Mahomet Daily

Photo (by Fred Kroner): Zaidah Balbuena, 10, left, and Journey Alexander, soon to be 8, participate in the Flashmob Reading on Friday, July 14 at Yo Yo’s Frozen Yogurt. This was one marathon which allowed participants to turn the page and move ahead at their own speed. No one finished […]

Photo: Mahomet’s Erin Arends and her daughter, Maggie, 1, share a blanket and some food at the first Food Truck Friday on July 14 at Barber Park. The lament of residents in small communities is often that there’s nothing to do. Sometimes, what appeals to the older generation is considered “lame” by […]

For many mothers, especially those with young children, the days at home can be very lonely. That’s where Merry McKeown found herself in 2016 when she moved to Mahomet. McKeown, whose husband was in the military, moved to Mahomet after living in Atlanta, GA where she found connection through a […]

Below you will find information about registration (for both new and returning students), residency requirements, orientations, open houses and back to school nights.  Goal of Online Registration We are in our second year of utilizing on-line registration.  Convenience for our families is the main focus for the online process.  Long […]

Before tryouts, please register your athlete on the 8 to 18 athletic website prior to any tryouts/clinic/practice.  The website is https://mahometseymourjh.8to18.com. You will also need to have a current sports physical in the office prior to tryouts/clinics/practice.  Here are the sports and dates: 7th/8th Girls Softball: Tryouts will be held on Monday, July 24th and […]

As the Mahomet Area Youth Club gears up for the annual Mahomet Half Marathon, 10K and 5K on August 5, they also want to inform community members that the race will affect several roads throughout Mahomet.  The half marathon and 10 K start at 7:00am and will be completed by 10:15am. […]

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In a social media post today, some Mahomet residents who receive their water from the Sangamon Valley Water District (north of I-74 and east of IL-47) voiced their concerns about the quality of water they receive from the system. “…It’s been awful the last few months. It’s extremely hard and […]

Although Dr. Nicole Rummel, Director of Instruction at Mahomet-Seymour Schools, veered off the education path a little bit during college, she’s known that education is where she wanted to be since she was a girl. “I always played school, she said. “I always wanted to be a teacher. That was […]

Safewise, which provides unbiased views on home security systems, has recognized the Mahomet community as the 34th safest town in Illinois. Analyzing FBI crime data, Safewise comprised the ranking while looking at the amount of violent and property crimes per 1,000 residents. It found that Mahomet has .98 violent crimes […]