Everyone loves them. Or, for some, we love to hate them. What is it that characters do or have that makes us tick? That makes us keep coming back for more? Is it because we see something within them that we want ourselves? Or is it that they possess a […]
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Thanksgiving Message: Give Thanks Away
By Jason Schifo Pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church A woman was traveling in the mountains and found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she happened to meet another traveler who was hungry, and the woman opened her bag to share the food she had with her. […]
Mahomet-Seymour dancers to perform in C-U Ballet’s Nutcracker
Champaign Urbana Ballet’s holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” returns to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts for two weekends; November 30, December 1-2 and 7-9. This time-honored community tradition will feature a freshly reimagined scene featuring the very smallest cast members. The darling new “Dutch Dairy” scene is expertly designed, locally inspired, and […]
MSJHS wins 7th Grade IESA Girls Basketball Regional Title
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls basketball team captured the seventh-grade IESA Girls Basketball Regional title by defeating Champaign Jefferson 37-22 Monday night.
Setterdahl turns adversity into promise: collecting donations for Stockings for Strength
Whitney Setterdahl knows what it is like to be a teenager battling cancer. The University of Illinois was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer when she was 18. As a teenager battling cancer, Setterdahl went back and forth between pediatric oncology appointments as well as regular adult oncologist appointments. While she […]
Three generations come together for “dream come true”
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com High school football games where the home team loses 34-6 aren’t often referred to as “historic” or “memorable.” An Oct. 5 non-conference game at Westville deserves those titles even though visiting Westmont prevailed by 28 points. Three of the five men officiating the game that night […]
Lady Bulldogs finish Prairie Hawk Classic with a three-game winning streak
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 […]
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 […]
