The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
By Fred Kroner Led by two top-five runners, and five teammates who ran within 47 seconds of one another, Mahomet-Seymour was the dominant team on Saturday (Oct. 24) in the Taylorville Class 2A IHSA girls’ regional cross-country meet. Overall for M-S, the regional crown was the 16th in school history […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Region 1 of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan will see a new tier of virus mitigations as Gov. JB Pritzker warned Thursday that “we are now headed into a peak that is beyond, potentially, where we were in March and April.” “This pandemic […]
By Brogan Hennesy Mahomet-Seymour, as well as the rest of the world, have made hard sacrifices during the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic. Changes and cancellation have made life difficult to navigate. The Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band had to cancel their competitive season. For a time, there was only hope that the band […]
The Waterford at Bridle Brook will be hosting a costume parade outside on the front drive from 6 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 30. Residents will be seated outside to watch the parade. All ages are welcome to dress up and attend. Please maintain 6-ft social distance from one another […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health released plans to distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The treatment will be free of charge to state residents seeking to be inoculated against COVID-19. “There will not be a cost to individuals for the vaccine, although providers may charge a small […]
CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District’s (CUPHD) COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing program is asking residents to answer the call and help slow the spread of COVID-19. By answering the call, you can help keep yourself, your family and your community safe. Residents who test positive for […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted down the sale of 13 Acres Park to the Village of Mahomet on Monday night. The vote needed a super-majority of five votes per the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-76-3) to pass. Board members Meghan Hennesy, Ken Keefe and Colleen Schultz voted against it, […]
By Fred Kroner By the time the M-S boys toed the starting line for the Thursday (Oct. 15) IESA Class 3A sectional cross-country meet at 13 Acres Park, they had extra motivation supplied by the dominating performance of the school’s girls’ team. “The boys’ team knew that they were up […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A perfect score in cross-country means a school had the first five finishers in a meet. On Thursday (Oct. 15), the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country program achieved perfection-plus in a five-school IESA Class 3A sectional meet at 13 Acres Park. Schools were allowed to enter up to […]
How can we help? Like many organizations, the Mahomet Ministerial Alliance approached this question in as the COVID-19 began to take shape across the Mahomet community in late spring. But, like all good things, the pastors knew that they needed help themselves in getting support for those in need. Cornbelt […]
