Month: March 2021

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Letter to the Editor: Go Illini

Go Fighting Illini!!!  Congratulations to the Illinois Men’s Basketball team and to coach Brad Underwood on making it to the NCAA tournament! I was never a big fan of sports until 4 years ago, but now I have more orange and blue clothing than any other colors in my closet!  […]

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Mahomet-Seymour holds Effingham scoreless

By Fred Kroner Four days after completing his basketball season, senior Eli Warren made a major contribution to the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team. On Tuesday (March 16), Warren tallied four goals and added three assists as the Bulldogs blanked Effingham, 7-0, in an Apollo Conference match at Middletown School. Warren’s […]

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Pritzker announces “Bridge” to Phase 5

Nearly a year after Gov. JB Pritzker announced a stay-at-home order in Illinois, the state is looking at a “bridge” phase to increase capacity at museums, zoos and spectator events as well as increased business operations. Pritzker announced the plan Thursday calling it a “dial-like approach.” To advance into the […]

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Mandatory K-12 sex education bill advances in House

By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois House committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would mandate all public school districts in the state provide a comprehensive, age-appropriate curriculum on sex education, sexual abuse awareness and healthy relationships for all grades, K-12. Illinois currently has a law that leaves […]

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Bulldogs capture IESA Class 4A Regional title

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs’ seventh-grade volleyball team captured an IESA Class 4A regional championship at home on Wednesday (March 10). Top-seeded M-S needed three sets to defeat second-seeded Effingham, 25-13, 20-25, 25-22. The Bulldogs spurted ahead,15-6, in the first set, sparked by a five-point service run by Ava […]