A dire humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels in the Gaza Strip, with the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issuing an urgent alert on Tuesday declaring that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” across the Palestinian territory. The IPC findings reveal that famine thresholds have been reached […]
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 Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois July 28, 2025 Article summary: Senate Bill 8 requires gun owners to keep their weapons secured and inaccessible to minors, people at risk of harming themselves or others, and people prohibited from possessing firearms. Violations can result in civil fines. House Bill 1327 requires […]
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 […]
Retired CIA official Susan Miller has rebutted claims made by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding the Obama administration’s handling of intelligence on Russian interference in the 2016 election, dismissing Gabbard’s allegations as politically motivated lies. Miller, who led the CIA team that conducted the 2017 intelligence assessment on […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a new Detention Support Grant Program offering $608 million to state and local governments to construct temporary immigrant detention facilities. FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) is the lead federal agency responsible for helping people in the United States prepare for, respond […]
Convicted sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is again being framed as a victim by her legal team and a growing chorus of right-wing media figures. Maxwell’s attorney David Markus told reporters outside the Justice Department on Friday that his client has endured “unjust treatment for more than five years,” adding that “if […]
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 […]
The Trump administration announced Friday that it will release $5.5 billion in previously frozen education funding. The Department of Education said states can expect the funds to begin flowing next week. The decision comes after mounting bipartisan pressure, including from Republican and Democratic senators who signed a public letter calling […]
