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 […]
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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 […]
Election Results
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 […]
Letter to the Editor: Cosimini supports Hennesy, Schultz, Keefe and Cebulski
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 […]
Class size and district finances go hand-in-hand at Mahomet-Seymour
School class size and finances have been discussed at length around Mahomet and Seymour as the April 2nd election day approaches. The two topics seem to go hand-in-hand, as much of the debt the Mahomet-Seymour School District has accrued has been related to land purchases and building facilities. The district’s […]
Letter to the Editor: Character Counts
Good morning daily readers. I would like to remind all the people of Mahomet something that we talked about greatly when I first started working out here in 1997, character counts!Character counts in the things that we do, it’s the way you treat me and the way I treat you. […]
Unbeaten Bulldogs top Centennial
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven players scored goals, six players had assists and two players had saves on Thursday as the unbeaten and unscored upon Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team won at Centennial, 7-0. Brea Benson scored the first M-S goal, assisted by Madison Wade, who later had another assist and also […]
Candidate Op Ed: Schultz tells finance story
The following piece was submitted by Colleen Schultz a candidate for the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. The following opinions and statements are not those of the Mahomet Daily or it’s parent company Sangamon Currents, LLC. Sangamon Currents welcomes submissions from candidates as long as they are factual (cited-we do not go […]
Candidate Op Ed: Does the ends justify the means?
The following piece was submitted by Meghan Hennesy and Colleen Schultz, candidates for the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. The following opinions and statements are not those of the Mahomet Daily or it’s parent company Sangamon Currents, LLC. Sangamon Currents welcomes submissions from candidates as long as they are factual (cited-we do […]
Letter to the Editor: Melton supports Hennesy
I would like to recommend Meghan Hennesy, who is running as a candidate for the Mahomet-Seymour School Board in the upcoming election. This is a very important decision for every citizen and parent in the Mahomet-Seymour Community. The winners in this election will be serving for the next four years […]