The Champaign County Clerk’s office opened additional early voting sites in Champaign County opened on March 27. All early voting sites are vote centers and available to any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County for early voting and on Election Day from 6AM-7PM. Early […]
Mahomet’s Museum of the Grand Prairie has once again been recognized with accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). The honor, which is afforded to the nation’s top museums has been bestowed on the Champaign County Forest Preserve property for 50 years. The Museum first achieved this status in […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brandon Rose’s career path was forged when he was a fourth-grade student at Mahomet’s Lincoln Trail Elementary School. He just didn’t realize it during the 1997-98 school year. By the time he graduated from Mahomet-Seymour High School in 2006, Rose had participated in football and basketball […]
By Capitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com The Illinois House passed 41 bills to the Senate Tuesday ahead of a scheduled Friday deadline. The measures, among others, included a ban on polystyrene food containers, bills focusing on gender inclusivity in state law and a requirement that expectant parents have a “duty” to split […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit libraries from banning books or other material because of partisan or doctrinal pressure, prompting strong opposition from Republicans who called it an assault on local control. House Bill 2789 is an initiative of Democratic […]
By Fred Kroner After a scoreless first half, Mahomet-Seymour’s Paislee Welge scored a goal, assisted by Holland Martin, but Metamora netted the equalizier in the final two minutes to salvage a 1-1 tie in a girls’ soccer match played at the Rantoul Sports Complex turf fields on Wednesday (March 22). […]
By Fred Kroner Madelyn Logsdon and Jenna Wade each drilled two hits on Monday (March 20) for the Mahomet-Seymour softball team, which dropped a 7-3 decision at Tolono Unity in its season-opener. Madeleine Cortez hit a two-run double in the third inning for the Bulldogs. Wade drove in the team’s […]
By Fred Kroner With more than 20 major league baseball scouts in attendance on Monday (March 20) at Danville Stadium, Mahomet-Seymour senior Blake Wolters made an impressive showing in his first pitching assignment of the spring. Wolters pitched a three-inning no-hitter – getting nine outs by strikeout – and issued […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior DeAngelo Hughey placed fourth on Saturday (March 18) in the 200-meter run for 17-18-year-old boys in the USATF Indoor National Championships, in Louisville, Ky. His time in the finals was 22.48 seconds. He had qualified in third with a personal-best time of 22.35 seconds. The […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour freshman Madalyn Marx won the 400-meter dash on Sunday (March 19) in the USATF Indoor National Championships for girls in the 15-16 age bracket at Louisville, Ky. Her time was a personal-best one-minute-flat (1:00.00). She had the second-best qualifying time (1:00.94). The national runner-up was clocked […]
