Category: Local

The Mahomet-Seymour Community Schools Board met on Monday to discuss their regular agenda ahead of the 2021-22 school year. One of the lively topics of debate right now in the community is if students and teachers will be required to wear masks during the school day. The board announced they will have a special meeting… Read more

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The state’s higher education agencies released updated COVID-19 guidance Monday encouraging all public and private higher education institutions in Illinois to issue mandatory vaccine policies. “Vaccination against COVID-19 is now widely available, and all persons over the age of 12 are eligible,” the guidance document reads. “Vaccination is the leading… Read more

It’s true that parents never can tell what path their child might take.  “My older sister played volleyball and always begged me to play with her and at the time I hated it,” Ainsley Ranstead said.  Still, Ranstead gave volleyball a try.  As she tried different sports, trying to find her own way, she could… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The original Dynamic Duo was the television version of Batman and Robin. Mahomet-Seymour softball had a terrific replica last season in Aubrie Shore and Karley Yergler. The two teen-agers had a series of heroic feats. When the Bulldogs’ softball season ended in June, Yergler or Shore ranked first and second on… Read more

There’s nothing that will bring Lacey Moore back to her mom, Michelle.  The teen-ager died from a brain aneurysm a month after her 19th birthday on Aug. 23, 2019.  During the past two years, Michelle has mourned her daughter’s passing by raising awareness about the signs and symptoms of brain aneurysms while also making sure… Read more

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Terrill Swift spent 15 years in prison, convicted of a rape and murder which DNA evidence later proved he did not commit. On Thursday, he appeared alongside lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates in support of a bill signed by Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker to ban deceptive police… Read more

Champaign County Public Health officials are encouraging those who are eligible and have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 to do so as the Delta variant has become present in Champaign County.  Anyone 12 years of age or older is able to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are available to individuals… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School District will expand its administration team with new positions that will be funded through Evidence-based Tier funding through the state or ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund) funding. Additional staff positions were also approved. Superintendent Lindsey Hall told the board that the district needed a District Family Engagement Specialist, District 504… Read more

Mahomet-Seymour School Board member Colleen Schultz presented the first reading of a new board policy that establishes the way curriculum is approved.  Schultz read: “Curriculum and curriculum revisions will not be adopted at the board meeting they’re first introduced. Furthermore consideration will be given subsequent meetings after the opportunity for community input. In order to… Read more

The Mahomet Masonic Lodge officially opened their renovated space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the Mahomet Auto Fest on July 11.  With new windows, an updated exterior, new columns, and awning, this was the first time the building located at 410 E Main St had been updated since 1949.  The group spent the spring and… Read more