The Mahomet-Seymour Science Olympiad team placed third overall at the Parkland College Regional tournament for the Illinois Science Olympiad Saturday. The third-place finish secured a spot at State on April 18, 2020. University Laboratory High School and Centennial High School placed first and second, respectively. The Mahomet-Seymour squad finished strong […]
Talon Decker became the first Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation State Qualifier since the MS Youth Wrestling Club was reformed 4 years ago. Decker finished second in the IKWF Central Sectional held in Monticello. He won his first three matches via pin, including the semi-final match which clinched a state tournament […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@sjodaily.com There is one thing that Wood N’ Hog owners Michael McDonald and Okema Battle have known their whole lives: that they can depend on each other. Like most Americans, the siblings grew up eating barbeque. “I grew up in Chicago where there were four (barbeque restaurants) in […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Groggy workers and students on Monday in Illinois are left wondering if Senate Bill 533, the bill that would end the state’s biannual change of the clock known as daylight savings time, will ever pass and become law. As of Nov. 19, 2019, the measure had passed […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Lincoln Trail’s Celby Ryan stepped out of his fourth-grade student classroom on Monday morning in a green tie and a gray sweater to see what it would be like to be the principal. Ryan’s parents, Chris and Casey, won the special morning for their son at the […]
The Mahomet-Seymour and Centennial Interact Clubs will host a Spring Carnival on March 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Lincoln Trail Elementary. The event will include food, bounce houses and games. Proceeds from wristbands at $8 each with discounts for families of 4 will go to support the Australian […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs participated at two sites on Saturday and – like the boys’ team – emerged with champions at each location. The M-S 3,200-meter relay took first in the Apollo Conference meet, at Mount Zion, clocking a time of 10:47.91. They won by 18.64 seconds. The relay […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had enough depth on Saturday to take athletes to indoor meets at two locations and win events at both sites. M-S competed in the indoor Apollo Conference meet, at Mount Zion, as well as the First to the Finish meet at the University of Illinois […]
A grocery store is a grocery store. They have selections ranging from produce to meat and deli, to frozen foods and cereals, all handled by stockers and cashiers. After spending his career managing, operating and owning grocery stores, Mahomet IGA’s owner Brooks Marsh knows that the green beans his store […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs earned a Class 2A regional wrestling team title last Saturday at home and had 17 athletes secure top four finishes. Fourteen of the M-S athletes have advanced into a 25-school sectional at Jacksonville that will be held on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. Three other […]
