The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
The Mahomet-Seymour School District will hold a dessert reception on Monday, March 9, from 6:45 – 7:30 p.m. in the Bell Lobby of Middletown Prairie Elementary School to thank Trent Nuxoll, Chief School Business Official, for his years of service to the District. After 9 years of service to the […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs placed fourth on Saturday in the Centennial Sectional. Nineteen schools scored points at the single-class meet. M-S totaled 95 points. Meet champion Champaign Central amassed 269 points and was followed by Centennial (253) and Charleston (121). The Bulldogs finished among the top four teams in […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com C.J. Shoaf continues to reach new heights during the indoor portion of the Bulldogs’ track and field season. On Saturday at the Normal West Invitational, Shoaf re-broke the school record in the high jump. He cleared 6 feet, 10 inches and coach Todd Lafond said, “came within […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com All three of the Bulldogs’ individual state-qualifiers won matches at the UI State Farm Center and junior Daniel Renshaw posted four wins and placed fifth in the Class 2A 220-pound division. Renshaw’s only losses in the state tournament were to the eventual champion, unbeaten Apollo Gothard, from […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs’ winning streak hit eight games Friday night in a 67-43 Apollo Conference triumph at Charleston. Grant Coleman scored 19 points and Kobe Essien fired in 14 points as M-S dispatched the Trojans for the second time this season by at least 20 points. Essien posted […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com When the girls’ basketball season ended on Thursday with a loss in the Class 3A regional championship game at Decatur MacArthur, Mahomet-Seymour was able to reflect on the season that was. For the 18-14 Bulldogs, it was the most wins in 13 years. Though three seniors will […]
By JERRY NOWICKIand PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com Two bills that would add the risks of e-cigarette use and sexting to public school curriculum will head to the full Illinois House of Representatives after unanimously passing a committee Wednesday, Feb. 19 The House education curriculum committee heard testimony about House Bills 4007 and 3928, […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com As the Mahomet-Seymour School Board prepared to open new business, IL Senator Chapin Rose came to the meeting to let them know that $400,000 of tax money from the State of Illinois will be given to the school district to renovate the Mahomet-Seymour Fieldhouse if the district […]
By JERRY NOWICKIand PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker has tied his second-year state budget proposal to the unfinished marquee policy initiative of his first year – a constitutional amendment that allows the state to impose higher income tax rates on higher income earners. If voters approve […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The seventh-grade Bulldogs raised their volleyball winning streak to 13 matches with Thursday’s 25-18, 25-18 victory at Champaign St. Matthew, which built a 6-1 lead in the opening set. The Bulldogs forced a tie at 14-14 and the teams were still even at 17-17 before Addi Eisenmann’s […]
