By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two days before the official arrival of Thanksgiving 2020, Marsha (Primmer) Neitzel found more reasons to be thankful. It’s because of the people. Kind people. Caring people. Considerate people. Compassionate people. People whose names she doesn’t even know. People whom she might never see again. People […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nikki Watson moved to Mahomet while the coronavirus pandemic was ravaging the nation and disrupting lives and livelihoods. The one person in the region that she knew was her father, who lives about 20 miles away, in Arrowsmith. Watson, an art teacher, was living in her […]
*photos taken from Linda Meachum’s Facebook Feed By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It’s not often that a large group of people will universally agree on any topic. There are usually dissenters. When the name Judy Swiger is mentioned to former Mahomet-Seymour students or faculty members, however, there is unanimous support about […]
By Fred Kroner John Laubhan made a hole-in-one on the eighth hole at Lake of the Woods Golf Course on Thursday, Nov. 12. He hit a 7-iron from 129 yards. The feat was witnessed by Mick Little and John Malloy.
Editor’s Note: First Published Dec. 2019. Updated Nov. 12, 2020. By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com For many, Aubrie Shore’s story started as a high school freshman at Mahomet-Seymour. As a ninth-grader in the spring of 2018, she rewrote the school record books for home runs in softball for a season (13) and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour athletes still don’t know when the high school basketball season will start, but they learned one piece of information on Tuesday. They know when the season won’t begin. The previous Monday, Nov. 16 target date for preseason practices to get under way, as established by […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It was just an off-hand comment. Megan (Schumacher) Williams was serious when she spoke, but she was also intending to show how impressed she was with the startup business that a friend’s parents were opening in Mahomet. In December, 2018, Williams attended the open house for […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Cross-Country Club took on a new identity for its final postseason race of the year on Saturday (Nov. 7) and exceeded the expectations of the state’s experts on the sport. Competing in Chillicothe at the unofficial Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet, the seven runners […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com They called themselves members of MSDP – standing for Mahomet-Seymour Distance Project – and on Saturday (Nov. 7), seven students from the high school completed their season-long project. Running in the unofficial state cross-country meet – unofficial because it was sponsored by ShaZam Racing and not […]
By Fred Kroner Students from Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School, representing the M-S Bulldog Club, placed ninth on Sunday in the unofficial girls’ junior high state cross-country meet, in Chillicothe. The invitation-only event was sponsored by ShaZam Racing, and was held as a one-class event. Twenty-one full teams participated. The seven […]
