Category: Local

By Zainab Susi May 24, 2022 was another horrible and unforgettable day in US history. I am so deeply sorry to every single family and friend going through this strategy. My heart aches when I watch the news. Two days before summer break, an 18-year old gunman opened fire at Robb elementary school and killed… Read more

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday that he is asking President Joe Biden and the federal government to increase Illinois’ share of federal funding to reflect the results of a recent Census Bureau study showing the state was very likely undercounted in the 2020 census. The news release from the governor’s… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Meredith Johnson-Monfort lettered in soccer four years while attending Mahomet-Seymour High school. At the University of Illinois, Johnson-Monfort earned three varsity letters in soccer. As a high school athlete, she set the (since-broken) school record for goals scored in a season and in a career. As a college athlete, Johnson-Monfort tallied… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team scored the first and the last goals in the Tuesday (May 24) Class 2A sectional semifinal match against Rochester at Chatham Glenwood. But Rochester scored more goals in between and salvaged a 3-2 triumph, putting an end to the Bulldogs’ season. M-S took the early lead on… Read more

By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler’s third no-hitter of the season – and her second against Rantoul – propelled the Mahomet-Seymour softball team into the Class 3A regional finals in a Wednesday (May 25) semifinal game where the Bulldogs tied their single-season record for wins. Yergler and the Bulldogs knocked off Rantoul 15-0 at home for… Read more

*Editor’s Note: (Updated) All letters to the editor are fact-checked before publication. The demographic study that was taken up by the Mahomet-Seymour School District in 2021 shows enrollment projections until 2030. It states that by the Mahomet-Seymour School District will have 3,609 students enrolled by 2030. The demographic study only included residential development that was platted in 2019. In… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Auggie Gaudio and the 800-meter relay won state medals in the IESA boys’ eighth-grade state track and field meet, which ended on Saturday (May 21) at the east Side Centre, in East Peoria. Gaudio ran fourth in the 1,600 meters. His time was 4 minutes, 46.68 seconds. The 800-meter relay wound… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade girls’ 1,600-meter relay team finished second on Saturday (May 21) in the IESA track and field state meet at the East Side Centre, in East Peoria. The foursome of Ayla Finfrock, Emma Busch, Anniston Huff and Hannah Martin was timed in 4 minutes, 28.20 seconds. First-place Chatham Glenwood’s winning time… Read more

By Isabella Zarate “A mom is all I ever wanted to be,” said Katrina Roberts. Starting a family in Mahomet, Roberts had aspirations of a life similar to that of the famous Brady Bunch.  “I wanted three girls and three boys, and we would all live happily ever after.”  Though, for Roberts, things did not… Read more

My Facebook and Instagram feed tonight is the same as everyone else’s. You’ve sent your thoughts and prayers; posted a graphic of the state of Texas with a heart; talked about how heartbroken you are for the children and parents; made a passing mention of the Black and Asian Americans who were recently killed in… Read more