The Mahomet-Seymour High School Color Guard kicked off the 2021 winter season with IDTA today at their virtual Start the Beat event. Due to COVID, all competitions will be held online this year. The Bulldogs entered six competitors into the IDTA competition. All six dancers finished first or second in […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour Cross-Country Club took on a new identity for its final postseason race of the year on Saturday (Nov. 7) and exceeded the expectations of the state’s experts on the sport. Competing in Chillicothe at the unofficial Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet, the seven runners […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com They called themselves members of MSDP – standing for Mahomet-Seymour Distance Project – and on Saturday (Nov. 7), seven students from the high school completed their season-long project. Running in the unofficial state cross-country meet – unofficial because it was sponsored by ShaZam Racing and not […]
On the same day that new COVID-19 positive cases hit 9,935 within 24 hours and the death toll passed 10,030 Illinois residents, Gov. JB Pritzker said that IDPH was looking at placing new mitigations throughout the state to curb the spread of the virus. “Each day we are losing more […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Backers of a graduated income tax constitutional amendment conceded defeat Wednesday for Gov. JB Pritzker’s marquee policy proposal which was projected to bring in more than $3 billion annually to state coffers. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, voters had rejected the amendment […]
The Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department will continue to host the 2020 Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning (Nov. 26), but registration is limited to 50 people per wave. Late registrations will not be accepted this year as the Nov. 9 deadline approaches. A $15 per person registration fee will include […]
As of 1:30 on Nov. 4, 2020, it appears that the Champaign County Forest Preserve referendum to increase the tax rate in order to take care of a $3.7m backlog of repairs and to maintain the six outdoor preserves throughout Champaign County has passed. The Champaign County Clerk’s office will […]
By Julia Schultz Sixteen-year-old Jill Uken, the youngest sweet potato farmer in Champaign County, is at work selling her successful crop. “There were three main reasons for growing sweet potatoes: one, both my older brothers grew them; two, they are a one plant, one harvest crop; third, sweet potatoes are […]
As election results are reported through the Champaign County Clerks office and the Associated Press, the Mahomet Daily will report unofficial results until all votes have been counted by every precinct. This page will be updated several times a day until Nov. 17. State Income Tax Amendment (results statewide) YES […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Although nearly 3.6 million Illinoisans had already voted by Monday morning, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections, nearly 2.3 million ballots are still to be cast if the state is to match the 70.56 percent turnout of 2016. As of Monday, […]
