Category: Local

The Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White, announced Wednesday that throughout the next few months, many larger downstate and central Illinois Driver Services facilities will require appointments for behind-the-wheel road tests, REAL IDs, standard driver’s licenses and ID cards. Vehicle services, such as renewing a license plate sticker or applying for a vehicle title, do… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team opened its season with back-to-back wins in the Prairie Central Hawk Tournament. The Bulldogs dispatched East Peoria, 72-12, on Monday (Nov. 15) and overpowered Chillicothe IVC, 55-25, on Tuesday (Nov. 16). Cayla Koerner tallied 15 first-quarter points in the opener and ended with a game-high 26 points.… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Within the entirety of the Mahomet-Seymour football team this year were a series of small groups. Small, but mighty groups. Powerful groups. When everything was put together, the offensive and defensive units were a cohesive group of outstanding players with more than half of them on each platoon earning some sort… Read more

The Mahomet American Legion Post 1015 will observe Pearl Harbor Day with a special program at 7:00 PM on December 7, 2021. Barb Oehlschlaeger-Garvey from the Museum of the Grand Prairie will discuss the reactions of local citizens to the attack, including recorded interviews with those who remembered that day. The Post 1015 Honor Guard will… Read more

By Fred Kroner Eighth-Grade Night was a major success for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls’ basketball teams on Monday (Nov. 15). Playing in their regular-season home finale, the eighth-graders took care of Champaign St. Matthew, 31-10, to reach the 20-win mark for the season. Ava Yeakel tallied a game-high 17 points. Lily Bosworth contributed six… Read more

By Fred Kroner The seventh-grade Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team has posted wins in two of its last three games, including a 37-35 triumph on Tuesday (Nov. 16) at home over Charleston. Three Bulldogs reached double figures in scoring against Charleston. Paxson O’Malley netted 13 points, Bryson Tiefenthaler tossed in 12 points and Parker Henry added… Read more

By Fred Kroner Sophie Zerrouki’s dream of playing college volleyball started at the same time she began learning the sport. She was in fourth grade. In the eight years that followed, Zerrouki switched club programs and underwent a transition with a new head coach at Mahomet-Seymour High School. She also went through the recruiting process… Read more

By Fred Kroner In the final analysis, two factors were the key contributors to Mahomet-Seymour playing its final football game of a record-setting season on Saturday (Nov. 13) at Morton. The Bulldogs’ offense did some good things. But, just not enough. The Bulldogs’ defense kept the turnover battle even and did some good things. But,… Read more

By Isabella Zarate A group of students from Mahomet-Seymour Lincoln Trail Elementary has teamed up to selflessly serve members of their community.  The Youth Leadership Club (YLC) along with students from Dana Martin’s 5th-grade class set a goal to raise $6,000 for people in need.  Collected funds “would be used to cover rent, utility bills,… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Haylie Orton – who signed a letter-of-intent on Wednesday to play volleyball at Illinois College – has discovered that it is possible for two negatives to equal one positive. The Mahomet-Seymour senior learned that is especially true if the negatives happen to occur in sequence. As a sophomore, Orton suffered a… Read more