Chairman Dave Parsons announced the four acts that will be showcased at the Mahomet Music Festival on Aug. 23 and 24. Friday night’s entertainment will kick-off with crowd favorite Nickel and Dimes followed by the Blooze Brothers, who will open up for Southern Accents on Aug. 23. Jake and Elwood […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The boys’ basketball season ended Tuesday night for Mahomet-Seymour, which was playing its second regional tournament game in as many nights. The Bulldogs dropped a 65-56 decision to the top seed at the Rantoul Class 3A site, Champaign Central. A buzzer-beating three-pointer by the Maroons lifted them […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com I’m generally not a fan of cliches and popular expressions, but there’s one that I believe has merit. “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” It’s with that mindset that I offer a solution to the referee shortage crisis that has reached […]
What happens if you have a Basketball Jones, but you can’t find a team? What if you have a Basketball Jones and there are opportunities for boys to play on a team and not for girls to play on a team? What if you’re only 9 years old? These are […]
Dear Voters, The upcoming school board election gives us the opportunity to elect leaders that value the importance of education. With numerous open seats and potential candidates, the decision that our community makes will have a lasting impact on our schools. By way of this letter, I pledge my support […]
I have been paying close attention to the Mahomet-Seymour school board race and am delighted that we have so many great candidates from which to choose this year. I have two children in the district and I care very deeply about the long-term success of our schools. That’s why I […]
As a candidate for the Mahomet-Seymour school board, I have been thinking a lot lately about how I would serve on the board. It is an important question that each candidate board member must consider carefully. As part of my process, I’ve been speaking with board members, both past and […]
The Mahomet-Seymour school board election is just a few weeks away which makes this a good time to discuss how the board operates and what their role is. It is important to note that the role of the school board is not to be involved in all day to day operations […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Junior Grant Coleman’s fourth 30-point game of the season sparked Mahomet-Seymour to a victory in the regular-season boys’ basketball finale on Friday. The Bulldogs (11-16) handled a Mattoon team, 58-53, that they lost to at home in overtime last month. Coleman had 33 points, seven rebounds and […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Chad Hoffman didn’t have a time schedule in mind when he accepted the position as executive director of the Mahomet Area Youth Club in January, 2017. “I really was looking for it to be long-term,” Hoffman said. At the same time, he also wasn’t going to ignore […]
