Champaign County residents, ages 12-15, can access the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday, May 13. After the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine on Monday, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District posted: Carle: Dress Barn Location on Friday, Saturday, Sunday […]
Month: May 2021
Village awards Cross Construction with South Mahomet utility extensions
The Village of Mahomet awarded the bid for utility extensions along the upcoming South Mahomet Road extension to Cross Construction Tuesday. After bids were collected, Cross Construction came in at $2,850,000, over $1 million under their competitors. A&R Services bid $4,039,464.90 and Opperman Construction bid $4,058,070.00. Trustee Brian Metzger raised […]
Village of Mahomet purchases second “gateway” sign
The Village of Mahomet has appointed Bendsen Signs & Graphics, Inc. as the single-source purchase points for Mahomet Gateway signs. Bendsen installed the first gateway sign on IL-47 in front of Arby’s in April. A second sign, with the price tag of $22,036.00 will be located on IL-150 near Green […]
Village to prohibit U-turns on parts of State St.
The Village of Mahomet will soon mark State Street from Franklin to Crowley a no U-turn zone. The move comes after Student Resource Officer Bill Ward notified the Village staff of motorists who make U-turns in front of Lincoln Trail Elementary, Mahomet-Seymour Junior High and Mahomet-Seymour High School. The new […]
Local communities to receive state grant money from Rebuild Illinois plan
Gov. JB Pritzker was in Champaign Tuesday to talk about $250 million in funding grants that will be distributed to municipal, township, and county projects across the state. Pritzker hopes that the grants will help to continue the work that the first $250 million did. “Already, our Rebuild Illinois plan […]
Goal setting led to success of PrintPression
Necessity is the mother of invention. That statement holds true for Cain Anderson, owner of PrintPression. As a college student studying to become a history teacher, Anderson knew that the way he organized his life in high school was no longer viable. The go-to-school and figure-out-something-to-do after model did align […]
Daniel Renshaw to wrestle at the University of Illinois
The beginning of Daniel Renshaw’s story about how he got into wrestling might be a little unusual: “I started wrestling in eighth grade after my friends Logan Burdette and Brayden Bone convinced me to try it out during summer detasseling,” he said. “I wasn’t sure at first, but I wanted […]
Pritzker now says budget can include added $350 million for K-12 schools
By JERRY NOWICKI and TIM KIRSININKASCapitol News IllinoisJnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.comtkirsininkas@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Citing an “improved” economic outlook, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday his support to increase evidence-based education funding in the state by $350 million in fiscal year 2022 which begins July 1. In his February budget proposal, Pritzker originally proposed flat […]
CUPHD COVID-19 Vaccine Opportunities: May 10
CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), in partnership with Carle Health, OSF HealthCare, Christie Clinic, Promise Healthcare, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will be hosting community-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics. You can receive the COVID-19 vaccination if you: live or work in Champaign County and are 16 or older Please […]
Bill aims to provide public water for People’s Gas leak victims
It’s been four-and-a-half years since a group of homeowners north of Mahomet have had clean water from their wells. Their plight began in 2016 when a natural gas leak from the People’s Gas station contaminated their property’s water source and seeped into the Mahomet Aquifer. The Mahomet Aquifer supplies drinking […]