The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The numbers are what they are, and the players’ rankings in softball are based on what they achieved throughout their prep careers. Perhaps some of Mahomet-Seymour’s athletes deserve to have an asterisk by their names. Aubrie Shores and Karley Yergler, for example, compiled impressive totals. Their […]
The U.S. economy rebounded in the second quarter with 3.0% annualized growth following a first-quarter contraction, while the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates unchanged on July 30. The U.S. economy demonstrated resilience in the second quarter of 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) expanding at an annualized rate of 3.0% according to […]
Americans in more than 300 cities are preparing for what organizers say will be one of the largest coordinated protest actions of 2025. The “Rage Against the Regime” National Day of Action, spearheaded by the 50501 Movement and supported by local Indivisible groups, is set for Saturday, August 2, and […]
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois July 29, 2025 Article Summary The Trump administration sent the Illinois State Board of Elections a letter this week requesting troves of voter data. The request included sensitive information about voters and the state’s efforts to scrub the rolls of ineligible voters. The request […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the past seven years, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team has been the dominant one in the Apollo Conference. In that span, the Bulldogs have a cumulative record in league play of 65-6-11, which averages out to less than one conference loss per season. The key to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The sport is girls’ golf, but talk about apples and oranges. Mahomet-Seymour athletes who participated in the sport in high school were under three different and distinct state tournament formats during the past 25 years. Those who played through the fall of 2005 did so while […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Folks who carefully read the blurbs on the athletes chosen for the various Mahomet-Seymour Quarter-Century teams may notice what they believe to be inconsistencies. Some athletes are listed as News-Gazette All-Area first-teamers while others, who were equally deserving, have no such designation. Here’s the explanation. In […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com I usually don’t speak in hyperbole. Philosophically, I simply don’t believe there is a performance in sports or a record set during an athletic competition that can not eventually be bettered. Logically, this statement has to be true: whatever the current record is exists because someone […]
As the calendar flips to August, the Mahomet community is lacing up for the 30th Annual Run Mahomet, the signature fundraiser in support of the Mahomet Area Youth Club (MAYC). This event not only fuels friendly competition but also directly benefits more than 300 local youth each year. The 2025 […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court injunction blocking former President Donald J. Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented or in the country on temporary visas. The Ninth Circuit concluded that Executive […]
