On Jan. 31, 2023, Mahomet-Seymour Board President Max McComb wrote an opinion piece for the News-Gazette in rebuttal to what board member Meghan Hennesy said at the Jan. 17, 2023, regularly scheduled board of education meeting. The following are just excerpts from those pieces. Hennesy’s speech (Jan. 17) can be […]
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Fact Check Hennesy and McComb: Resignations
On Jan. 31, 2023, Mahomet-Seymour Board President Max McComb wrote an opinion piece for the News-Gazette in rebuttal to what board member Meghan Hennesy said at the Jan. 17, 2023, regularly scheduled board of education meeting. The following are just excerpts from those pieces. Hennesy’s speech (Jan. 17) can be […]
Fact Check Hennesy and McComb: Middletown Park, 13 Acres and Tennis Courts
On Jan. 31, 2023, Mahomet-Seymour Board President Max McComb wrote an opinion piece for the News-Gazette in rebuttal to what board member Meghan Hennesy said at the Jan. 17, 2023, regularly scheduled board of education meeting. The following are just excerpts from those pieces. Hennesy’s speech (Jan. 17) can be […]
Fact Check Hennesy, McComb and Widener: TIF Funds
On Jan. 31, 2023, Mahomet-Seymour Board President Max McComb wrote an opinion piece for the News-Gazette in rebuttal to what board member Meghan Hennesy said at the Jan. 17, 2023, regularly scheduled board of education meeting. The following are just excerpts from those pieces. Hennesy’s speech (Jan. 17) can be […]
Mahomet-Seymour softball drops first game at home
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour pushed across three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, but that was the Bulldogs’ only offense on Tuesday (March 28) in their home-opening 18-3 non-conference softball loss to Stanford Olympia. Kenadi Granadino, Madisyn White and Rio Casillas tallied runs for the Bulldogs. Madelyn Logsdon, […]
Bulldogs win at home over Teutopolis
By Fred Kroner Senior Blake Wolters pitched four innings of one-hit ball, striking out 11, walking no one and allowing no runs, as the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team opened the home portion of its schedule on Monday (March 27) with a 9-3 triumph over Teutopolis. Two dozen major league scouts were […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Third-Quarter Honor Roll 2023
High Honors 6th Grade Abdo, AbdelBasset A. Alman, Susanna G. Almeida, Chloe D. Barton, Vada Bednar, William M. Benway, Kara N. Bork, Brynn L. Brauer, Reagan L. Brown, Isabella N. Carolan, Hadley G. Carolan, Harlow I. Childress, Claire E. Clark, Reilly A. Cvengros, Ava R. Deck, Sylas A. Derickson, Brayden […]
LGBTQ+ Autonomy Rally On March 31st in Champaign, IL
Mattoon high school student, Aydin Tariq, and Uniting Pride of Champaign County will host a rally for Queer & Trans* Youth Autonomy at 5:30pm at the corner of 5th & John St. in Champaign on March 31. UP Board and Staff jumped at the chance to work with Tariq in […]
Village of Mahomet to ask taxpayers if they would support rec center/pool
Editor’s Note: This was originally published on Jan. 12, 2023. We are republishing in light of the election on April 4. By Isabella Zarate In October 2012, Leisure Vision Conducted a Citizen Survey to convey a number of community needs and desires. Within the survey were questions regarding recreation activities, […]
Capt. Drew Weaver receives bronze Polish Armed Forces Medal
MARSEILLES, Illinois – Polish Army Col. Edward Chyla, the Commander of the Polish Territorial Defense Force Training Center, presented the bronze Polish Armed Forces Medal to a Jackson County emergency management technician, an Illinois State Trooper from Mahomet, an East Dundee electric worker, and a readiness noncommissioned officer from Tinley Park on March 25 at the Illinois Army […]