Mahomet Daily

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com National trends in athletics are playing out in a similar pattern in east central Illinois. For more than a decade, participation in high school football has been declining. “I believe in the 2004 season we had 106 players,” M-S football head coach Keith Pogue said. “That’s […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For many of us, the chance to learn about history comes through words that were chronicled by people at the time of the event. If the accounts are incomplete, then much of the background remains a mystery or is forever lost. Former Mahomet resident Keith Dawkins […]

Harvest Fest The morning air has a bit of a bite and flannel can be seen while on a walk. Fall nostalgia is something most people look forward to. And the Museum of the Grand Prairie will help visitors build memories during their annual Harvest Fest Saturday. Spooky stories, hay-rack […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s state-ranked girls’ cross-country team had eight runners place among the top 50 in Saturday’s 224-runner invitational at Metamora. The Bulldogs, ranked fourth in Class 2A, won the 21-school meet with 96 points. The individual leaders were runner-up Elizabeth Sims, who covered the 2.94-mile course in […]

A trip to New York was beyond their wildest dreams. Allison Yeager and Tisha Smith, stylists at Mahomet’s Oak Street Salon, recently participated in New York Fashion Week. “I’d say this was our dream in life,” Smith said. “To go do hair for New York Fashion Week or even see […]

During Fire Safety Week, and throughout the month of October, volunteers at the Cornbelt Fire Department want to educate all ages of the Mahomet community on fire safety and prevention. Through an annual open house event, the Mahomet community is invited to tour the station, view fire trucks, take a […]

  Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School has announced that  Lizzie Paragi, Maddy Clark, Emma Kassem, Gage Williams, Braden Houchin and Seth Tolliver (not pictured) are the September STudents of the Month.   

*photo by Matt Difanis By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com They come from different grade levels, with different interests, different backgrounds, different goals and different motivations. Individually, they are students at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School. Collectively, they are members of a boys’ cross-country program which is carrying on the school’s tradition for […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is one of a continuing series the Mahomet Daily will publish about the ordinary men and women from the community who have done or accomplished extraordinary things in their lifetime. We encourage readers to submit nominations for other deserving individuals who deserve consideration. We are […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ryan Bosch is encountering obstacles in his first year as Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball head coach, and the team is still a month away from the start of preseason workouts. The varsity and junior varsity schedules — which had been finalized months ago — finds a series […]