Category: Local
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M-S girls’ golf takes second at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Freshman Ainsley Winters carded the low score for Mahomet-Seymour in Thursday’s three-school girls’ golf meet at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club, in Champaign. She fired a 49 and ended in sixth individually. As a team, M-S was second with a composite of 221. Meet champion St. Thomas More totaled 175 strokes. Third-place… Read more
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Keefe profited from Dawg Walk donations, M-S PTO asks for his resignation
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The M-S PTO announced Monday morning that it has asked its Corresponding Executive Ken Keefe to resign his post after the group learned on Aug. 23 that he was the owner of Fund for Us LLC., the organization that handled online donations during the 2018-19 school year for its annual fundraiser,… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour school board makes statements about OMA complaint
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Ken Keefe, who was elected to the Mahomet-Seymour School board filed an Open Meetings Act complaint with the State of Illinois’ Office of the Attorney General earlier this summer. The report came to light on August 19, 2019 when Mahomet-Seymour School Board President Max McComb read a two-page statement during his… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour school board hears from constituents on PTO issue
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Sunny McMurray and Lisa Frerichs asked the Mahomet-Seymour School board to investigate M-S PTO’s Corresponding Executive Ken Keefe’s use of credit cards to pay for Dawg Walk prizes during the fall of 2018. McMurray began the discussion by citing her professional experience, that she has children in the school district and… Read more
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Mahomet Public Library to provide GED preparation
Mahomet Library has partnered with Nancy Knittel, a retired educator with extensive experience at Parkland College and at multiple area schools, to provide free small group preparation for the GED, or provide math or writing help for adults, at Mahomet Library during the 2019-2020 school year. Nancy will host 3 informational sessions to meet with… Read more
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IDOT to continue painting bridges on I-74
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that painting of the bridges that carry Lindsey Road and Duncan Road over Interstate 74 resumes Monday, Aug. 26. The painting will require nightly lane closures on westbound I-74 between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., with one lane open at all times. Work is expected to last approximately four… Read more
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MSJH kicks off cross country season strong
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com It’s the largest Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School cross-country squad in the history of the school. With 123 current runners, MSJHS faced a very competitive Unity Junior High team in Tolono Thursday night. While the Rockets came out on top in all four individual races: sixth-grade girls, then boys’ and seventh- and… Read more
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Champaign County home sales slow in July
PRESS RELEASE Residential home sales weakened in July in the Champaign County area while the median home sale price rose 2.62 percent, according to the Champaign County Association of REALTORS®. As lower mortgage rates are prompting more buyers to enter the market, it’s putting pressure on the already tight inventory. The total number of homes… Read more
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Brogan’s Corner: Making it to the summit
BY BROGAN HENNESY On my annual trip to Colorado, I did something that I have never done before: I climbed a 14,000 ft mountain. When I was first asked if I wanted to climb a mountain to spread Epilepsy awareness, I was all for it. I had visited Colorado for a month and not once… Read more