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State-ranked Bulldogs win meet on Kickapoo Rail Trail
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s state-ranked boys’ cross-country team outpaced the field on Saturday (Oct. 3) to win a three-school meet in Urbana at the Kickapoo Rail Trail. “Our boys did a great job at Urbana,” M-S coach Neal Garrison said. “It is so hard to get psyched up for a smaller meet, but they were…
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Courson gets career-low at Lake of the Woods
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Zach Courson carded a career-low 36 on Thursday (Oct. 1) to lead the Bulldogs past Tuscola, 171-199, in a dual meet at Lake of the Woods. Courson won medalist honors and has been the team’s scoring leader in six consecutive meets. Other Bulldog participants were: C.J. Shoaf (42), Carter Self…
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Letter to the Editor: Call for survey and transparency in return to school plan
To the editor:Just a year ago, who would have dreamed we’d be fighting for our children’s education. Yet here we are, in a battle for our children’s right to attend in-person school. Imploring for the right to CHOOSE to send our children to more in-person days of attendance while others have the right to CHOOSE…
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Museum of the Grand Prairie’s Lincoln Speaker Series to feature women
The Museum of the Grand Prairie announces its fourteenth annual and its first virtual Lincoln Speaker series. This year speakers will highlight the influential and complicated role of women in the fight for the abolition of slavery as well as their own struggle for the vote. All of the speakers will be broadcast on Facebook…
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DuPage County judge denies Temporary Restraining Order Against IHSA
DuPage County’s 18th Judicial Circuit Court ruled in favor of the defendant, the Illinois High School Association, Thursday, not granting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). Three parents in the west Chicago suburbs filed a class-action lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association, citing that it broke its own rules when it changed the sports calendar…
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Mahomet Town and Country Annual Nut Sale
Selling nuts is a Mahomet Town and Country Women’s Club tradition. Giving the proceeds back to the Mahomet community is also a tradition that has lasted for decades. The group is currently taking orders for freshly harvested nuts (September and October). The nuts will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving. Proceeds go to the Mahomet…
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Mattis Avenue to close Oct. 5 for rail crossing work
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Mattis Avenue between Paula Drive and Hedge Road in Champaign will close Oct 5. The closure is necessary for the Norfolk Southern Railway to replace its crossing. No traffic will be allowed through the closure during the work, which is expected to last five to 10 days. A…
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Parkland College presents Kaler Science Lecture Series
The Staerkel Planetarium will remain in a digital format until Dec. 2020. On the first Friday of the month at 7 pm, the Staerkel Planetarium becomes a forum for a local scientist to discuss his or her specialties. All audiences are welcome! Admission is free for our shows on Zoom. Teachers, group leaders, invite your…
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More than 2 million mail-in ballots requested in Illinois
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – More than 2 million Illinois voters have requested vote-by-mail ballots and more than 26,000 such ballots have already been returned, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. That means about a quarter of the state’s registered voters had requested vote-by-mail ballots as of Wednesday afternoon. ISBE reported that 2,077,594…
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Olivia Ross places 3rd in the 50-yard freestyle
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs lost a 110-32 decision to Champaign Central in a dual meet on Monday (Sept. 28) in Champaign. For the third meet in a row, M-S’ high-point scorer was senior Olivia Ross. Besides a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, Ross added fourths in both the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke…