It’s not like the new guy was inexperienced. And it’s not like the Sangamon is a very dangerous river. I mean, if one wishes to avoid putting oneself in potentially hazardous situations, you’d do far better to avoid I-74 between Mahomet and Champaign on snow days. And who does that? And yet, anything can be hazardous when conditions line up. […]

Following up on some of the hottest news of this season (at least to me), the Mahomet Citizen reported two weeks ago on the progress of the ‘Mahomet Rivertrail’. Now we here at Notes from the River don’t mind occasionally being scooped, especially when it’s by our Editor, the talented Amelia Benner. But still, we’ve been working on this one […]