saturday’s Charleston Indoor Invitational at Eastern Illinois University. In his season debut, Mathias Powell posted a victory of nearly 40 seconds in the 3,200-meter race. Powell was timed in 9 minutes, 30.17 seconds. Teammate Hunter Hendershot captured top honors in the…

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