By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Throughout his running career, Gabe Pommier has been surrounded by greatness. He was a member of Mahomet-Seymour’s state championship cross-country team as a high school senior (2016) and ran for Class 2A state runner-up teams as a sophomore and junior. On the track, Pommier was the […]
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Pritzker issues amendatory veto on budget due to drafting errors, Senate accepts
By SARAH MANSURCapitol News Illinoissmansur@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The state Senate on Tuesday approved a change to next year’s budget at the request of Gov. JB Pritzker to correct drafting errors in the measure that passed in the early hours of Wednesday, June 1, with little time for it to be […]
Norman to play baseball at DACC
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Andrew Norman would agree with the sentiments of actress Judy Garland, whose character in The Wizard of Oz claimed, “There’s no place like home.” For the Mahomet-Seymour High School senior, home base is more than a building. “Baseball is like my second home,” Norman said. “COVID […]
Mahomet board puts third “Gateway sign” on consent agenda
The Village of Mahomet board of trustees moved to place the purchase of a third “gateway sign” on the June 22 consent agenda. The Village once again awarded the $22,036.00 project to Bendsen Signs and Graphics Inc. The sign that will read “Welcome to Mahomet” will be placed on IL-47 […]
Registration open for Mahomet-Seymour 2021-2022 kindergarten registration
Letter to the Editor: Congratulations to Herrah Zainab Hussain
Congratulations to Herrah Zainab Hussain, Mahomet-Seymour High School Class of 2013. Herrah has worked incredibly hard and on June 12th, 2021 she earned her Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Northwestern University! After Herrah graduated from Mahomet-Seymour she decided to go to Loyola University for her undergraduate degree. It didn’t […]
CUPHD hosts summer food program
Champaign, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) is hosting the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) again this year, now through the return to school in August. The program provides free meals throughout the summer months when children are not in school. SFSP is sponsored by the Illinois State Board of Education and […]
Ruzich finishes 8th in IHSA Class 2A girls’ state track and field meet
By Fred Kroner Senior Shaelin Ruzich was the lone state-placer for Mahomet-Seymour on Friday (June 11) in the Class 2A girls’ track and field meet at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Ruzich, who was seeded in a tie for fifth in the pole vault, placed eighth with a vault of […]
Shoaf, Nofziger, Sims, Scheele and Singer head to state meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior C.J. Shoaf had a day that started well and ended even better on Thursday (June 10). The track and field standout signed a national letter of intent to continue his career next year at the University of Illinois. Then, he got on a school bus […]
Bulldog Wrestling wins IWCOA Regional, wins Apollo Conference
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Twelve Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers have earned the chance to compete in their home gymnasium one more time. In the Sunday (June 13) Class 2A Lincoln Regional tournament, 12 Bulldogs placed among the top six in their respective weight classes to qualify for the sectional meet. That sectional […]