BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Beginning June 1, 2020, high school students of voting age will be allowed to be excused from school for two hours to vote in primary, general and special elections or any election in which propositions are submitted to a popular vote. Students can be excused to exercise […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A 17-game winning streak for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team came to an end last week, but the Bulldogs immediately started a new streak on Tuesday. M-S lost a 40-35 decision to Champaign Jefferson on Jan. 16. Trey Peters scored a team-high eight points. Gavin Hammerschmidt […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour Education Association has shown concern with a movie policy that was brought to the Mahomet-Seymour Policy Committee on Aug. 12, 2019 by Director of Instruction Nicole Rummel. Rummel’s proposed change to Policy 6:210 read: “Teachers are encouraged to use age-appropriate supplemental material only when it […]
BY BROGAN HENNESY High School is coming. Though it felt like the day would never come, I have less than a semester left of eighth grade. Then I will start a new phase of my life. I’ll repeat the process of going to a new school, meeting new teachers, taking […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Ten players scored, led by Nichole Taylor with 11 points, on Tuesday as M-S won at Centennial 57-25. The win snapped a two-game losing streak. Durbin Thomas registered 10 points, Makayla Rosenbery scored nine points and Sammie Beyer added seven points. Taylor also cleared a team-high nine […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs won twice on Tuesday as the team captured two Apollo Conference dual-meet victories at home. M-S outpointed Lincoln 55-15 and Mount Zion 55-21. Of the squad members who were 2-0 for the night, only Logan Petro (138 pounds), Colton Crowley (182 pounds) and Daniel Renshaw […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Washinton’s Devon Vanderheydt hit a buzzer-beater Tuesday night, sending the Panthers past visiting Mahomet-Seymour 52-50 in a non-conference boys’ basketball game. “I tip my hat to the Vanderhydt kid, who hit a tough shot with a hand in his face,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We’d guarded […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Mahomet Parks and Recreation has received a $400,000 Open Space and Land Acquisition Development (OSLAD) grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for Phase I of the Barber Park Master plan. The grant matches dollar-for-dollar up to one-half of a project’s funds. Mahomet was one of […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Students’ access to the restroom during the school day was on the minds of many as the Mahomet-Seymour School Board gathered on Tuesday night. Policy 7:135, which stated, “All students will be permitted access to the restroom at least one time per hour throughout the school day. […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School board voted 5-2 Tuesday night to instruct the Mahomet-Seymour legal counsel to provide the board with communication between legal counsel and district staff for the last three years to the board for review. Mahomet-Seymour Board President Max McComb and Lori Larson voted against the […]
