By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois budget officials said Thursday that revenues are flowing into state coffers at a faster pace than previously estimated, meaning lawmakers will have more money to work with as they try to finalize a new budget for the fiscal year that begins July […]
Month: May 2021
‘Bridge’ phase to begin Friday as state seeks to incentivize vaccination
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News IllinoisJnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The state is opening vaccinations to Illinoisans age 12-15, and a major theme park operator is offering 50,000 free admission tickets in an effort to encourage vaccination in that age group. That news came as the governor’s office confirmed the state will enter […]
Ruzich and Rodenbaugh lead Bulldogs at Bloomington Gold Invitational
Senior Shaelin Ruzich and sophomore Grace Rodebaugh were the top individual placers for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ track and field team on Wednesday (May 12) at the Bloomington Gold Invitational. Ruzich was the runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles, with a time of 48.65 seconds. Rodebaugh took second in the high jump, […]
Mattoon outlasts Mahomet-Seymour baseball
The Bulldogs had one comeback – but not two – in Tuesday’s Apollo Conference home baseball game against Mattoon. Down 8-0 after 1 ½ innings, M-S pulled into an 8-8 tie before the visiting Green Wave put up seven runs in the sixth inning en route to a 15-9 triumph. […]
M-S Wrestling on 5-meet win streak
By Fred Kroner The unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour wrestling team made Prairie Central its fifth consecutive victim, 76-6, on Tuesday (May 11) in a dual meet at Mahomet. M-S won three bouts by pin, two by technical fall and eight by forfeit. The Bulldogs’ pinners were Payton Ragona (126 pounds in 5 […]
Bulldogs pick-up back-to-back Apollo Conference wins
By Fred Kroner Junior Cayla Koerner put together the best two-game stretch in the history of Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer to start the week, scoring 11 goals and assisting on three others as the Bulldogs posted back-to-back Apollo Conference victories. Koerner scored six goals and added two assists on Tuesday (May […]
Shore pitches first no-hitter of 2021 season
By Fred Kroner Aubrie Shore pitched her first no-hitter of the season on Monday (May 10), but the second consecutive no-hitter for the Mahomet-Seymour softball team. Shore stymied Tri-County in a 22-2 decision at home. She walked two and struck out a season-high 13. Last week, Karley Yergler fired a […]
MSJHS finishes up the regular season
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had four individuals and two relays capture victories on Monday (May 3) in a three-school boys’ track and field meet at Tolono Unity that also included Mount Zion. Ian Dobrucki was the hurdles winner, with a time of 17.52 seconds. Ethan Ramirez was first […]
IDPH Announces $225 Million Investment to Expand COVID-19 Testing in Middle and High Schools
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced a $225 million investment to expand access to covidSHIELD testing to middle and high schools across the state of Illinois at low or no cost. The covidSHIELD test, which was developed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is a […]
Gorsuch and Couston looking to make a difference for firefighters
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Coming up with innovative ideas is not the issue for Mahomet’s Alex Gorsuch. The challenge is creating interest in the novel concepts. “It’s easy to build hardware,” Gorsuch said. “It’s much harder to build hardware that a real customer with real money and a real problem […]