By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman continued to do what he has been doing. Cole Lener continued to do what he has been doing. And, as a result, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team continued to do what it has been doing. The Bulldogs won their 10th consecutive game on Tuesday, a 52-49 […]
Senate Bill 2565 and Senate Bill 2564, filed by State Sen. Jim Oberweis (Republican-25th District), seeks to increase speed limits across rural Illinois. The bills have been assigned to the Senate Subcommittee on Special Issues, which currently has no members. Should the bills pass, Senate Bill 2564 would change the […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A local government advocacy group laid out its legislative agenda Monday and called on lawmakers to fully fund a program that shares state income tax revenue with local municipalities. The Illinois Municipal League’s “Moving Cities Forward” agenda also includes efforts to: protect local […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Five Bulldog won matches – including a pin by senior Seth Buchanan in his last high school bout – but it wasn’t enough to help the Bulldogs to victory on Saturday. Fourth-ranked and unbeaten Antioch (22-0) upended M-S 41-26 in a Class 2A quarterfinal match in the […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com For the fifth time in the past six seasons, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team has achieved a 20-win season. The Bulldogs reached that plateau in Friday’s Senior Night regular-season finale, outscoring Mattoon in every quarter of an 80-54 triumph. The visiting Green Wave jumped ahead early, 9-2, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Fifty years ago, the decade of the 1970s was ushered in after the conclusion of a tumultuous 1960s. Nationally, there was a President (Richard Nixon) already in office who would resign before the decade of the ‘70s was half over as corruption in Washington D.C. became […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted 6-1 to increase Mahomet-Seymour High School Summer School fees prior to registration opening in February. Ken Keefe was the only board member to vote no. The fee increase was implemented to offset additional expenses related to providing two bus routes and an […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School District will offer a self-contained special education Math course called “Math Readiness” beginning in the fall of 2020, eliminating a current course, “Action Ed.” Proposed by Instructor Garrett Risley, the course will be offered to students with an IEP to meet the needs of […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Chloe Hanson and Isabel Lietz don’t need someone to tell them they are special. They were born that way. Officially, they only celebrate a birthday on the day they were born every four years. Hanson will celebrate for the sixth time on Saturday. For Lietz, it will […]
I met Ramona Sullivan in 2018, when she was running to be a circuit judge. I was very impressed by her personal story, integrity, and qualifications. She came very close, but did not win the election for that judge position. Fortunately, the voters of Champaign County have another opportunity to […]
