Month: November 2021

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Community vaccination clinics available by appointment for children age 5-11

CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), in partnership with Carle Health, OSF HealthCare, Christie Clinic, Promise Healthcare, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are hosting community-based COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination clinics for children age 5-11. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) news release, “In the U.S., COVID-19 […]

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State adopts federal guidance recommending Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – One day after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that children between the ages of 5 and 11 receive the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech, the Illinois Department of Public Health adopted the same recommendations Wednesday. That vaccine […]

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Bulldogs pick-up win at Normal Parkside

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high girls’ basketball teams registered a sweep on Monday (Nov. 1) at Normal Parkside to improve their overall records to 15-1. The seventh-grade Bulldogs handled the Parkside Pythons, 30-10, with Courtney Fonte hitting 12 points and Hannah Martin contributing seven points. The eighth-grade Bulldogs held […]

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Bulldogs advance to state meet

By Fred Kroner For the 10th time in the past 12 years, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country program will be represented at state by its full team. M-S placed fifth in the Saturday (Oct. 30) IHSA Class 2A sectional at Decatur’s Hickory Point Golf Course. The top seven schools in the […]

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Bulldogs win seventh sectional title

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s state-ranked Bulldogs were the dominant team in the Saturday (Oct. 30) Decatur IHSA Class 2A boys’ cross-country sectional meet at Hickory Point Golf Course. With its top five runners completing the 3-mile course within 57 seconds of one another, coach Neal Garrison’s Bulldogs zipped to their […]