Gov. JB Pritzker signed two bills Friday that update the state’s sex education standards in K-12 schools. In Illinois, public schools aren’t required to offer sex education courses. Earlier in the year, State Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) proposed sex ed be mandated, and that curriculum should be aligned with culturally […]
The FDA has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age […]
By The Mahomet Daily In the space of three days, two hole-in-ones were registered at Lake of the Woods Golf Course, in Mahomet. On Sunday (Aug. 22), 11-year-old Tyler Schoudel, from Mahomet, hit his first career hole-in-one. He aced the 120-yard fifth hole on the Par-3 course. Schoudel used his […]
By Fred Kroner Ainsley Winters carded a team-best 44 on Thursday (Aug. 19) and was one stroke away from meet medalist honors at Lake of the Woods. M-S defeated Normal West 190-225. St. Thomas More also participated but did not have enough players to be scored as a team. Following […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After splitting their six singles matches with Mount Zion, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team captured wins in two of the three doubles matches and posted a season-opening dual-meet win, 5-4, at the University of Illinois on Thursday (Aug. 19). Teaming up for doubles wins for the […]
Mahomet-Seymour CUSD #3 is hosting study groups for individuals that are interested in taking the ParaPro Exam to become a paraprofessional. Sessions will be held at the high school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 pm starting September 7th. To register for this free study group, contact Stacy Fisher at […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that resurfacing of University Avenue (U.S. 150) between Wright Street and Cunningham Avenue in Urbana begins Aug. 22. The project will require nighttime lane closures, which will occur from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays for approximately three weeks. Once the resurfacing […]
By Fred Kroner Ainsley Winters was the medalist on Tuesday (Aug. 17) in the season-opening girls’ golf dual match for Mahomet-Seymour. Winters fired a 44 at Lake of the Woods and finished four shots ahead of the runner-up, teammate Kayla McKinney (48). M-S won the dual meet over Tuscola, 201-229. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com With two individuals securing top-10 finishes and a third missing that placement by one stroke, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team opened the season on Monday (Aug. 16) by capturing team honors in the 15-school Urbana Tiger Kickoff Classic at Urbana Country Club. M-S’ composite team score […]
