Forum sees low turnout
Five members of the public turned out for a forum concerning the library referendum last Thursday evening. Dee Siegmund, resident of the Mahomet Public Library District, asked about the language on...
View ArticleSchools to receive upgrades
The Mahomet-Seymour school board unanimously approved capital sales tax projects for Mahomet-Seymour High School and Lincoln Trail Elementary School at its board meeting last week. The projects are...
View ArticleWish come true
At 3 years old, Abby Lundquist bumped her head on a banister on Thanksgiving night. Her whole face turned “jet black,” according to her mom, Jenny Lundquist.“It wasn’t just a goose egg,” Jenny...
View ArticleJoint concert directed by Hayes
Students of Mahomet-Seymour High School and Mahomet-Seymour Junior High performed in the Mark Hayes Choral Concert a couple of weeks ago.read more
View ArticleHigh school ag classes put on Ag Day
Sangamon Elementary School students learned about different agriculture facts and participated in agriculture activities on Mahomet-Seymour High School's Ag Day on May 6.read more
View ArticleTwo junior high students show unselfish act of kindness
Sometimes middle school students get a bad reputation of being self-centered, but two students of Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School show that’s not always true.read more
View ArticleStudents raise money for cancer society
Eric Andracke’s freshman advisory group, the smallest one at Mahomet-Seymour High School, won a fundraising competition among all nine advisories.read more
View ArticleMahomet resident battles cancer
It started out as leg pain.“I got to where I could hardly climb into my truck anymore, because my legs hurt,” Charlie Shaffer, a truck driver from Mahomet, said. “The doctors started doing tests on my...
View ArticleBoard goes over meeting process
With three new faces to the village board, the group went over meeting procedures at its study session Tuesday.read more
View ArticleHogan leaves Sangamon after 35 years
For one Mahomet native, her aspirations to become a teacher started in Mrs. Arbuckle’s first-grade class at Seymour Elementary in Mahomet.read more
View ArticleJordan retires after 38 years at Lincoln Trail school
Mary Weaver, principal at Lincoln Trail Elementary School, put it best when she dubbed retiring fifth-grade teacher, Joan Jordan, an “icon” at the school.read more
View ArticleDefibrillator saves man on golf course at Lake of the Woods
It was a gloomy day at the golf course. Upper 40s and windy.“It kind of looked like it might rain,” said Chris Edmondson, assistant manager of the golf course at Lake of the Woods in Mahomet.read more
View ArticleVillage gets public works director
The village of Mahomet hired a public works director.read more
View ArticleBoard discusses possible curriculum, course change
The school board discussed concerns in making the high school’s junior advisory period a graded course next school year. Mahomet-Seymour High School teachers Jamie Colbert and Dan Ryan presented their...
View ArticleMougey retires after 23 years
She can’t remember what it’s like working at a school different from Lincoln Trail Elementary School, but she doesn’t mind.read more
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