BY DEBRA JOY HART “You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner, there was one wise old Native American woman saying, “Don’t feed them. If you feed them, they’ll never leave.”- Dylan Brody “Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only […]
BY NICK SCHNEIDERFirst State Bank of Forrest Mahomet The holiday season is upon us. Unless your name is E.Scrooge, you may have a person or two on your list. From the early season snow to the holiday décor in so many stores to the ringing of the Salvation Army […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Delegates of the Illinois Association of School Boards, a lobbying group that advocates for education policy in the Illinois state legislature, voted against a measure on Saturday that would call for the group to support the development of legislation that would allow school staff to be trained […]
Students pictured, L-Rback row: Kylie Fuoss, Tadeo Ruiz, Miranda Morrissette, Averhy Sanborn, Zoe Hovde, Aera Boateng, Savannah Smith front row: Madison Ade, Mallory Fonte, Penny Sheridan The Mahomet-Seymour High School Speech Team kicked off their 2019-2020 season with a third-place trophy from the Small Schools Division at the U-High Invitational […]
To say that I am concerned about the future of our democracy is an understatement. Elections are divisive and negative because political parties feel they must prove that the other party is despicable in order to win. The movement toward ranked-choice voting has given me some hope for the future. […]
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Dance team placed first and second with their routines Saturday at Mundelien. The Bulldogs will return to the floor on Dec. 7 at Minooka.
By Mackenzie Bonham Well, hello, everybody!! November has been a busy month for this Little Miss. First, basketball has been great this season. I enjoy working with my team and learning new fundamentals. School is also going great, and I am having a blast with my teacher and my class. […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@sjodaily.com Whether the turkey is brining in the refrigerator or still on the grocery list for the upcoming week, a feast is about to be prepared. As families across the nation sit down to dine on the year’s finest, few think about where the food that will be […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team won twice on Saturday during the final day of the Prairie Central Hawk Classic in Fairbury. The Bulldogs (3-1) end the season’s first week with a three-game winning streak. In a 59-32 victory over East Peoria, Nichole Taylor posted the team’s first double-double […]
The following Mahomet-Seymour Foreign Language student were inducted into the National Foreign Language Honor Society on Nov. 19, 2019. Spanish Students Inducted with Distinction Annie BaoColten BrunnerPaige BundyCosten CampionIsabella DavenportLevi FrostKayin GarnerErica JohnsonJillian JordanSoha KassemMrinali KasavadasLydia KingJulia McNaughtLauren MinickAlexis MohrCharles MooreAndrea PenroseMara PletcherHaley SahniElizabeth StremmingAndrew TeePayton TurkRiley WatsonGaven Williams Additional […]
