Like everything in 2020, the Illinois Report Card is a little different. The 2020 Report Card takes a look at the previous school year’s data: annual assessments, graduation rates and teacher retention, to name a few data points. In previous years, the Report Card has been a benchmark of comparison […]
Mahomet-Seymour released a statement late Tuesday afternoon in regards to the 2020-21 IHSA basketball season. As a member of the Apollo Conference, Mahomet-Seymour has decided to put the basketball season on hold. The statement reads: “Both the District and building level administration of Mahomet – Seymour Schools are committed to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It was just an off-hand comment. Megan (Schumacher) Williams was serious when she spoke, but she was also intending to show how impressed she was with the startup business that a friend’s parents were opening in Mahomet. In December, 2018, Williams attended the open house for […]
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Speech Team brought home fifth place overall in their second tournament of this “virtual” competition season. On Nov. 7, 16 MSHS students went up against 18 other schools throughout Illinois in a speech tournament hosted by Olympia High School. Madison Ade, Joshua Park, Tadeo Ruiz, Brogan […]
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Color Guard kicked off the 2021 winter season with IDTA today at their virtual Start the Beat event. Due to COVID, all competitions will be held online this year. The Bulldogs entered six competitors into the IDTA competition. All six dancers finished first or second in […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Cross-Country Club took on a new identity for its final postseason race of the year on Saturday (Nov. 7) and exceeded the expectations of the state’s experts on the sport. Competing in Chillicothe at the unofficial Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet, the seven runners […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com They called themselves members of MSDP – standing for Mahomet-Seymour Distance Project – and on Saturday (Nov. 7), seven students from the high school completed their season-long project. Running in the unofficial state cross-country meet – unofficial because it was sponsored by ShaZam Racing and not […]
On the same day that new COVID-19 positive cases hit 9,935 within 24 hours and the death toll passed 10,030 Illinois residents, Gov. JB Pritzker said that IDPH was looking at placing new mitigations throughout the state to curb the spread of the virus. “Each day we are losing more […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Backers of a graduated income tax constitutional amendment conceded defeat Wednesday for Gov. JB Pritzker’s marquee policy proposal which was projected to bring in more than $3 billion annually to state coffers. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, voters had rejected the amendment […]
The Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department will continue to host the 2020 Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning (Nov. 26), but registration is limited to 50 people per wave. Late registrations will not be accepted this year as the Nov. 9 deadline approaches. A $15 per person registration fee will include […]
