The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
The 2023 Mahomet Market on Main will open on May 31 and run through August 9. The Wednesday event will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. on the green space located on Main Street between the Village Administration building and Sangamon on Main. This year’s vendors include: A Hidden […]
By Dani Tietz The upcoming Champaign County Forest Preserve July 4 Freedom Fest in 2023 will mark the final event held on the Lake of the Woods property. The event scheduled for June 30 will begin at 4 p.m. and conclude after the fireworks show beginning at dusk. A $2 […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that U.S. 150 betweenMansfield and Farmer City will close May 30. The closure is necessary to reconstruct two box culverts and is expected to last into July. Adetour utilizing Interstate 74 will be posted. Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com High school wrestlers had a difficult time staying out of Harms’ way during the 2022-23 school year. Their problems were created by Mahomet-Seymour senior Camden Harms, an undersized 285-pound wrestler (weighing in around 260) who had a penchant for pinning his opponents. Harms registered a school-record […]
By Fred Kroner The difference in the Rantoul and Mahomet-Seymour softball teams was illustrated early and often on Saturday (May 27) as the third-seeded Bulldogs won a repeat Class 2A regional championship with a 10-0 decision over the visiting second-seeded Eagles. The first two Bulldogs who stepped into the batter’s […]
By Fred Kroner They came from far and near. Some were so close, they could walk. Others boarded a plane to make the commute from Naples, Fla. A few sat on the metal bleachers behind home plate. Some sat on lawn chairs near the backstop or further back on the […]
By Fred Kroner Forty nine years ago, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ track and field team had its first state medalist in the modern era (post 1950). Only four times in the succeeding years did the Bulldogs produce more state medalists in individual events (excluding relays) than the four who took the podium […]
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the early hours of Saturday morning after the Illinois House gave its approval to a $50.6 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1. The 73-38 party-line vote came […]
This photo album of Mahomet-Seymour soccer team is brought to you by Christie Clinic. Ethan Bice was the photographer. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2023-Mahomet-Seymour-Girls-Soccer/.
The Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Soccer team captured the IHSA Class 2A soccer regional championship by beating visiting Centennial 5-0 on May 20. The Bulldogs also won the Regional title in 2022. This is the sixth time in eight years Mahomet-Seymour has won the Regional Championship. Mahomet-Seymour’s season came to an end […]
