The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Abbie Velazquez’s senior season in basketball started on Sunday. And, the former Mahomet-Seymour athlete was in the starting lineup in the ninth-annual Battle of the Border, an all-star series between athletes from western Indiana and east central Illinois. She was surprised to be included on the Illinois […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that pavement patching on portions of Interstate 57 and Interstate 72 will begin Monday, April 8. The project will begin on I-57 near the I-74 interchange in Champaign and then move on to locations near Rantoul, Tuscola and Arcola, and then on I-72 between […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It all started with the wind sweeping down the plain. And, for Mahomet-Seymour High School seniors Chris and Clay Bartlett, it will end with the epic story of a man who fought for his sister, his life and his country. But there are more stories to be […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com When the school year ends, approximately 255 students — and Dianna McClughen — will be leaving Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School. The students will be promoted to high school after three years in the building. McClughen has spent 33 years at M-S junior high. Her next assignment won’t […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour amassed 33 runs and 32 hits on Tuesday in a softball doubleheader sweep of visiting Lincoln in Apollo Conference action. The Bulldogs won each game by the 10-run rule, 14-4 in the opener and 19-1 in the four-inning second game. The Bulldogs pounded seven of 17 […]
Signs were already coming out of yards early on Wednesday, April 3, the day after the 2019 consolidated election. Unofficial vote totals show Jeremy Henrichs, an out-of-township candidate who has been on the Mahomet-Seymour School Board since the summer of 2018, in the lead in overall votes with 1,064 votes. […]
James Manrique runs the nonpartisan Champaign County Voter’s Alliance group, which works to inform voters and turn them out to vote. The group hosts a popular nonpartisan online voter guide that can be found at VoteChampaign.Org. Manrique records statistics for how his site is used. He says the biggest attraction […]
Mahomet Parks and Recreation 11th Annual Easter Egg HuntApril 13: Mahomet, Elks Lake Pavillion at Lake of the Woods Forest PreserveMust Register by April 9Children will have the opportunity to meet the Bunny and have fun with a good ole’ fashion egg hunt, find a golden egg for a special […]
Unofficial Election Results: Currently, these totals represent the precincts that have been counted this evening. Mail-in ballots will still come in to the Champaign County Clerk. We will update you as we know more. Mahomet-Seymour School Board (11 of 11 precincts)Lance Raver: 941 votesMeghan Hennesy: 1,053 votesColleen Schultz: 1,029 votesJason […]
School Board Election: Who I’m FOR (and Against) & WHY While this hotly contested school board election has gone on for what seems like forever, the positive thing about it is that we have eight people who are interested in serving our school district. In the 20 years our family’s […]
