The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs had two top-10 finishers on Monday (Sept. 28) and placed second in a three-school girls’ cross-country race at Mahomet’s 13 Acres Park. Meet champion Tolono Unity ended with 22 points. Runner-up M-S had 49 points and Monticello wound up third with 53 points. Avah Turner […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour outdistanced the field on Monday (Sept. 28) in a three-school boys’ cross-country race at 13 Acres Field. The Bulldogs finished with a team composite of 25 points. Runner-up Unity had 48 points and Monticello ended with 69 points. M-S had seven consecutive placers, starting with Auggie […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs closed the softball season with back-to-back losses to Mount Zion, the first one to end the regular season and the second one in a Class 3A IESA regional semifinal game. In the Thursday (Sept. 17 game), Mount Zion blanked the Bulldogs 14-0 in Mahomet. Ava […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs won a regional championship on Saturday (Sept. 26) by overpowering Monticello 11-5 in a Class 3A IESA postseason title game in Mahomet. Peyton Cox (5-0) pitched six innings and earned the victory. He allowed six hits, walked two and struck out four. Lucas Dyer […]
Trick-or-treating hours in the Village of Mahomet will be from 6-8 p.m. onSaturday, October 31. The use of face coverings, hand sanitizer, and social distancing (at least 6 feet) from others will be required at all times, when outdoors while participating or chaperoning. Trick-or-treating will be challenging amid the ongoing […]
Groups from Mahomet, St. Joseph and Tolono met in Champaign on Sept. 19 to rally around area police officers. The nearly two-hour event, featuring former Republican Senate candidate Peggy Hubbard, featured a few hundred people on the University of Illinois campus in the late morning hours. “We all know what’s […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One year ago, this wouldn’t have been a story. It wouldn’t have raised any eyebrows to hear that a group of Lincoln Trail Elementary School students – five boys and six girls – are together in a classroom from Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of this piece, Dani Tietz, will also be on Sunday’s panel. How does a reader, a viewer, a voter, or a consumer find facts in news today? With terms like “fake news” being used almost daily and increased pressure on social media platforms to monitor misinformation, […]
On the recommendation of Superintendent Lindsey Hall, Mahomet-Seymour schools will remain in their current hybrid learning model until second semester. The Mahomet-Seymour Education Association, who had surveyed their members, told the Mahomet-Seymour School Board that teachers overwhelmingly did not favor moving away from the plan the district is currently in. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eight Bulldogs secured top-four finishes on Thursday (Sept. 24), helping the M-S girls’ swimming team to a runner-up finish in a three-school meet at Lincoln. Charleston was the meet winner with 89 points. M-S totaled 40 points and Lincoln ended with 12 points. Senior diver Elise […]
