Month: March 2021

Local

Bulldogs look to break losing streak

By Fred Kroner The short-handed Bulldogs were held to their lowest point total of the season on Monday (March 8) and dropped an Apollo Conference decision at Teutopolis, 52-29. Cayla Koerner scored 10 points, Durbin Thomas had five points and Caitlin Thomason contributed four points for the Bulldogs. Alayna DeWitt […]

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Mahomet-Seymour loses to Teutopolis

By Fred Kroner Shooting woes proved costly for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team on Tuesday (March 9) in a 63-36 Apollo Conference loss to Teutopolis. The Bulldogs made just 6 of 18 free throws (33 percent) and only 2 of 14 three-point attempts (14.3 percent). Beyond that, M-S coach Ryan […]

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County Clerk notifies residents of scam

The Champaign County Clerk’s office is notifying residents of a phone scam that was discovered late Tuesday afternoon. The scammer calls from 217-384-3720, the  County Clerk’s office main line, and asks for personal/banking information from individuals to help settle delinquent property taxes.  The Champaign County Clerk’s office will never personally contact […]

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Commentary: Tribes

By Jason Schifo I have been thinking quite a lot lately how things have changed, and how those changes have affected my family, your family, our community and the world.  I have been thinking about this because like you, I have some deep concerns about not only where we are […]