The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is expanding access to no-cost and low-cost COVID-19 testing to elementary schools across Illinois. “Making testing widely available gives our schools another way to keep students and educators safe,” Senator Scott Bennett said. “The saliva collection is non-invasive and will be especially beneficial […]
Beginning Friday, June 11, 2021, motor vehicles will not be allowed entry into the Champaign parking lots at Neil & Washington and Walnut & Washington after 9:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Motorists can continue to park in either lot until 9:00 p.m. and retrieve their vehicles before 2:30 […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs suffered a 4-0 loss at home on Tuesday (June 8) against Rochester in a Class 2A sectional semifinal match. M-S ends the season with a 15-3 overall record – including a 12-match winning streak – and an unblemished record (10-0) in Apollo Conference matches. For […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team ended a 12-year drought on Monday (June 7) by winning a Class 3A baseball regional championship at home. The Bulldogs edged Centennial 2-1 to capture the school’s first postseason hardware in baseball since 2009. Since restarting the baseball program in 1972, M-S has […]
In honor of their outstanding scholastic achievement, the following students have been named to the Parkland College Dean’s List for spring 2021. To make the list, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 grade scale for the semester in which they are being honored. Students […]
Slavery in the United States did not end in 1863 when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. It wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were set free that slavery, as they United States had known it, ended. 165 years […]
At the beginning of June 2019, I didn’t know that the date June 19 meant anything other than a day near the start of summer. But around this time in June 2019, I learned a new word, “Juneteenth.” From its name, I could decipher that it correlated with something in […]
The annual Honor Parade will be returning to Mahomet this year in recognition of the first responders who were pivotal amidst the pandemic this past year. The Mahomet Lions Club, an organization whose main goal is volunteerism and giving back to the community, will be sponsoring the parade. As stated […]
Seymour has announced that some of the traditional Fourth of July celebrations will resume in 2021. The Fourth of July parade will march through Seymour on July 3 at 10 a.m. The carnival at Seymour United Methodist Church will not take place this year, though. Neither will the annual car […]
Illinois is on track to move into a full-reopening on June 11. Statewide positive COVID-19 cases continued to plummet Tuesday with the Illinois Department of Public Health announcing 244 cases and new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 14 additional deaths. Attributing to the lower […]
