By FRED KRONER For Mahometdaily.com MSHS Boys’ Basketball Cory Noe scored a game-high 23 points on Wednesday night as the boys’ basketball Bulldogs (10-2) extended their winning streak to seven games with a 59-45 decision over South Holland Thornwood in first-round action of the State Farm Classic at Normal West […]
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M-S Music Boosters to host 24-hour musical January 6
Paying for music education isn’t cheap. In fact, the 2017 Mahomet-Seymour Marching band performance cost $30,000 after music rights, extra staff, drill and travel were taken into account. But because music education is so important to the Mahomet-Seymour environment, programs like the M-S Music Boosters exist to offset costs that […]
17 New Illinois Laws to Go Into Effect January 1, 2018
Illinois Lawmakers were busy in 2017. Of the more than 200 new Illinois laws that will go into effect on January 1, 2018, here are 17 that may be of immediate interest. Summaries of the additional laws are included in the pdf below. Barack Obama Day (SB 55/PA 100- 0037): […]
Mahomet monument: ‘The’ Pig Sign
This piece first appeared in the Mahomet Citizen on March 8, 2011. Raising pigs is a full-time profession. But owning a pig sign has a lifetime privilege for Bill and Barbara Herriott of Seymour. The Herriott family has farmed land just south of Mahomet for generations. After returning from the […]
Bill Herriott Obituary
Seymour, IL – William Howard “Bill” Herriott, 86, entered eternal rest on Christmas morning, Monday, December 25, 2017. Born on August 3, 1931 in Champaign County to Harold and Gretchen Herriott, Bill began playing the piano at the age of eight. Two years later his parents bought him the grand […]
Carey, Taylor and Lippold find value in Parkland College trade program
Kerry Lippold is a high school student who is getting used to the college routine. Just like Colton Carey and Grant Taylor before him. All are — or were — Mahomet-Seymour High School students with an interest in and an aptitude for the automotive repair industry. M-S, like many area […]
Christmas Tree Drop-Off at Lake of the Woods
The Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve will accept Christmas Trees for recycling December 26 through January 15. Some of the trees are chipped for mulch, but others place in the lake to be used as artificial habitat for aquatic species, especially fish. The trees provide protection, food and shade for […]
M-S fifth- and sixth-graders’ concert a whimsical winter wonderland
Photo and Article by Emily Jankauski: Ending the semester on a high note, the 25-year M-S music director Michael Stevens led the sixth-grade band to push its limits during the winter concert at the M-S High School gymnasium. The Mahomet Citizen and Mahomet Daily share a story between the publications […]
Gov. Rauner announces appointments to Mahomet Aquifer Task Force
CHICAGO (December 20, 2017) — Gov. Bruce Rauner today made appointments to the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force, which has been charged with protection of the Mahomet Aquifer, a primary source of drinking water for 500,000 central Illinois residents. “People throughout central Illinois depend on the Mahomet Aquifer for drinking water,” […]
Gonzalez nominated for Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders
A Mahomet-Seymour High School junior has been nominated to represent the state of Illinois at the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders next June. Rebecca Gonzalez received her nomination letter from John C Mather, Ph.D.the winner of the Nobel Prize in physics and the science director of the National […]
