An increase in Scott’s Laws violations in 2019 has led to stronger penalties for 2020. Named after Chicago Fire Department Lt. Scott Gillen, who was killed by an intoxicated driver while assisting at a crash scene, Scott’s Law requires drivers to move over one lane or slow down for any […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved the 2019 tax levy, which includes an increase to be collected in 2020, with a vote of 6-1 on Monday. Ken Keefe was the sole board member to vote no to the levy. Keefe, along with board members Jeremy Henrichs and Lori Larson, missed the […]
BY MACKENZIE BONHAM Hi everybody! What a great month it has been! A lot of wonderful things have been going on this past month since we spoke. First, I had a little mishap and I am on crutches for a while (I had no clue fourth-grade girl’s basketball was rough, […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs won their home-opener on Tuesday, decisioning Clinton 53-26. Posting pins for M-S were Peyton Myers (152 pounds), Gage Granadino (160 pounds) and Seth Buchanan (285 pounds). Granadino and Buchanan each had first-period falls. The other M-S athlete to win a non-forfeited match was Logan […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Max Katz was the top diver on Tuesday in a three-school boys’ swimming meet in Champaign. The Bulldogs defeated Danville 149-93, but lost to the host Maroons, 169-117. Katz was also the third-place finisher in the 100-yard backstroke. Two other M-S swimmers were the runner-up in […]
Mahomet’s Junior Bulldog Basketball sixth-grade blue team won the Mt Zion Winter Warm-Up Basketball championship tournament last weekend. Cole Thrasher, Jakey Sampson, Isiah Benson, Wade Manuel, Joshy Craig, Zach Blumenshine, Henry McMurry, Caden Alt and Cole Henderson are coached by Jim McMurry and Clint Thrasher.
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mara Pletcher is gaining knowledge about the Ripple Effect. Loosely defined, it’s a principal that means one thing can have a profound effect on another thing, even if the two seem totally unrelated. Pletcher gets this. As a sixth-grader, she had an event picked out that she […]
Business owners throughout Illinois will have to comply with new laws and regulations in 2020. Employers throughout the state will begin the minimum wage increase to $15 an hour by 2025 with two minimum wage increases this year. Public Act 101-0001 mandates that employers who have minimum wage employees will […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com As in all plans, great and small, it started with one singular idea. Elizabeth VanHoutan McDermith and her husband Mike had a thought for expanding and enhancing their Main Street business, Yellow and Company. Meanwhile – and with no thoughts originally of collaborating – Brooke Didier Starks […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Are you ready? That’s the question Champaign resident Ali Kreider is asking Mahomet. After moving back to East Central Illinois, Kreider decided she was ready to leave her full-time job in Chicago to focus more on a healthy, balanced life. “Fitness has always been like a huge […]
