The Mahomet-Seymour Academic Challenge Team (an Engineering Competition) won their Regional last week: Mahomet-Seymour topped the pack at 495 points, a perfect score is 500 points. Champaign Central took second with 459 and Rantoul placed third with 156 points. Below are the individual results:Biology:2nd – Tony Huang3rd – Daniel Renshaw & […]
John Koller is not one to want attention — directed towards him. Even when he is named the Illinois Fire Chief of the Year, Koller immediately turns the conversation back towards his team, the Cornbelt Fire Department — an organization he likes to highlight. “It just speaks to the department,” […]
Dr. Ngozi Ezike said on Friday that regions in Illinois that reach Phase 4 of COVID mitigations can play all sports. That includes higher-risk sports like basketball, football and wrestling. Under the IDPH guidelines, regions in Phase 4 expands the level of play allowed for all sports to allow play […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health has Region 6 (Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby, Vermillion) into Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan. “I am excited that 10 out of our 11 regions have […]
It’s been almost a year since Mahomet-Seymour senior athlete Nyah Biegler announced her intention to play soccer at Eastern Illinois University. Now the 5’11” midfielder is looking forward to her time as a Panther. The NCAA Division I school has made 4 NCAA tournament appearances, captured 2 Ohio Valley team […]
A post on Project 47 Smokehouse and Pub’s Facebook page states that the popular Mahomet barbecue restaurant will close its doors for the “rest of the winter” on Jan. 23. “(We) will be re-evaluating everything, if and hopefully when, the state of Illinois and Champaign County lift indoor dining restrictions,” […]
The United Way of Illinois wants to help make Illinois stronger through a 21-week Equity Challenge program that will begin on Jan. 18, 2021. The free program provides 21 weekly emails with links to links to articles and videos with activities to help people understand privilege, housing and redlining and […]
As Jan. 1 comes and goes, Illinois residents usually see a dozens or even hundreds of new laws at the beginning of each new year. But Jan. 1, 2021 only brought three new laws to Illinois residents after the pandemic of 2020 canceled much of the legislative session. Senate Bill […]
The IHSA plans to meet with IDPH and Gov. JB Pritzker’s office prior to January to determine a timeline for 2021 sports, a press release from the IHSA said Monday. Another IHSA board meeting will be held before the New Year to finalize plans. The board, which met on Dec. […]
A snow baby collection at grandma’s house. A ceramic Santa at grandpa’s house. A small Christmas tree on the fireplace mantle. Children often take the little nostalgic details of Christmas from their childhood into adulthood. But for Mahomet native Ashley Yancy, the spirit of those little nostalgic details are something […]
