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2019 Mahomet-Seymour Ballers Bash

The Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Basketball program will host their annual Ballers Bash June 14-16 in the M-S Fieldhouse. Fifty-one teams from junior high and high schools across the state will participate in the tournament. While full varsity, junior varsity, eighth and seventh-grade schedules are available online, M-S plays in the following […]

Karen Badger
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Karen Badger wanted students to feel valued

BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Sometimes dreams come true. And sometimes those dreams open opportunities to dream again. “I always wanted to be a teacher,” Karen Badger, who recently retired as a kindergarten teacher at Middletown Prairie Elementary said. “Ever since I was a little girl. When I […]

Harold and Bev Schroeder
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Heroes from Home: Harold and Bev Schroeder

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com This is one of a continuing series the Mahomet Daily will publish about ordinary men and women from the community who have done or accomplished extraordinary things in their lifetimes. We encourage readers to submit nominations for other deserving individuals who warrant consideration. We are delighted to […]

Illinois gas tax
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Illinois gas tax, vehicle registration fees and parking tax among those to be increased under new bills

BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Pending approval by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinoisans could see several tax increases, which will pay for a $45 billion infrastructure project known as “Rebuild Illinois.” The “Rebuild Illinois” capital bill, which has passed in the Illinois House and Senate, will rebuild roads, bridges, public schools and university […]