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Homer Soda Festival June 4
Orange. Cherry. Citrus. Ginger. Blueberry. This is just a sample of the 250 different kinds of soda that will be available for tasting at the Fourth Annual Homer Soda Festival in downtown Homer on June 4. With 40 unique soda vendors, the 2016 Homer Soda Festival has expanded to also include the Sundowners Classic Car…
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Chief Metzler gives timeline of Pendleton hunt on May 7
MAHOMET, IL-The Champaign County Multi-Jurisdictional Investigative Team continues to investigate the events surrounding the May 7, 2016 shooting of Mahomet police officer Jeremy Scharlow. The Team is conducting a thorough, exhaustive investigation of the events, gathering reports of interviews and the collection of evidence. When the process is complete, a comprehensive report will be released.…
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Searsmith wins essay contest
MSHS Freshmen Quinn Searsmith was chosen as the 19th District American Legion Association Essay winner this month. Searsmith shared his piece on the subject “Should There Be Term Limits for Our U.S. Senators and Representatives?” to the Champaign Post #24 on May 22.
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Honoring Our Heroes: Memorial Day 2016 Ceremony
While many celebrate Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial first day of summer, members of the American Legion Post 1015 and the Mahomet community remember military men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. Memorial Day derived from Decoration Day, which may have originated when southern women’s groups honored fallen soldiers…
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Murdoch’s Passion for Travel and Learning will be missed at MSJH
Tom Murdoch’s classroom at Mahomet Seymour Junior High School if full of things most people haven’t seen in a long time. The sixth, seventh and eighth graders he teaches probably have never seen them: An Apple II SE computer that boots off a floppy drive. A tube-type radio. A Royal typewriter. An adding machine that…
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Finding Light in Darkness
A few days ago, a friend stopped me and asked, “What’s going on in this town?” What’s going on in this town? Mahomet. The town with a desirable school system. The town with a very low crime rate. The town where the “happiest” people in Illinois live. A town of 15,000 people, most of whom…
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Residents asked to put non-perishable food by mailbox May 14 to benefit Helping Hands
The Mahomet Post Office is hosting a food drive for Mahomet Helping hands this Saturday, May 14. The post office asks Mahomet residents to put donated food items next to their mailbox. When the mail carriers come by to deliver the mail, they will also pick-up the donated food.
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Letter to the Editor: Is Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal under Federal Law and Most State Laws?
By: Prof. John Kindt* Virtually a nonentity in 2012, by 2015 Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) was the largest advertiser in the United States. But by the end of 2015, DFS was the subject of investigations by the U.S. Attorney Offices in New York, Boston, and Tampa. Other criminal justice authorities including two dozen state attorney…
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“Grandma” Geraldine Hickle lived life full of hard work and love
She was unstoppable. Geraldine “Grandma” Hickle, who blessed her friends with coleus from her side yard, could also sit and tell stories for hours and hours to anyone who would listen. But Geraldine’s story, which included a time without running water, teaching in a one-room schoolhouse and living in America through the uncertain times of…
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Mahomet Police Department Press Release on manhunt: 2:40 p.m.
On May 7, 2016 at approximately 10:45 p.m., Mahomet Police Officer Jeremy Scharlow was involved in a shooting with Dracy “Clint” Pendleton, 35. Scharlow and Pendleton exchanged gunfire and Pendleton fled the scene. The officer was shot in the arm and it is believed Pendleton received wounds (possibly a gunshot) during the confrontation, but it…