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By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ soccer, softball and baseball teams all started the week off with wins. Girls’ soccer Brooke Benson scored the first M-S goal and assisted on the second Tuesday as the Bulldogs (16-2) extended their winning streak to 10 and clinched the outright Apollo Conference championship in their first year in… Read more

In a board meeting with more than 70 “Porter Supporters” on Monday night, Keith Pedigo wanted to talk about someone else. Pedigo, whose oldest daughter is in first grade at Sangamon Elementary, wanted to illustrate how the reassignment of Lincoln Trail’s Assistant Principal Courtney Porter impacts others, too. Pedigo began his comments to the board… Read more

The status of Lincoln Trail assistant Principal Courtney Porter remains undetermined. After more than a 3 1/2-hour session on Monday — the first hour devoted to comments from nine members of the public — the Mahomet-Seymour School Board announced at 10:44 p.m.that they were not ready to take another vote on the involuntary reassignment of Porter. The board… Read more

Springfield, IL – Legislation proposed by Urbana based Carle Hospital and designed to help address poverty in the region by training and putting people to work passed by the Senate unanimously April 24. The legislation sponsored by local State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) and co-sponsored by Sen. Scott Bennett (D-Chicago) built upon Carle Hospital’s Healthy Beginnings… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Prom Day is often filled with a myriad of last-minute details. Hair appointments. Nail appointments. Perhaps a quick shopping trip to purchase a needed accessory. Lexi Dorsey was awake and up by 4 a.m. on Saturday, the day she would attend her fourth Mahomet-Seymour Prom. During the night, she remembers, “my… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Meredith Johnson-Monfort scored two goals and had an assist as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team won its ninth consecutive match. The Bulldogs (15-2) shut out Lincoln 5-0 in a home match on Thursday to improve to 7-0 in Apollo Conference action. Johnson-Monfort scored the first two goals, raising her area-leading total… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 30 to discuss and vote on the involuntary reassignment of Lincoln Trail Assistant Principal Courtney Porter. Discussion will take place during a closed session, but the public will have a chance to speak prior to the board discussion and the board packet states… Read more

Mahomet-Seymour Junior High students Savannah Amatyleon (6th), Dayten Eisenmann (7th), Kathryn Raver (8th) were announced as the winners of the 3rd Quarter Luke Busch H.E.A.R.T Award this week. These winners were selected by faculty based on helpfulness, effort, acceptance, respect, and tolerance. Read more

State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) hosted several Mahomet fourth grade classes at the Statehouse the week of April 23. The students spoke with Rose, toured the Capitol, and experienced the legislative process up-close. Read more