Mahomet Daily

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Thirty-four years ago, Chad Benedict was one of three sixth-graders at Mason City chosen to play for the school’s seventh-grade basketball team. Each subsequent year, Benedict has been involved with the sport, either as a player or as a coach. “I’ve been in school locker rooms […]

Mahomet, IL– On April 3, 2018, well over 200 students were screened with an ECG, to detect potential heart issues, under the “Young Hearts for Life” (YH4L) program.   This program identifies high school and college-age students who could be at risk for sudden cardiac death.  Each week, sudden cardiac death […]

Students did not have to pack. They did not have to drive to the airport. They did not have to get shots to be in a foreign country. But students at Lincoln Trail Elementary traveled around the world Friday. The Mahomet-Seymour PTO’s 23rd annual HANDS Around the World took third […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Girls’ soccer was the only Mahomet-Seymour sport to take the field during the past week. M-S participated in the eight-school Urbana Invitational, and went 1-2 during the two-day event that ended on Saturday. In first-round action on Friday, the Bulldogs scored first, but couldn’t hold the […]

Do you know how to protect your child from a sexual predator? Are you, or is someone you love, going through the steps of healing from sexual abuse? One in 10 children in the United States will be sexually abused before the age of 18. And the Mahomet Persisterhood wants […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is an unusual year for the music and drama departments at Mahomet-Seymour High School. Students and directors have been actively working on a presentation of Beauty and the Beast that will take place later this month. Many of the acting roles have not one, but […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Maria Ross believes she is still suffering lingering effects from issues she had to deal with as a high school runner under the tutelage of her Mahomet-Seymour High School coach, Bonnie Moxley. Ross, a 2017 M-S graduate, is now attending Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. “Eating […]

 While the Mahomet-Seymour School Board scheduled a closed study session to discuss personnel issues and pending litigation, four Mahomet-Seymour Community members spoke about school safety. Three Mahomet-Seymour juniors, Jordyn Tietz, Trinity Reeves and Amy Schue, talked about classroom preparedness, mental health illnesses and purchasing the JustinKase door system, that […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It has been five weeks since Bonnie Moxley was relieved of all coaching duties associated with the girls’ cross-country and track and field teams at Mahomet-Seymour High School. In May, she will retire from the district as a physical education instructor, a position she has held […]