Mahomet Daily

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team secured a berth in Saturday’s Class 2A regional championship match by virtue of Tuesday’s 3-0 shutout over Centennial on the Chargers’ field. M-S is 15-3-5 overall and has lost just once (with three ties) in its last 16 matches. Jake Janda hit […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jeff Kyle can relate to the life of construction workers. They often arrive at vacant lots to build a house, staying at the job site until all of the finishing touches are completed. Then, it’s off to another location to again build from the ground up. […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Cross-country runners may not think of themselves as models, but Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high teams have been a model of consistency since the sport expanded from a single-class state tournament into a multiple-class system in 1997. In 20 of the following 22 years, at least one M-S […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some people find ways to turn a hobby into a money-making venture. Jim Risley found a way to turn his passion into a memory-making experience. Thirty-nine years ago, Risley arrived on the faculty at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School. Besides teaching sixth-grade history, Risley had an interest […]