Mahomet Daily

When Mahomet Seymour High School Principal Shannon Cheek wants to know what improvements can be made in his school, he turns to the people who know best: his students. The Principal’s Advisory Council, which started last year, provides students with the opportunity to share ideas, offer suggestions and discuss concerns, […]

Your children are playing outside. You hear a car’s tires screech on the street. And for a few minutes, until you locate all your children, the world moves in slow motion and your body is numb. For the last two years, that is how six-year old Olivia Anagnostopoulos’ parents, George […]

The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees voted to lift the ban on video gambling in Mahomet with a 4-2 vote Tuesday night. Trustees Vicki Cook and Don Lynn voted against the measure. Video gambling has been illegal within Village limits since 2009 when the Trustees voted to see how […]

The Village Board of Trustees gathered Tuesday night to hear additional information on video gambling within Village limits during their regularly scheduled study session. The State of Illinois voted to allow video gaming machines in qualifying licensed establishments, in 2009. After the state legislature legalized video gaming in those establishments, […]

June: When other Mahomet Seymour high school students were thinking about summer fun with friends, a small group was thinking about Christmas. That group of students belonged to an elite assembly of singers: MSHS’s Madrigals. And all the planning and preparation that started on June 1st, will culminate in their […]

Thanksgiving gatherings come in many different shapes and sizes. For decades, the Mahomet Ministerial Alliance has given Mahomet residents the chance to gather with neighbors and friends to celebrate the year’s blessings. “I think we are all part of the same team,” First Baptist Church Pastor Brian Romanowski said. “We […]

The U.S. National Gambling Impact Study Commission highlighted in its Final Report that electronic gambling machines (EGMs) constituted the new “crack cocaine” for addicting gamblers. The U.S. Congressional Commission concluded that any states with EGMs convenient to the public needed to re-criminalize those machines. Modern casino gambling revenues come 90% […]

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Veterans’ stories were brought to life during Veteran’s Day for students at Mahomet-Seymour High School and Mahomet-Seymour Junior.   After MSHS students read poems, Captain David Tanner told a gymnasium filled with students that Veterans and military service men and women were just like everyone else. Growing up in small […]

Tuesday morning, amongst nearly 25 of his peers, fourth-grade student Colby Crowley announced his candidacy for Mayor. As his classmates said, “Really?”, Crowley said, “I have a lot of good ideas. We could bring Avanti’s to the space next to the Apollo Mart and have gondolas!” While Crowley’s vision for […]