Author: Fred Kroner
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Keith Pogue returns to the Mahomet-Seymour Football team as Assistant Coach
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com There’s a familiar face working with Mahomet-Seymour High School football players once again. Former head coach Keith Pogue – who won nearly two-thirds of his games during an 11-year stint as head coach – has returned to the staff as an assistant. He is working with quarterbacks and special teams. It was… Read more
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Evan Herriott to march with Redbirds
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Evan Herriott may have found a silver lining associated with COVID-19. The recent Mahomet-Seymour High School graduate was a four-year member of the M-S Marching Band and planned to audition for a position with the Illinois State University Marching Band. Musicians are like any of us; there are good days and there… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour fall sport coaches proceed with caution in Phase I of Return to Play
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It’s not business as usual, but it is nonetheless back to business for Mahomet-Seymour athletes. The M-S district – along with others who are members of the Illinois High School Association – are entering Week 2 of a plan to get students who are involved with sports to be active again.… Read more
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After 40 years of business in Mahomet, Bill Cook ready to retire (kind of)
*Editor’s Note: During a conversation with Bill this afternoon, he asked me to report that he is grateful for all the support and opportunity provided in Mahomet over his career. He said, “Thank you.” By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some people relocate a business and do so by moving across town. Bill Cook did that once.… Read more
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Commentary: Don’t judge someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For some time, I have been thinking about the slogans and mantras many of us are fond of saying, while seeking the one which I could call my favorite. Be kind. Work hard. Just do it. We’ll get through this. They are all solid, but very general. I sought one which… Read more
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Commentary: Loss of print newspaper to leave void
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Last week’s news hit like the unexpected death of a family member: Sudden and swift, without any foreshadowing. One day, we’re reading the Mahomet Citizen. The next day, we learn it is stopping publication. For good. Forever. It’s not hyperbole for me personally to refer to the publication as family. Its… Read more
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First-year Superintendent Shannon Cheek gets creative with Arthur/Lovington/Atwood-Hammond graduation
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com ARTHUR – Former Mahomet-Seymour High School principal Shannon Cheek is learning that veteran superintendents didn’t have much of an advantage over him this year. His first year as superintendent of the Arthur/Lovington/Atwood-Hammond School district was marked by the outbreak of the coronavirus, which prematurely closed schools and prompted many other spring… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour’s Mrinali Kesavadas named Class of 2020 Valedictorian
Editor’s Note: Last week we highlighted Annie Bao, the Class of 2020 Salutatorian. Read her story here. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mrinali Kesavadas had an education both inside and outside the walls of Mahomet-Seymour High School. This was true even before the final semester of her final year was cut short due to COVID-19, which… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour’s Annie Bao named Class of 2020 Salutatorian
Editor’s Note: Mrinali Kesavades has been named the Mahomet-Seymour Valedictorian for the Class of 2020. We will have her story next week. By FRED KRONER fred@mahomenews.com Annie Bao played tennis. She also played the violin and the piano. She served on student council while attending Mahomet-Seymour High School. She was a member of M-S’ WYSE… Read more
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Donley’s vision to bring pool hall to Mahomet
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com During a time when businesses are closed and closing, one Mahomet resident is looking forward to opening a new business. Ellis Donley has been repairing and renovating a building he bought on Lincoln street (near Main) with plans of returning a pool hall to the community. He doesn’t have a firm… Read more