By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One race. One day. Four firsts. Mahomet-Seymour’s Mathias Powell capped a perfect postseason on Saturday by winning the Class 2A cross-country individual state championship at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. — He was the first M-S state titlist in cross-country; — His 3-mile time of 14 minutes, 31.77 […]
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Meachum and Jordan cross items off bucket list together
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Joan Jordan and Linda Meachum are former school teachers who are now in another learning stage. The retired Lincoln Trail fifth-grade teachers are soaking up first-hand knowledge about places many only know about through books and magazines. First friends, later card club members, Jordan and Meachum […]
“You’re never too old for school.”
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Not all college students fall into the demographic of recent high school graduate who is continuing their education while in their teenage years. Adults who return to school face a variety of challenges and hurdles as they re-adjust to the classroom after leaving full-time employment in […]
Commentary: Kroner encourages constituents to vote
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is a political column. When I told my buddies about this idea, they shook their heads. Almost in unison, they responded, “Don’t go there.” This is not a typical political column, however. After a half-century of involvement working in the media, I continue to have […]
MSHS girls’ cross country captures first IHSA 2A Sectional title
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com School history was made on Saturday at the Class 2A East Peoria girls’ cross-country sectional meet. A Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country program — which has now qualified teams for state 14 times this century — captured a sectional championship in the sport for the first time. Under […]
Heroes from Home: The Parkhill Family
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is one of a continuing series the Mahomet Daily will publish periodically about the ordinary men and women — or families — from the community who have done or accomplished extraordinary things in their lifetime. We encourage readers to submit nominations for other deserving individuals […]
Girls’ swimming places second in Danville
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball season ended on Tuesday with a Class 3A regional semifinal loss to Unity on the Rockets’ court. Unity improved to 2-0 in the season series between the schools, sweeping the Bulldogs 25-21, 25-23. M-S closes with a 20-13 record. Unity (28-8) will face Champaign […]
Wanninger and Allen encourage kindness through grassroots project
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Study these words: What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of, What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No, not just for some, but for everyone. They are an example that despite technological […]
Former Village Administrator Smigielski lucky to be inland during Hurricane Michael
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There are stories that seem almost too implausible to be believable. They are often lumped into a general category: Fake news. Mell Smigielski knows that some sets of facts, however, truly are beyond comprehension. He has first-hand knowledge. The former Mahomet Village Administrator has lived and […]
MSHS Girls’ Cross Country captures IHSA 2A Regional title
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s fifth runner, Delaney King, beat the fifth runner from Normal University High to the finish line by four seconds and that was enough to allow the Bulldogs to edge the Pioneers, 55-57, for team supremacy in Saturday’s Class 2A girls’ cross-country regional at Normal’s Maxwell […]
