Mahomet Daily

The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) voted unanimously to resume the football season starting the weekend of October 23-24, 2020. The Big Ten will require student-athletes, coaches, trainers and other individuals that are on the field for all practices and games to undergo daily antigen testing. Test […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs swept the top three spots and registered eight of the top-10 placers on Thursday (Sept. 10) in a three-school non-scored meet at Mount Zion that also included Monticello. M-S’ Emma Frazier led teammates Emmaline Culp and Camryn Nelson across the finish line. Frazier’s winning […]

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs secured eight of the top 10 places in a non-scored boys’ cross-country meet on Thursday (Sept. 10) at Mount Zion for a three-school meet that also included Monticello. M-S’ Corban McMinn was the runner-up in the 35-person boys’ 2-mile race. His time was 13 minutes […]

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs were the No. 3 seed for a five-school Class 3A regional and will start postseason play on Thursday (Sept. 24) in the semifinals at second-seeded Mount Zion. The championship game is scheduled for Saturday (Sept. 26) and would be played at top-seeded Monticello, if it […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It took seven games for Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high baseball team to record its first shutout of the season. Then, the Bulldogs needed just one more day to register their second shutout. Playing at Champaign’s Spalding Park on Thursday (Sept. 10), M-S blanked Champaign Franklin 11-0. M-S […]

Christie Clinic will offer a convenient way to get a flu vaccination on a drop-in basis without an appointment in September and October.  Christie Clinic drive-thru flu clinic locations include Christie Clinic on Windsor in Champaign and satellite clinics in Urbana, Danville on Vermilion, Mahomet, Monticello, Rantoul and Tuscola. Christie […]

The Mahomet-Seymour School board is expected to vote at the Sept. 21 board meeting on whether or not to change the learning plan that the district has been engaged in since the school year started. A presentation for Superintendent Lindsey Hall and District Nurse Nita Bachman at the Sept. 14 […]

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met virtually for their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, September 14, 2020, where the Board approved several updates to the IHSA Return To Activities guidelines, while also providing guidance on the IHSA’s independent team participation rule for the 2020-21 school year. […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com *All photos and video submitted The fans were in position. The National Anthem was played, on cue. The race starter followed with a countdown, announced through a Bluetooth speaker, going from 10 to the firing of the airhorn after reaching the number one. With that brief […]

The University of Illinois Extension has announced that TEConomy Partners, LLC, a firm specializing in impact assessments, values the annual economic and functional benefits of Illinois Extension at over $603 million, about 10 times the $60.9 million annual budget of the university unit. Extension operates in all of Illinois’ 102 […]