By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball season ended on Tuesday with a Class 3A regional semifinal loss to Unity on the Rockets’ court. Unity improved to 2-0 in the season series between the schools, sweeping the Bulldogs 25-21, 25-23. M-S closes with a 20-13 record. Unity (28-8) will face Champaign […]
Month: October 2018
Mahomet Halloween Guide
October 24 FULL MOON HIKE: HALLOWEEN EDITION Interpretive Center, Homer Lake Forest Preserve, 6-7:30 p.m. Halloween is almost here, so get in the spooky spirit by coming on a Full Moon Hike! We will use the light of the full moon to navigate Homer Lake. We won’t find werewolves or […]
Hulten to provide information on running for school board
Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten will be at the Mahomet Public Library on November 8 to talk to potential Mahomet-Seymour School Board candidates about the process for candidacy. The event will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Hulten will review the requirement of public signatures, the timeline for turning candidacy […]
Wanninger and Allen encourage kindness through grassroots project
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Study these words: What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of, What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No, not just for some, but for everyone. They are an example that despite technological […]
Commentary: Watching the “truth” unfold
By Jason Schifo, Pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church I am fresh off of leading my sixth trip to Israel with a group of 31 pilgrims, and as always, I am excited about all that God continues to do through these trips! When I say that I am excited though, […]
Commentary: Vote People, Not Parties
by Ben Chapman, Candidate for County Board District 1 It’s no secret that some voters vote one party straight down the ballot. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it takes almost no thought. However, I doubt I would be hard-pressed to convince you that unquestioningly voting for one party is not […]
Former Village Administrator Smigielski lucky to be inland during Hurricane Michael
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There are stories that seem almost too implausible to be believable. They are often lumped into a general category: Fake news. Mell Smigielski knows that some sets of facts, however, truly are beyond comprehension. He has first-hand knowledge. The former Mahomet Village Administrator has lived and […]
MSHS Girls’ Cross Country captures IHSA 2A Regional title
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s fifth runner, Delaney King, beat the fifth runner from Normal University High to the finish line by four seconds and that was enough to allow the Bulldogs to edge the Pioneers, 55-57, for team supremacy in Saturday’s Class 2A girls’ cross-country regional at Normal’s Maxwell […]
Keefe named Vice Chair of Illinois Foster Care Advisory Council
Ken Keefe has been named the Vice Chair of the Illinois Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council. Keefe, who has fostered children in his home for six years, joined the council three years ago after witnessing the bureaucracy involved with children in the foster care system. “You would think that everyone […]
Martin enjoying role as administrator at Middletown Prairie
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ryan Martin’s interest in education and school administration started because of a potato. It wasn’t just any ol’ spud. It was a French Fry. Actually, it wasn’t even an edible fry, but one that Martin and other students had to visualize. “When I was in grade […]
