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  • Commentary: How To Talk About Politics — Without Ruining Anyone’s Day

    Ben Chapman

    No one wants to get into an argument over the holidays; Mahomet Daily contributor Ben Chapman offers some suggestions on how to talk about politics with family and friends. Read more

  • MSHS Girls’ Basketball and Wrestling pick up home wins Saturday

    Fred Kroner

    Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team rallied for a non-conference win at home over Normal University High. Read more

  • IHSA football districts approved

    Fred Kroner

    The IHSA changed the way high school football playoffs happened. Read more

  • Alaska provides new opportunities for Smoes

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Forrest Smoes became accustomed to life on the run as a student at Mahomet-Seymour High School. A standout two-sport athlete, Smoes excelled in cross-country and track and field. That lifestyle is now part of his past. The former all-state runner hasn’t slowed down, however, just moved in a different direction. The… Read more

  • Mahomet Aquifer Task Force concludes its work, issues recommendations

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    Springfield, IL – The Mahomet Aquifer Task Force released its final report to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor this week, outlining a plan to address the ongoing issue of maintaining clean drinking water from the Mahomet Aquifer.  The report identifies potential and current contamination threats to the water quality, suggests what actions should be… Read more

  • MSHS Fieldhouse to get a facelift

    Dani Tietz

    The Mahomet-Seymour School District is ready to move forward with the renovation of the field house at the high school and the CAIR Center. Mahomet-Seymour Superintendent Lindsey Hall said the field house, which was built 20 years ago, has safety concerns. “The floor is very slippery, has lost its ‘tack’  and is a safety issue,”… Read more

  • MSHS girls’ basketball on a roll

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Makayla Rosenbery hit a season-high for points scored for the third game in a row, helping the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team to its third consecutive win on Monday.  The Bulldogs (6-5) upended visiting Centennial, 65-37, behind a 24-point outburst from Rosenbery. She hit three three-point shots.  Also scoring in double figures… Read more

  • Kelly to be inducted into Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Hall of Fame

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mary Kelly is a modern-day Pioneer Woman.  The original pioneers, who moved westward while homesteading with their families in the middle and late 1800s, were forging a new trail, doing what few — if any — had done before them. Kelly, a 2002 Mahomet-Seymour graduate, made her inroads in what prior… Read more

  • MSJHS names December Students of the Month

    Dani Tietz

    The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School Students of the Month for December are Avery Rosa, Benjamin Wallace,  Grace Rodebaugh, Hannah Hofbauer, Jenna Wade, Aiden McNamara. Read more

  • MSHS girls’ and boy’ basketball pick up late week wins, Wrestling places ninth

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team returned to the .500 mark by winning consecutive games to end the week. The Bulldogs (5-5) upended Rantoul on Thursday in a game on the Eagles’ court, 57-25, and followed that with a Saturday win at home over Apollo Conference foe Lincoln, 57-44. Makayla Rosenbery had a… Read more