By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team finished the week with a three-game winning streak and a runner-up finish in the Prairie Central Hawk Classic in Fairbury. The Bulldogs (3-1) posted back-to-back double-figure victories on Thursday and Saturday, starting with a 43-26 triumph over Pontiac and closing with a […]
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Commentary: Who Will Be Our Next President?
Who will be our next President? I hope I didn’t lose you right there. This isn’t a conversation about our President at all. But, my guess is that you know what the President does – or should do – or can do – or doesn’t do. Not this current President […]
M-S Board Meeting 11.19.2018
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Matthews to play volleyball at Kent State
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Remember that childhood video, the one which never seems to disappear and somehow always manages to be found around holiday time when the family gathers together? Usually it’s the one where the adults marvel at the “cuteness” factor while the young subject silently wishes for the […]
Commentary: Kids Have a Voice too
By Brogan Hennesy With the 2018 midterm elections just completed, politics has been on everybody’s mind. This was a major election that had lots of action. But by people, I don’t just mean adults. Kids too are constantly talking about politics. Although, I feel kids are shielded from politics, when […]
Six tips to help young athletes prepare for upcoming season
Just because the weather outside is getting colder, it doesn’t always mean that athletes are taking time away from their sport. In fact, for many East Central Illinois athletes, the cold months are a time to prepare their body for the grind of spring, summer and fall seasons. Adam Tarr, Certified […]
2018 MSHS Madrigals ready to perform
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ellen Bushell can talk knowingly about the advantages of being in the right place at the right time. As a Mahomet-Seymour freshman, she took advantage of an offer to learn the recorder and now — as a senior — is the only fourth-year member of the […]
MSHS girls basketball splits two games at Prairie Central Hawk Classic
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team opened its season earlier this week by splitting games on back-to-back nights at the Prairie Central Hawk Classic. The Bulldogs rebounded from a 57-50 loss on Monday to Eureka by handing East Peoria a 53-17 loss on Tuesday. M-S (1-1) led at […]
M-S adds security measures to visitor check-in process
The Mahomet-Seymour School District unrolled added security measures to its four schools within the first few months of the 2018-19 school year. Visitors have been required to request admittance by pressing a button located outside each school since 2014. Beginning Nov. 1, 2018, guests are also required to present their […]
Commentary: Continuing to Explore Caesarea Maritima
Welcome back, fellow travelers! So after viewing the Pilate stone from last week, we watched an amazing film regarding the construction of Caesarea Maratima, and at this point, we walked into one of the highlights of ruins of this the port city: an immense and well preserved Roman amphitheatre. What […]
