BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country M-S placed third in the 14-school Saber Corn Classic on Saturday at St. Thomas More. Two Bulldogs finished among the top 10 individually. Elizabeth Sims was fifth, running the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 41.9 seconds. She was 40 seconds behind the winner. […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Jon Adkins Coaching Era at Mahomet-Seymour started with a 34-13 loss on Friday to Marion on the Bulldogs’ Frank Dutton Field. Marion built a 20-0 lead before M-S scored twice in a span of 3 minutes, 49 seconds in the third quarter. A first-game loss […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team, which had only scored on penalty kicks in its first two matches, had four players find the back of the net on Saturday as the Bulldogs won the championship in their own four-team invitational at Middletown Field. M-S (2-1-1) opened the tournament […]
Registration for the Mahomet-Seymour School District’s B.L.A.S.T. program will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. for first and second-grade classes at Middletown Prairie Elementary and 7 p.m. for third through fifth-grade classes Lincoln Trail Elementary. B.L.A.S.T. programming is an after-school enrichment program that features classes in art, literature, […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Things were looking up going into the fundraising season for Mahomet-Seymour’s Parent Teacher Organization. But Friday’s discovery that Ken Keefe’s, a five-year M-S PTO board member and Corresponding Executive, was the owner of Fund For Us, LLC, a company that handled credit card and Paypal donations […]
Kid-friendly YouTube stars Random Encounters will be at the Mahomet Public Library on August 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. Since 2010, AJ Pinkerton and Peter Srinivasanhave have posted YouTube video game music videos and gained popularity through songs like: FNAF the Musical, Resident Enis, Sanpai Notice Me (Yandere) and […]
BY MACKENZIE BONHAM Well hello everybody! I am Mackenzie Bonham. I am nine-years old, in the fourth grade. I am so excited to start this new adventure with each and every one of you. Ms. Dani asked me if I would like to write you all every month and let […]
BY JULIE CEBULSKI While working on a team of directors in an assisted living facility, our team was shocked to learn that a staff member from a sister facility was arrested for embezzlement. We were shocked and saddened that someone we knew and respected had committed a crime. My administrator […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The M-S PTO announced Monday morning that it has asked its Corresponding Executive Ken Keefe to resign his post after the group learned on Aug. 23 that he was the owner of Fund for Us LLC., the organization that handled online donations during the 2018-19 school […]
Mahomet Library has partnered with Nancy Knittel, a retired educator with extensive experience at Parkland College and at multiple area schools, to provide free small group preparation for the GED, or provide math or writing help for adults, at Mahomet Library during the 2019-2020 school year. Nancy will host 3 […]
