Mahomet Daily

Christie Clinic brings photos from the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Boys’ Basketball game against Edison. To view all the photos visit: https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2021-Mahomet-Seymour-Junior-High-vs-Edison/.

By Fred Kroner Garret Risley’s first head coaching win occurred on Monday (Feb. 8) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team topped Mount Zion 61-49 in an Apollo Conference road contest. For the second time in three games, junior Cayla Koerner eclipsed the 20-point mark. She fired in a team-high 21 […]

The Mahomet Daily will recognize Mahomet-Seymour High Schoolgraduates each week until graduation on May 28. Senior students will stillhave the opportunity to submit a photo and answer questions in theupcoming months. To participate, contact Principal Chad Benedict atcbenedict@ms.k12.il.us.

There was never a question of what Kari Calcagno wanted to do in her professional life.  “I loved babysitting,” Calcagno said. “I started in junior high. I used to work for lady that was a mail carrier. She’d have to leave at like five o’clock in the morning; I go […]

Brian Romanowski did what everyone wants to do for their birthday on a Friday night: he slept in a cardboard box in sub-zero temps on Main Street in Mahomet. Romanowski was raising money for CU at Home, a faith-based organization that helps homeless members of the Champaign County community realize […]

Mahomet-Seymour Junior Cayla Koerner picked up where she left off at the beginning of 2020, leading the girls basketball team on the court as the Bulldog faced off against Mattoon and Charleston earlier this week. Koerner led M-S against Charleston with 21 points and four steals. She hit two three-point […]

The Mahomet Area Youth Club stepped up for families in Mahomet in the whirlwind of 2020. Now, the club needs the community’s support.  In uncertain times, MAYC adapted and stepped up, providing summer care for children whose parents needed to work. Then, as schools re-opened, the club served junior high […]

Mahomet-Seymour High School will be fully remote Thursday and Friday due to staff members being quarantined. “The shortage of staff at the high school will not enable us to continue to clean and disinfect the school according to our cleaning protocols to support students being in the building,” Superintendent Lindsey Hall wrote […]

The Mahomet Chamber of Commerce has announced its first-ever virtual Queen of Hearts Raffle, a game of chance made popular with jackpot prizes awarded in community fundraisers. The weekly raffle will be held on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. beginning Feb. 17 on the Visit Mahomet Facebook page.  Tickets, which will […]

The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), a legislative body that has oversight authority over state regulatory agencies, will review “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards” on Feb. 16.  The teaching standards aimed at creating culturally aware school leaders is a set of six overarching standards requiring teachers to be reflective as […]