By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For more than two decades, The News-Gazette sports staff has selected one overall area high school Athlete of the Year for boys and another for girls when the school year ends. In my opinion, this is the most intriguing pick of any made on an annual […]
President Donald Trump on July 27 touted a sweeping trade agreement that he said would see the European Union purchase $750 billion worth of American energy over the next three years. The deal, according to Trump, also includes a 15% tariff on most EU exports to the United States. But […]
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois August 7, 2025 Article Summary Dozens of Democratic lawmakers from Texas are staying in Illinois to prevent the Texas Legislature from adopting a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan for political purposes. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says the FBI has accepted his request to help […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Changes are frequently slow in taking place. When The News-Gazette first selected an All-Area team for volleyball (in 1978), the elite team consisted of six players, just as if those athletes were going to take the court together for a match. This was a pre-libero period […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Here’s a little secret that many folks don’t realize: Scanning a list of a school’s all-time leaders doesn’t always reveal what you might think. The best way to illustrate the point is by examples. A glance at Mahomet-Seymour’s all-time season boys’ basketball leaders in scoring shows […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a far-reaching set of subpoenas to former top law enforcement and political figures, including former U.S. Presidents and Attorneys General, demanding testimony and documents related to the government’s decades-long knowledge and prosecution of the Epstein scandal. The motion to subpoena […]
A new law has been signed in Illinois, strengthening workplace rights for nursing mothers. The legislation, an amendment to the state’s Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act, ensures that employees who need to express breast milk for their infants are not only guaranteed reasonable break time, but will now receive […]
Illinois public libraries must now maintain a supply of opioid overdose reversal medication, following the passage and signing of a new law aimed at combating the growing opioid crisis across the state. The law, officially an amendment to the Illinois Local Library Act (HB1910), mandates that all libraries open to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Sometimes, the only reaction is “what if?” That phrase is often muttered when a particular player or a certain team didn’t live up to expectations or the preseason hype. I remember one year a school was booted out of an IHSA girls’ basketball regional – thus […]
Music fans in Champaign County are in for an electrifying evening as Los Texano’z headline the Summer Concert Series at the Harry L. Swartz Campground in the Middle Fork River Forest Preserve on Saturday, August 9 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Hailing from Arcola, Los Texano’z have become a staple of […]
