BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Jack B. Van Zandt, 22, of Danville, Ill., killed during World War II, will be laid to rest in his hometown on Dec. 17, 2019. After 76 years, Van Zandt’s remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Sept. 23, […]
The Champaign Chiefs kicked off their 2019-2020 hockey season defeating Sacred Heart Griffin 5-1 on Dec. 5. The Chiefs will face Springfield High School on Dec. 9. Henry Livingston (senior), Charlie Moore (senior), George Moore (sophomore), Kale Schweighart (freshman) and Peter Slezak (senior) represent Mahomet-Seymour. More information about the Lincoln […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com They laugh alike. They talk alike. Sometimes, they even walk alike. But it hasn’t always been this way for Nicolina Di Girolamo and Neenah Williams. In junior high, they didn’t really like each other. “I did not like her because we were always competing,” Nicolina said. “I […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com For almost seven years, ballet went as planned for Rosy Odum. She put in her time, went to practice and played her role in the Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy’s performances. But the 13-year-old Mahomet-Seymour Junior High student learned a lesson last spring: life doesn’t always go as planned. […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Fieldhouse will be open the following times in December 2019: Monday through Friday on the days school is in session, the Mahomet-Seymour Fieldhouse will be open from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m. for walkers and joggers only. December 1: 1 to 5 p.m.December 2: 7:30 to 10 p.m.December 3: […]
An afternoon spent at a local Christmas tree farm and an evening gathered around the tree with twinkling lights is a tradition that many families share. But finding the perfect tree and keeping it looking good throughout the holiday season takes a little know-how. For starters, know what kind of […]
Champaign Urbana Ballet presents its holiday classic, The Nutcracker, for one weekend only, December 5-8 at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts. Nutcracker regulars and first-timers alike can ring in the holiday season with this outstanding production that features intricate stagecraft, live orchestration by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and, as […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Delegates of the Illinois Association of School Boards, a lobbying group that advocates for education policy in the Illinois state legislature, voted against a measure on Saturday that would call for the group to support the development of legislation that would allow school staff to be trained […]
Students pictured, L-Rback row: Kylie Fuoss, Tadeo Ruiz, Miranda Morrissette, Averhy Sanborn, Zoe Hovde, Aera Boateng, Savannah Smith front row: Madison Ade, Mallory Fonte, Penny Sheridan The Mahomet-Seymour High School Speech Team kicked off their 2019-2020 season with a third-place trophy from the Small Schools Division at the U-High Invitational […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@sjodaily.com Whether the turkey is brining in the refrigerator or still on the grocery list for the upcoming week, a feast is about to be prepared. As families across the nation sit down to dine on the year’s finest, few think about where the food that will be […]
