Mahomet Daily

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jeanne Schacht is the Village Treasurer. She is also a Village treasure. The two roles, in essence, go hand-in-hand. By being Mahomet’s financial watchdog, she has helped for three-plus decades to keep Mahomet on a strong footing. Schacht is retiring and will spend her last day […]

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hunters are prohibited from harvesting antlerless deer during the first 15 days of the Illinois Archery Deer Season in five east-central Illinois counties as part of an effort to grow the deer herd in the region, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced today.  Antlerless deer […]

The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25 at the Village Administration Building. [gview file=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/09-BOT-09252018-AGENDA-FINAL-REVISED.pdf”]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things go together, automatically and naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Chocolate and chips. Baskets and balls. To the seemingly endless list is an annual rite of fall: Homecoming week and powderpuff football games. Those traditions will be renewed this week when high school girls at […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour senior Mathias Powell was the individual winner in Saturday’s East Peoria Invitational at Illinois Central College. Powell covered the 3-mile course in 15 minutes, 5.8 seconds and had a margin of victory of 4.8 seconds in a race with 254 finishers. Mathias’ win was the […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Carolyn Farren grew up in the Chicago area, but moved to Champaign-Urbana to attend school at the University of Illinois. She was a biochemistry major. Working her way through college, she had jobs working at bars and at restaurants. She then spent time as a wine […]

The 3Disciplines triathlon will take place in Mahomet on September 23. Registration for the event will begin at 6:30 a.m. with kickoff scheduled at 8:30 a.m. The prospective timeline for the event estimates the first athlete to get on a bike and leave the park around 8:55 AM. The timeline […]

The Mahomet-Seymour School District will welcome their Bulldogs home during the week of September 24. Wednesday Festivities will kick-off Wednesday, September 26 with the Mahomet-Seymour Homecoming parade, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. Affected Village streets, including State, Division, Elm, Main and Franklin will be closed beginning around 5:00 p.m. and will […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team started the week with wins on back-to-back nights. The Bulldogs (7-2-3) edged Lincoln 3-2 on Monday and matched a season-high for goals scored on Tuesday in a 6-1 triumph over visiting Effingham. In Apollo Conference matches, M-S is 3-0-2. Austin Carr and […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Scouting helps its participants build confidence and self-esteem while also learning values that will be beneficial later in life. Sometimes what is built can be seen in real time. Five teenagers in Mahomet’s Girl Scout Troop 2066 finished a hands-on project last weekend that completed requirements […]