In the days before the March 17, 2020 primary election, the Champaign County Clerk’s office will open locations throughout Champaign County to make voting easy and accessible to those casting a vote. Pursuant to Article 19A of the Illinois Election Code, Early Voting for the General Primary will be conducted […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nyah Biegler found herself at a crossroads before she found herself behind the wheel of an automobile. Entering Mahomet-Seymour High School as a freshman in the fall of 2017, Biegler was an accomplished soccer player who had competed in the sport for more than half of […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com My grandmother was a devout Christian. After my grandfather passed away in the late 1970s, she moved to Waxhaw, N.C., where she joined the JAARS missionary team. She lived there for almost 20 years, helping to serve groups of people overseas and at home. She loved to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Even as he reached another milestone in his coaching career on Thursday, Mahomet-Seymour’s Rob Ledin was looking ahead. The person who is the longest-tenured wrestling head coach in the history of the storied Bulldog program (which has 29 individual state champions and 13 top-three state finishes […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A 21-win season for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team came to an end on Wednesday with a 44-32 Class 4A IESA regional championship game loss to Danville North Ridge. M-S ends the season with a 21-4 record. Following an 0-2 start to the season, the […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman’s 29-point, nine-rebound performance sparked the Bulldogs to their second narrow win in four days on Tuesday, a 62-60 verdict over Bloomington. The Bulldogs built a 36-26 lead at halftime. “We played a great first half,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We were able to get […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Eight players scored points on Tuesday, but no one reached double figures as the Bulldogs recorded their third consecutive win, a 41-28 triumph at St. Thomas More. Savannah Orgeron led the balanced Bulldog attack with eight points. Makayla Rosenbery scored seven points, Durbin Thomas ended with seven […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs registered pins and 11 squad members went 2-0 for the night on Tuesday as M-S defeated its final two Apollo Conference opponents. M-S overpowered Taylorville 67-9 and Charleston 65-9 in the M-S fieldhouse. Logan Petro (138 pounds) pinned both of his opponents, including one fall […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Evan Herriott and Max Katz were double individual winners on Tuesday as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming and diving team defeated two opponents at Lincoln. The Bulldogs (8-5) amassed 141 points to outdistance Lincoln (86) and Jacksonville (71). Herriott was triumphant in both the 200- and 100-yard […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will host a one-day Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event in Champaign one April 4, 2020. Registration for collection is open to all Illinois, but pre-registration, with opens on Feb. 3, must be completed to attend. An Oct. 26, 2019 collection was […]
