By SARAH MANSURCapitol News Illinoissmansur@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills between them last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the […]
According to the Illinois State Board of Education financial profile report for fiscal year 2020, Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 moved up from being in the lowest category from FY 2019 to the second highest category, “Review” for FY 2020. For the last 18 years, ISBE has reviewed each district’s financial profile […]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau Illinois will lose one seat in Congress for the next ten years. Illinois has 18 seats in Congress now, down from 19 in the 2010s. California, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will also lose one seat while Texas will gain two […]
CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), in partnership with Carle Health, OSF HealthCare, Christie Clinic, Promise Healthcare, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will be hosting community-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics. If you: live or work in Champaign County and are 16 or older you can receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Note […]
The Village of Mahomet will vote to approve the purchase of three lots, one at 206 South Lincoln and the others at 408 and 410 East Dunbar for $355,000 during Tuesday’s Village Board meeting. The lot at 206 E. Lincoln and 410 E. Dunbar will close at $255,000 on or […]
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will vote on purchasing 19.6-acres of land near Middletown Prairie Elementary, just north of Norfolk Southern Railway and south of proposed South Mahomet Road, for $350,000 for the Mahomet Area Activity and Recreation Center (MAARC) on Tuesday. The packet for Tuesday night’s meeting states […]
The Mahomet-Seymour WYSE Academic Challenge Team (an engineering competition) placed third in State competition this weekend. Individual results include: BIOLOGY 1st – T Huang , 5th – D Renshaw CHEMISTRY 5th – Y Liang MATHEMATICS 2nd – Y Liang, 3rd – M Taylor PHYSICS 4th – C Kessler, 5th – […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs got off to a slow start in their girls’ soccer home-opener on Thursday (April 22), falling behind Class 3A powerhouse Normal Community 3-0 before rallying to cut the deficit to a final score of 3-2. Cayla Koerner scored both of the M-S goals, the first […]
By Fred Kroner Visiting Tri-Valley scored two runs in the top of the seventh to squeak past Mahomet-Seymour, 6-5, in a non-conference softball game on Thursday (April 22). The Bulldogs had taken a 5-4 lead with a four-run sixth inning. Aubrie Shore, who has eight hits in her last nine […]
By Fred Kroner Chase Wagers drove in the tie-breaking run in the bottom of the fifth inning on Thursday (April 22) as Mahomet-Seymour rallied at home to beat Tri-Valley, 8-5. Wagers’ RBI lifted the Bulldogs into a 6-5 lead. Wagers and Andrew Norman each had two hits for M-S. Nate […]
