In a 4-2 vote on Monday, the Mahomet-Seymour School Board decided to hand off their after school childcare program to the YMCA. Mahomet-Seymour staff cited trouble in staffing before and after school care. The YMCA will not provide before school care, promises a 10-1 supervisor-to-student ratio and will hire a […]
Urbana, Ill. — Carle supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation for children 6 months – 4 years to receive the authorized COVID-19 vaccine and has begun scheduling appointments to administer doses at Primary Care and Pediatric locations across the system. Extensive data and review by experts […]
Customers of the Sangamon Valley Public Water District are asked to restrict their water usage after an Ameren Illinois power surge affected the district’s wells. A press release states, “All of our wells have surge protection and this particular spike was so large it engaged and compromised those safety mechanisms. […]
Two of Mahomet’s favorite Fourth of July celebrations are set. The Champaign County Forest Preserve will host this year’s Freedom Fest on July 1 at Mahomet’s Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. Starting at 4 p.m. Music will fill the air. Following a tribute to service men and women fireworks […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Neal Garrison, who has coached boys’ cross-country and served as a guidance counselor at Mahomet-Seymour High School for the past 20 years, has resigned. The M-S Board of Education is expected to act on his resignation at the Monday evening (June 20) meeting. Garrison, who will […]
Pie and ice cream go together like peanut butter and jelly. So, it seems fitting that Lucky Moon Pies and More will host a pie eating contest during the Mahomet Public Library’s ice cream social on July 17. The ice cream will not be on top of the pie, but […]
It seems curious that a town the size of Mahomet would have two water districts. Within the Village limits there are about 9,500 residents. And just outside, there are about another 6 to 7,000. There are places in Mahomet where you can look across the street to look at land […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour junior Blake Wolters, a Purdue recruit who rewrote a chunk of the school’s single-season baseball record book this spring, was selected as a Class 3A All-State first-teamer by the Illinois Coaches Association. Wolters broke the single-season strikeout record (115) and tied the mark for pitching wins […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior softball pitcher Karley Yergler is the first Bulldog ever chosen to the Illinois Coaches Association Class 3A All-State first team. As a junior, Yergler and senior Aubrie Shore were the second and third M-S athletes ever chosen to the ICA Class 3A softball All-State second […]
NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the general primary election to be held on Tuesday, the28th day of June, 2022, the following proposition will be submitted to the voters of Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District Number 3, Champaign and Piatt Counties, Illinois: Shall the Board of Education […]
