By Jerry Nowicki and Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.comjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker outlined a $41.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday that would hold most state agencies at flat funding levels but which relies heavily on changes to the state’s corporate tax structure that lawmakers have not yet approved. The budget […]
By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A legislative panel on Wednesday allowed the Illinois State Board of Education to move forward with new rules that call on colleges and universities in the state to change the way prospective teachers and administrators are trained in order to make them more […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The success stories are what keep Jackie Butler going. Her involvement with It Takes a Village began in 2012, when she and her daughter, Heather Denam, founded the Mahomet-based organization to help those in need. “We had hair bows recently,” Butler said. “A woman came in […]
By Fred Kroner Unbeaten Effingham (7-0) broke away from a 33-33 halftime deadlock on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to hand the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team a 69-62 Apollo Conference loss at home. Effingham led 19-14 after one stanza before the Bulldogs pulled into a halftime tie with a late 8-0 run […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour made six three-point shots in the fourth quarter on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to pull away from visiting Effingham in an Apollo Conference girls’ basketball game, 58-47. The win was the fourth in a row for coach Garret Risley’s team. The Bulldogs held a 36-31 lead […]
The Village of Mahomet moved forward a Guiding Statement on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion during the Feb. 16 board meeting. Mayor Sean Widener opened the discussion over the statement saying it’s “a good transparent way of just basically putting on paper what we’re thinking and what we want accomplished.” In […]
The 2021 Spring Mahomet Community Garage Sales are scheduled for May 7 and 8. The Mahomet Daily will produce a free online and print garage sale guide. Listings for the guide can be emailed to news@mahometnews.com until May 4 at 5 p.m. The printed map will be distributed locally on the […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers are required to draw new legislative and congressional district maps this year, but that process may be thrown into chaos because of delays in producing the census numbers needed to draw equal districts. The U.S. Census Bureau announced Friday that due to the […]
Candidates for the Mahomet-Seymour School Board will have an opportunity to share their ideas with constituents during two forums in the coming weeks. The Mahomet Chamber of Commerce will host their forum on Feb. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m.. The event will be streamed on Facebook Live and YouTube. […]
