Category: Local
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Athlete of the Week: Grace Rodebaugh
Mahomet-Seymour Junior Grace Rodebaugh has been one integral part of the Bulldog volleyball team’s 2021 success. Rodebaugh kicked off the season with seven digs, six kills, and three blocks in a two-set sweep at Champaign Central. By mid-September, the outside hitter was chosen for the 12-person all-tournament team after helping M-S to third place in… Read more
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Smith an “invaluable” part of Mahomet Public Library team
By Isabella Zarate Kate Smith has been an “indispensable member” of the Mahomet Public Library team for a long time now and according to Library Director, John Howard, “she’s just so damn good at her job.” Originally, Smith was hired in 2009, by then Director Lynn Schmitt, as the project coordinator to assist in the… Read more
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Smith an “invaluable” part of Mahomet Public Library team
By Isabella Zarate Kate Smith has been an “indispensable member” of the Mahomet Public Library team for a long time now and according to Library Director, John Howard, “she’s just so damn good at her job.” Originally, Smith was hired in 2009, by then Director Lynn Schmitt, as the project coordinator to assist in the… Read more
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Vermilion County Conservation District to host “Thanksgiving at the Cabin”
Forest Glen Preserve will host the annual “Thanksgiving at the Cabin” on Sunday, November 7, from 1 TO 4 P.M. CST. Visitors are invited to come to the Pioneer Homestead Cabin to learn and watch how foods were prepared long ago using fire and ironware. You will see locally grown and harvested ingredients used and… Read more
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Fundraiser for Covered Bridge scheduled for Nov. 7
The Champaign County Forest Preserve will host a fundraiser to raise money for a new roof on the Covered Bridge at Lake of the Woods on Nov. 7. The Paint Like Me event held at Yellow & Co. will feature food and drink from Whisk from 2-4 p.m. Raffles and artwork of the Covered Bridge… Read more
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M-S soccer season comes to end in overtime loss to state-ranked Normal West
Third-seeded Normal West ousted fifth-seeded Mahomet-Seymour on Wednesday (Oct. 20) in a Class 2A boys’ soccer regional semifinal game at Normal West. The host Wildcats – ranked ninth in the state – needed two overtimes to post a 2-1 triumph. Normal West (16-3-6) led, 1-0, at halftime, but the Bulldogs (15-8-1) scored the equalizer in… Read more
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Bulldogs win Apollo Conference title
By Fred Kroner Tori Garner’s 11 digs helped carry Mahomet-Seymour to a volleyball win at Charleston, 25-10, 25-17, on Tuesday (Oct. 19) in the team’s final Apollo Conference match of the year. M-S finished 11-1 in league play and finished in a first-place tie with Taylorville. Sophie Zerrouki contributed four kills and a block as… Read more
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Balanced scoring helps M-SJHS girls’ basketball continue to win
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team bounced back from its first loss five days earlier to power past Normal Chiddix, 34-4, on Monday (Oct. 18) at home. M-S led 18-2 at halftime. The Bulldogs had two double-digit scorers. Courtney Fonte nailed a game-high 14 points. Hannah Martin tallied 12 points. The eighth-grade Bulldogs… Read more
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New congressional maps unveiled ahead of fall veto session
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly released a proposed set of new congressional district maps Friday, just days before lawmakers return to the Statehouse for the start of their fall veto session, which begins Oct. 19. All states redraw their congressional districts following each decennial census. The proposed new… Read more