Category: Local
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Michael and Mason McAnally life changed on Honor Flight
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The saying that 24-hours can change your life is true. In the 24-hours that Michael and Mason McAnally were on an Honor Flight in June, their lives were changed. What they didn’t realize until the end of the Honor Flight, though, is that those 24-hours would also change the lives of the… Read more
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Katz top-four finisher at Urbana Invitational
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Max Katz was a top-four placer in two events on Saturday, helping the M-S boys’ swimming and diving team to a fourth-place finish in the seven-school Urbana Invitational. Katz was the diving runner-up and placed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke. Three other Bulldogs were also top 10 placers in two individual events.… Read more
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Defense puts Bulldogs over Rantoul
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs scored the most second-half points Friday at Lincoln, but could not recover from a huge first-half deficit and suffered a 66-36 loss to the Railsplitters. After intermission, M-S held a 23-20 edge in points scored. Lincoln limited the Bulldogs to six first-quarter points and carried a 46-13 lead into halftime.… Read more
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Normal West ends Mahomet-Seymour win streak
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour went scoreless in the first quarter of Thursday’s home game against Normal West and dropped a 63-40 non-conference girls’ basketball decision to the Wildcats. Normal West carried a 35-11 lead into halftime. Two freshmen led the Bulldogs in scoring. Savannah Orgeron tallied 12 points on the basis of hitting four three-point… Read more
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Mahomet Democrats to host meet-and-greet at Los Zarapes
Mahomet Democrats will host a meet-and-greet with candidates who will be on the Democratic primary ballot on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at Los Zarapes (840 Eastwood Dr, Mahomet). This is an opportunity for local voters to hear directly from candidates for Congress, circuit court judge, circuit clerk, and coroner. The event will feature short… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour Hockey players to be honored at Senior Night
Three Mahomet-Seymour Seniors, Charlie Moore, Peter Slezak and Henry Livingston will be honored at Senior Night during the Champaign Chiefs Hockey game on Feb. 3. Danville High School senior Robert Jaruseski will also be honored. The Chiefs who currently hold third place (8-5-0) in the Lincoln Land High School Hockey League will face the Decatur… Read more
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Seven Mahomet-Seymour students earn honors at Speech Competition
Pictured back row L-R: Kylie Fuoss, Jenna Ledin, Savannah Smith, Audrey Boateng, Kiana Bailey, Joshua Park. Front row L-R: Miranda Morrissette, Averhy Sanborn, Mallory Fonte, Penny Sheridan, Zoe Hovde, Tadeo Ruiz, Nick Harfst The Mahomet-Seymour Speech team is poised for the IHSA Sectional Competition on Feb. 8. The Bulldogs completed their sixth tournament of the season… Read more
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Champaign County Early Voting to begin Feb. 6
In the days before the March 17, 2020 primary election, the Champaign County Clerk’s office will open locations throughout Champaign County to make voting easy and accessible to those casting a vote. Pursuant to Article 19A of the Illinois Election Code, Early Voting for the General Primary will be conducted at the listed locations and… Read more
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Nyah Biegler commits to play soccer at Eastern Illinois University
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nyah Biegler found herself at a crossroads before she found herself behind the wheel of an automobile. Entering Mahomet-Seymour High School as a freshman in the fall of 2017, Biegler was an accomplished soccer player who had competed in the sport for more than half of her life. She doesn’t remember… Read more
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Commentary: Questions and Faith
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com My grandmother was a devout Christian. After my grandfather passed away in the late 1970s, she moved to Waxhaw, N.C., where she joined the JAARS missionary team. She lived there for almost 20 years, helping to serve groups of people overseas and at home. She loved to listen to Charles Stanley and… Read more