American country music singer and songwriter Chris Janson will headline Saturday night’s performance at the 2023 Mahomet Music Festival. Best known for hits like, “Buy Me a Boat,” “Fix a Drink,” and “Done,” Janson is a platinum-selling recording artist, high-octane entertainer, multi-instrumentalist, and award-winning singer/songwriter. Saturday’s lineup includes Christian headliner […]
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Mahomet Family Dentistry Athlete of the Week: Paislee Welge
Mahomet-Seymour’s freshmen class on the girls’ soccer team is catching the attention of opponents. Leading that charge is 5’7″ forward Paislee Welge who has scored 35 percent of the Bulldogs’ goals on their way to four wins. Welge has eight total goals: five in an 8-0 victory against Charleston on […]
Bulldog soccer picks up two wins
By Fred Kroner One day after it shut out Urbana, 8-0, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team opened Apollo Conference play on Tuesday (April 4) with a 1-0 victory at Mount Zion. The schools battled to a scoreless first half. “The girls’ soccer team secured a hard-fought victory on the road […]
M-S sweeps Lincoln in Apollo Conference game
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s softball team picked up its first two wins of the season on Tuesday (April 4) at home, sweeping an Apollo Conference doubleheader from Lincoln. M-S won the first game, 2-1, scoring the tie-breaking run in the bottom of the sixth inning. In the nightcap, the Bulldog […]
Bulldogs on nine-game win streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team extended its winning streak to nine games on Wednesday (April 5), as Finn Randolph became the sixth Bulldog with a pitching win this spring and the fourth as the winner in a shutout when M-S blanked visiting Villa Grove, 10-0. Randolph worked five innings, […]
Mahomet unofficial elections results April 4, 2023
Unofficial election results from the Champaign County Clerk show that Jeff Banister (1,926 votes), Kyle Jordan (1,935 votes), Jordan Rock (2,012 votes) and Becky Severns (1,899 votes) have secured four seats on the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. This was the only contested race in the Mahomet-Seymour area. The Village of Mahomet’s […]
Peking House to close at the end of April
By Isabella Zarate For 23 years, The Peking House has sat tucked into the corner at 806 Eastwood Drive, Mahomet. In May of the year 2000, Gina and Chung Wang packed up their family and made the move from Ohio to the quaint town of Mahomet. After seeing an ad […]
Second-annual prom formal wear event to be held April 7 and 8
High school students needing formal wear for their school’s 2023 prom can find a free selection of dresses, suits, shoes, and accessories at 1422 S Neil in Champaign on April 7 from 3-7 p.m. and April 8 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event organized by Champaign’s Mike Ingram […]
Champaign County Home Visiting Consortium and United Way of Champaign County Host Developmental Screening and Resource Fair for Young Children
Urbana, IL – On April 4, 2023, chambanamoms.com, along with Champaign County Home Visiting Consortium and United Way of Champaign County, will be hosting a Developmental Screening and Resource Fair at Soccer Planet in Urbana, IL. The event is free and will take place from 9am-11am and from 3pm-5pm and […]
Rob Ledin to receive Lifetime Service Award
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Rob Ledin’s association with wrestling spans almost a half-century. Not bad for someone who is 55 years old. The veteran Mahomet-Seymour wrestling head coach will be honored for his commitment, dedication and impact by the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association at its annual banquet on […]