By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour placed fifth in Saturday’s 50-school Normal Parkside junior high school girls’ cross-country invitational. Ava Boyd was the M-S leader, running the 2-mile course in 12 minutes, 17 seconds to finish 15th individually. Avah Turner was 24th. Other team leaders in the 313-runner field were Reese […]
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Village to vote on increasing video gaming machine limits per SB 0690
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees placed an update to its video gaming ordinance on the consent agenda for Sept. 24, 2019 after an Illinois General Assembly Senate Bill 690 became law in July. As part of a massive capital funding package, Public Act 101-0031, […]
Heroes from Home: Chuck Arbuckle takes lemons and makes lemonade
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is one of a continuing series the Mahomet Daily will publish periodically about the ordinary men and women — or families — from the community who have done or accomplished extraordinary things in their lifetime. We encourage readers to submit nominations for other deserving individuals […]
Village sends measure for 3-year tax rebates for annexed properties to consent agenda
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com *The author of this article is a resident of Briarcliff subdivision. The audio recording of the meeting has been included as an accountability measure. The Village of Mahomet settled on three ordinances that set the parameters of tax rebates for residents of Briarcliff, Summit Ridge and […]
Village of Mahomet Study Session 9.17.2019
The Village of Mahomet will meet at 6 p.m. in the Village Administration Building on September 17, 2019. [pdf-embedder url=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Village-of-Mahomet-Board-Meeting-9.17.2019.pdf” title=”Village of Mahomet Board Meeting 9.17.2019″]
Louis leads Bulldogs at Mattoon Invitational
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team placed 30th in the two-day Mattoon Invitational, despite getting a season-best 18-hole score (355) in Saturday’s round at Meadowview. Friday’s first-round action took place at Mattoon Country Club. The two-day M-S leader was Jacob Louis (180). Next for the Bulldogs was […]
Bulldog Soccer defeats Charleston and Lincoln
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com M-S ended the week with wins over Charleston and Lincoln to remain unbeaten in Apollo Conference matches. The Bulldogs beat Charleston 6-1 on Thursday. Jake Janda scored four goals. Eli Warren and Kadyn Jones each scored once. Warren had two assists. Nate Lundstrom had one assist […]
Scheele, Nofziger and Sims finish strong for Bulldogs
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs ran in packs on Saturday, which led to a sixth-place team finish in the 16-school Lee Halberg Lanphier Invitational in Springfield. Kyle Nofziger and Joseph Scheele set the pace for the Bulldogs, running identical 3-mile times of 17 minutes and 4 seconds. They placed […]
M-S Volleyball wins Bulldog Invitational
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Sometimes, coaches make changes and have to wait for results to happen. Other times, changes are almost instantaneous. M-S volleyball coach Stan Bergman saw quick results with a move he made prior to Saturday’s Bulldog Invitational. On the heels of a Thursday night Apollo Conference loss […]
M-S Football picks up first win over Mattoon
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One down, and the rest of the season to go. Four different Bulldogs scored touchdowns on Friday at Frank Dutton Field as Mahomet-Seymour snapped its two-game losing streak with a 35-14 triumph over Mattoon. The Apollo Conference victory was also the first career win at M-S […]