Category: Local

The Mahomet Daily will recognize Mahomet-Seymour High Schoolgraduates each week until graduation on May 28. Senior students will stillhave the opportunity to submit a photo and answer questions in theupcoming months. To participate, contact Principal Chad Benedict atcbenedict@ms.k12.il.us. Read more

In the last twelve months, everything on the ground has changed. But today I find myself in the same spot I was almost exactly a year ago: about 37,000 feet above the ground in a pressurized cabin with a little more than 100 people, looking down at the top of the clouds that are still… Read more

In the last twelve months, everything on the ground has changed. But today I find myself in the same spot I was almost exactly a year ago: about 37,000 feet above the ground in a pressurized cabin with a little more than 100 people, looking down at the top of the clouds that are still… Read more

The Champaign County Clerk’s office is notifying residents of a phone scam that was discovered late Tuesday afternoon. The scammer calls from 217-384-3720, the  County Clerk’s office main line, and asks for personal/banking information from individuals to help settle delinquent property taxes.  The Champaign County Clerk’s office will never personally contact individuals by phone to settle… Read more

By Jason Schifo I have been thinking quite a lot lately how things have changed, and how those changes have affected my family, your family, our community and the world.  I have been thinking about this because like you, I have some deep concerns about not only where we are headed, but how we are… Read more

By Fred Kroner The top-seeded Bulldogs (11-1) will end a 10-day layoff on Saturday (March 13) in the semifinals of a Class 4A IESA regional tournament which it will host. M-S will open tournament play against either fourth-seeded Charleston or fifth-seeded Mattoon, who play in a Friday (March 12) quarterfinal match. Both possible opponents are… Read more

By Fred Kroner The top-seeded Bulldogs opened the seventh-grade Class 4A IESA regional tournament at home on Monday against Charleston – the same team they had played two days earlier in the regular-season finale. M-S suffered no letdowns and defeated four-seeded Charleston in straight sets, 25-21, 25-10. In the opening set, the Bulldogs pulled into… Read more

By Fred Kroner The M-S seventh-grader boys’ basketball team raised its winning streak to four with a series of recent wins. The Bulldogs started the month with a 42-33 conquest at Rantoul on Monday (March 1). Cade Ashby hit a team-high 13 points. Jackson Bohm and Nolan Franz each contributed eight points. Landon Hannah had… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had their top team scoring output of the season on Thursday (March 4), overpowering Paris Crestwood 63-5 in the M-S gymnasium. The home team put up 19 first-quarter points. The previous team high for points in a game was 50. Gavin Hammerschmidt scored a team-high 16 points, becoming the… Read more

More high school sport fans will be able to watch outdoor sports in the spring months.  The Illinois High School Assoc. (IHSA) said Monday that the IDPH is allowing 20% capacity for outdoor sports, up from 50 people total in Regions in Phase 4 mitigations.  This does not change capacity for indoor sports at this… Read more