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Every human needs a place to belong.  And yet, throughout all of time, groups of people have been separated from the whole, been made to feel as though they are less than, and even, many times, intimidated to be who they were born to be.  The Mahomet-Seymour community felt a glimpse of this in September… Read more

There are two things I remember about snow as a child: one I considered good and the other I considered bad.  We’ll start off with the bad.  It seems it snowed more in rural Indiana in the 1980’s than it does now. The chance of a white Christmas was likely, as was the chance for… Read more

By: Christine Benway, PT, MPT, CEAS, OCS Ergonomics is defined as the relationship between the human capabilities and our work demands. What this means for most of use is, how well does your body hold up to the physical stress of your job. To some, it can be as hard as having to left and… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour swept the top two positions on Monday (Jan. 31) in an indoor non-scored season-opening boys’ track and field meet at home against Fisher. Cole Marshall was a three-event winner for the Bulldogs. He took top honors in the long jump (18 feet, 8 inches), the 60-meter dash (6.87 seconds) and the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour held its own on Tuesday (Feb. 1) at home against Normal Community’s state-ranked boys’ basketball team. The Bulldogs dropped a 49-42 decision to the Ironmen, who are 23-1 overall and ranked fifth in Class 4A. Quenton Rogers led M-S with 15 points, to go with three rebounds and three assists. Blake… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team opened the week with back-to-back wins on the road. The Bulldogs decisioned Centennial 65-40 on Monday (Jan. 31) and then blitzed Urbana, 66-19, on Tuesday (Feb. 1). The wins move coach Garret Risley’s squad to within one victory of tying the school record for single season wins. M-S… Read more

If you don’t know the story, you probably know of the image of six-year-old Ruby Bridges walking down the stairs outside of William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960.  The small Black girl in a dress and cardigan was surrounded by three U.S. Marshalls when she left her first day in… Read more

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Each year in February, Illinois’ governor must propose to lawmakers a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The General Assembly will then spend the next several months negotiating which proposals to include and which to scrap before sending the budget back to the governor for consideration. On Wednesday, Gov.… Read more

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Two bills aimed at relieving the state’s teacher shortage, at least in the short term, advanced out of a Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Education Committee unanimously endorsed two bills that would allow retired teachers to work as substitutes more days in a school year without losing any… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High volleyball teams bounced back from losses on Tuesday (Jan. 25) to earn a win on Wednesday (Jan. 26). The seventh-graders started the week with a 25-18, 25-19 loss at home to Tri-Valley. A day later, the seventh-graders swept past visiting Maroa-Forsyth, 25-19, 25-13. The seventh-graders are 7-2 with… Read more