There are two things I remember about snow as a child: one I considered good and the other I considered bad. We’ll start off with the bad. It seems it snowed more in rural Indiana in the 1980’s than it does now. The chance of a white Christmas was likely, […]
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Ergonomics with Christie Clinic
By: Christine Benway, PT, MPT, CEAS, OCS Ergonomics is defined as the relationship between the human capabilities and our work demands. What this means for most of use is, how well does your body hold up to the physical stress of your job. To some, it can be as hard […]
M-S indoor track kicks off season with wins
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swept the top two positions on Monday (Jan. 31) in an indoor non-scored season-opening boys’ track and field meet at home against Fisher. Cole Marshall was a three-event winner for the Bulldogs. He took top honors in the long jump (18 feet, 8 inches), the 60-meter […]
Fifth-ranked Normal outlasts Mahomet-Seymour
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour held its own on Tuesday (Feb. 1) at home against Normal Community’s state-ranked boys’ basketball team. The Bulldogs dropped a 49-42 decision to the Ironmen, who are 23-1 overall and ranked fifth in Class 4A. Quenton Rogers led M-S with 15 points, to go with three […]
M-S girls win two on the road
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team opened the week with back-to-back wins on the road. The Bulldogs decisioned Centennial 65-40 on Monday (Jan. 31) and then blitzed Urbana, 66-19, on Tuesday (Feb. 1). The wins move coach Garret Risley’s squad to within one victory of tying the school record […]
East Central Illinois Legacy Project: Urbana was first school district in the State to desegregate
If you don’t know the story, you probably know of the image of six-year-old Ruby Bridges walking down the stairs outside of William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960. The small Black girl in a dress and cardigan was surrounded by three U.S. Marshalls when she […]
What’s in Pritzker’s proposed budget?
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Each year in February, Illinois’ governor must propose to lawmakers a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The General Assembly will then spend the next several months negotiating which proposals to include and which to scrap before sending the budget back to the governor […]
Bills to address teacher shortages advance
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Two bills aimed at relieving the state’s teacher shortage, at least in the short term, advanced out of a Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Education Committee unanimously endorsed two bills that would allow retired teachers to work as substitutes more days in a […]
MSJHS Volleyball bounces back from Tuesday loss
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High volleyball teams bounced back from losses on Tuesday (Jan. 25) to earn a win on Wednesday (Jan. 26). The seventh-graders started the week with a 25-18, 25-19 loss at home to Tri-Valley. A day later, the seventh-graders swept past visiting Maroa-Forsyth, 25-19, 25-13. […]
Bulldog wrestling picks up six wins
By Fred Kroner Despite being short-handed, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestling team captured wins in six of eight dual meets last week. On Tuesday (Jan. 25), M-S lost at Mount Zion, 54-45, and then defeated Clinton, 57-42. On Thursday (Jan. 27), the Bulldogs won at Prairie Central, 69-28, but lost […]