The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Ten players scored, led by Nichole Taylor with 11 points, on Tuesday as M-S won at Centennial 57-25. The win snapped a two-game losing streak. Durbin Thomas registered 10 points, Makayla Rosenbery scored nine points and Sammie Beyer added seven points. Taylor also cleared a team-high nine […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven Bulldogs won twice on Tuesday as the team captured two Apollo Conference dual-meet victories at home. M-S outpointed Lincoln 55-15 and Mount Zion 55-21. Of the squad members who were 2-0 for the night, only Logan Petro (138 pounds), Colton Crowley (182 pounds) and Daniel Renshaw […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Washinton’s Devon Vanderheydt hit a buzzer-beater Tuesday night, sending the Panthers past visiting Mahomet-Seymour 52-50 in a non-conference boys’ basketball game. “I tip my hat to the Vanderhydt kid, who hit a tough shot with a hand in his face,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We’d guarded […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Mahomet Parks and Recreation has received a $400,000 Open Space and Land Acquisition Development (OSLAD) grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for Phase I of the Barber Park Master plan. The grant matches dollar-for-dollar up to one-half of a project’s funds. Mahomet was one of […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Students’ access to the restroom during the school day was on the minds of many as the Mahomet-Seymour School Board gathered on Tuesday night. Policy 7:135, which stated, “All students will be permitted access to the restroom at least one time per hour throughout the school day. […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School board voted 5-2 Tuesday night to instruct the Mahomet-Seymour legal counsel to provide the board with communication between legal counsel and district staff for the last three years to the board for review. Mahomet-Seymour Board President Max McComb and Lori Larson voted against the […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School District will hold an informational meeting on March 4, 2020 from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in the Middletown Prairie Elementary gymnasium for parents/guardians of children who will be entering kindergarten in August. To register for kindergarten, students must be 5 years old on or before September 1, […]
Students pictured (L – R) : Kylie Fuoss, Tadeo Ruiz, Savannah Smith, Zoe Hovde, Madison Ade, Averhy Sanborn The Mahomet-Seymour High School Speech Team competed in their fourth tournament on Jan. 18 at Glenwood High School in Chatham IL. Six Mahomet-Seymour students competed in 10 events at the tournament, against 18 […]
As someone who has been a caregiver to several family members, I am one of the millions of Americans experiencing the emotional, physical and financial heartache that dementia has on individuals and their families. I know there are more ways to help families like mine, and that’s why I work […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It’s time to trade your boots for a hat. That is if you’ve gone to the Mahomet Area Youth Club’s Boot Scootin’ Auction and plan to go to Hats Off to MAYC. For the last four years, MAYC has held its annual fundraiser in June at Schroeders’ […]
