The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
The Mahomet-Seymour Fieldhouse will be open the following times in December 2019: Monday through Friday on the days school is in session, the Mahomet-Seymour Fieldhouse will be open from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m. for walkers and joggers only. December 1: 1 to 5 p.m.December 2: 7:30 to 10 p.m.December 3: […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The seventh-grade Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team carries a 16-game winning streak into Wednesday’s IESA sectional game at Effingham. The Bulldogs are 21-2 overall. They ended the regular season by overpowering St. Joseph 29-4 and then won back-to-back regional games, beating Champaign Edison in the semifinals, 46-15, and […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour High School wrestling was ranked 25th in the preseason Class 2A state poll issued last week by The Illinois Best Weekly. Four Bulldogs received attention in the individual state rankings, including senior 285-pounder Seth Buchanan, who was rated fifth after coming off of a 34-12 season. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened the season by winning once in the four-game Lincoln Tournament. Two of the Bulldogs’ losses were by nine points, or less. M-S placed sixth in the event. “We’ve not shot the ball very well to start the season,” M-S head coach […]
An afternoon spent at a local Christmas tree farm and an evening gathered around the tree with twinkling lights is a tradition that many families share. But finding the perfect tree and keeping it looking good throughout the holiday season takes a little know-how. For starters, know what kind of […]
Champaign Urbana Ballet presents its holiday classic, The Nutcracker, for one weekend only, December 5-8 at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts. Nutcracker regulars and first-timers alike can ring in the holiday season with this outstanding production that features intricate stagecraft, live orchestration by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and, as […]
BY JASON SCHIFOCommunity Evangelical Free Church of Mahomet Thanksgiving Sunday has just past, and as a pastor, I joined scores of other pastors across the country in challenging people to be thankful. I pleaded with them to rise above the rivalry, division, animosity, and antagonism by becoming a people best […]
BY DEBRA JOY HART “You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner, there was one wise old Native American woman saying, “Don’t feed them. If you feed them, they’ll never leave.”- Dylan Brody “Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only […]
BY NICK SCHNEIDERFirst State Bank of Forrest Mahomet The holiday season is upon us. Unless your name is E.Scrooge, you may have a person or two on your list. From the early season snow to the holiday décor in so many stores to the ringing of the Salvation Army […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Delegates of the Illinois Association of School Boards, a lobbying group that advocates for education policy in the Illinois state legislature, voted against a measure on Saturday that would call for the group to support the development of legislation that would allow school staff to be trained […]
