By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team’s offense continues to thrive. Two days after scoring 16 runs in a season-opening win, M-S opened its home schedule on Thursday (March 17) by overpowering Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 18-1. Blake Wolters, Alex McHale and Carter Johnson all contributed two hits. Wolters and McHale each crossed home […]
By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner was involved with five goals on Thursday (March 17) as Mahomet-Seymour opened the girls’ soccer season with a 7-0 win at Middletown Field over Bloomington. Koerner scored one goal and assisted on four others. Hitting two goals apiece for the Bulldogs were Delaney King and […]
(Chicago, Illinois)—Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) hasawarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Champaign County ForestPreserve District for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. The report has been judged by an impartial panel […]
By Fred Kroner Kenadi Granadino’s sixth-inning hit drove home Karley Yergler with the tie-breaking run on Tuesday (March 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team completed a comeback with a 4-3 season-opening softball win at home over Tolono Unity. The Bulldogs trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the second inning before […]
By Fred Kroner Five of the 12 hits produced by Mahomet-Seymour in its baseball opener on Tuesday (March 15) went for extra bases as the Bulldogs posted a 16-3 win at Tolono Unity. Blake Wolters drilled a double and a home run and teammate Brayden Smith socked two doubles to […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School District has announced that Kenny Lee from Minooka Community High School District #111 will be the next Superintendent. Lee, who is in his sixth year as Minooka’s Superintendent, also served as superintendent of of Iroquois County CUSD #9 in Watseka for six years. Lee began his career […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Seven teams of Republicans and one team of Democrats have lined up to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the 2022 elections. Monday was the deadline for candidates to turn in their nominating petitions to the Illinois State Board […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team fell one win short of qualifying for the Class 4A IESA state tournament, which M-S will host starting on Friday (March 18). After winning the regional on Wednesday (March 9), 25-14, 25-16 at home over Urbana, the Bulldogs were topped on Monday (March […]
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers were state-placers on Saturday (March 12) at the IESA Class 2A state meet, held at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. M-S had six state-qualifiers and five won at least one match. Seventh-grader Talon Decker won three of five bouts at state and placed […]
The Champaign County Forest Preserve District was recently awarded $726,900 in grant funding by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Museum Capital Grant Program to support the construction of an improved Discovery Garden, replacement greenhouse, and program facility at the Museum of the Grand Prairie, located in the Lake of […]
