By Isabella Zarate Cell phones, the mini handheld computers that most people carry with them everywhere they go. Need a calculator? Use your cell phone. Need to take a picture? Cell phone. What about making a call or sending a text? Cell phone. Need to look something up on the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com When Brooks Coetzee III committed to playing baseball at Notre Dame, the Mahomet-Seymour athlete wasn’t joining a program that was prominent on the national scene in the sport. When his freshman year in college (2019) ended with a 24-30 team record, it marked the fourth consecutive […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School District is considering no longer running “Kids Club”, a fee-based before and after-school child care program for kindergarten through fifth-grade students. As heard in the May 2022 board of education meeting, the YMCA would provide child care. Through FOIA, the Mahomet Daily was able to obtain a […]
By Isabella Zarate As the days grow hotter and the nights grow shorter, many anticipate the Fourth of July. This year people are celebrating the red white and blue in a number of ways. The town of Mahomet is pairing with the Champaign County Forest Preserve to host this year’s […]
There’s nothing quite like opening a mailbox to find 6”x9” political flyer; turning on the television to see a political ad; driving down the street to see a political billboard. Some will toss the flyer in the trash, change the channel and just ignore the billboard. No one knows if […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School board held a special meeting on June 10 after Superintendent Lindsey Hall reported the OMA violation to the Public Access Counselor at the Illinois Attorney General’s office, according to a notice sent out along with the announcement of the June 10 meeting. On June 1, 2022, the […]
Customers of the Sangamon Valley Public Water District will see an option to vote to elect trustees to the SVPWD board on the primary ballot (June 28). That measure was championed by two current and two former board members who were appointed to the board for decades. Answering questions about […]
At the recommendation of BLDD Architect Damien Schlitt, Mahomet-Seymour will move away from the design-bid-build model and into a Construction Manager model as the district looks to undertake facility upgrades should the June 28 referendum pass. This model will move the district away from the competitive bid process and just […]
The establishment of TIF districts benefit development by taking a designated amount property tax money intended for local taxing bodies and redirecting it into infrastructure that encourages developers to invest in property. As Mahomet-Seymour asks taxpayers for a total of $97.9 million, that burden will be carried in large part […]
Mahomet-Seymour CUSD #3 Board of Education will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 20, 2022, in the Board Conference Room at Middletown Prairie Elementary, to allow for input concerning a PE Waiver for the District. Ken Keefe, Secretary Board of Education Mahomet-Seymour CUSD #3
