The St. Jude Monticello-to-Peoria Run is looking for runners with a heart for St. Jude. Founded in 2012, this year the team celebrates its 10th year running for the kids of St. Jude. The team also celebrates another special milestone this year; they will break the $500,000 mark in their […]
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M-S Winter Guard to compete at IDTA State
The Mahomet-Seymour Winter Guard competed at the IDTA Villa Grove competition Saturday, taking first place in AA Winter Guard. They also placed third in their new Lyrical Flag routine. Kaylee Allison took first place for her Flag Solo. All three routines have qualified for the IDTA State Competition in Springfield […]
Wireman retires as manager at First Mid Bank & Trust
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Marci Wireman’s retirement as branch manager at First Mid Bank & Trust will impact more than the bank’s customers, who will no longer have access to her friendly smile and unlimited expertise. It will have an effect on staff, who will no longer have their trusted […]
Eight M-S speech team competitors advance to IHSA Sectional
The MSHS Speech Team finished in fourth place out of 11 schools participating in the IHSA Regional speech tournament at Normal Community West High School on Feb. 5. All participating MSHS students advanced to the final round of competition and eight events will advance to the Sectional round of competition […]
Bulldogs rally in fourth quarter to defeat Effingham
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour used a 22-12 fourth-quarter spurt on Saturday (Feb. 5) to grab an Apollo Conference boys’ basketball victory at Effingham. The Bulldogs prevailed, 54-41, after carrying a 32-29 lead into the final period. Blake Wolters led M-S with 18 points and six rebounds. Wyatt Bohm scored nine […]
Bulldogs win Regional Championship
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won its seventh consecutive Class 2A wrestling regional championship – eight if the unofficial 2021 meet is included – on Saturday (Feb. 5) in its own gymnasium. In the eight-school event, the Bulldogs accumulated 229 points. Runner-up Normal West ended with 205 points and third-place Centennial […]
Mahomet-Seymour wins Illini Prairie Conference Invitational
By Fred Kroner Aron Varga won the 200-yard individual medley on Saturday (Feb. 5), helping Mahomet-Seymour win team honors in the seven-school Illini Prairie Conference Invitational at Stanford Olympia. His time was 2 minutes, 12.04 seconds. The Bulldogs amassed 265 points and edged Bloomington Central Catholic (260). Trailing the two […]
Local districts make decisions on requiring masks after temporary restraining order issued
Students in the Mahomet-Seymour School District had the option of wearing a mask—or not—as they came to school Monday morning. The change came on the back of a temporary restraining order granted Friday by Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow in response to a lawsuit brought to the court […]
Athlete of the Week: Quenton Rogers
Junior Quenton Rogers has stepped up for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team during the second half of the season. At the turn of the New Year, Rogers scored a season-high 20-points and grabbed five rebounds in a win over Rantoul. Since then the 6’3” junior has left his mark in […]
Uniting Pride provides community, celebration for LBGTQIA+ community
Every human needs a place to belong. And yet, throughout all of time, groups of people have been separated from the whole, been made to feel as though they are less than, and even, many times, intimidated to be who they were born to be. The Mahomet-Seymour community felt a […]