Petitions for candidates interested in filling one of four Village of Mahomet Board of Trustee seats in the 2021 consolidated election are available. Three four-year trustee seats, currently held by David Johnson, Andy Harpst and Brian Metzger, and the Village President, currently held by Sean Widener, are up for election. […]
The Village of Mahomet will begin limb and brush collection on Oct. 5. The collection will run until Oct. 9. Materials are to be deposited within three (3) feet of a curb or street edge no later than 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day – Area 1 on Monday, […]
The Museum of the Grand Prairie announces its fourteenth annual and its first virtual Lincoln Speaker series. This year speakers will highlight the influential and complicated role of women in the fight for the abolition of slavery as well as their own struggle for the vote. All of the speakers […]
DuPage County’s 18th Judicial Circuit Court ruled in favor of the defendant, the Illinois High School Association, Thursday, not granting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). Three parents in the west Chicago suburbs filed a class-action lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association, citing that it broke its own rules when […]
Selling nuts is a Mahomet Town and Country Women’s Club tradition. Giving the proceeds back to the Mahomet community is also a tradition that has lasted for decades. The group is currently taking orders for freshly harvested nuts (September and October). The nuts will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving. […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Mattis Avenue between Paula Drive and Hedge Road in Champaign will close Oct 5. The closure is necessary for the Norfolk Southern Railway to replace its crossing. No traffic will be allowed through the closure during the work, which is expected to last […]
The Staerkel Planetarium will remain in a digital format until Dec. 2020. On the first Friday of the month at 7 pm, the Staerkel Planetarium becomes a forum for a local scientist to discuss his or her specialties. All audiences are welcome! Admission is free for our shows on Zoom. […]
Trick-or-treating hours in the Village of Mahomet will be from 6-8 p.m. onSaturday, October 31. The use of face coverings, hand sanitizer, and social distancing (at least 6 feet) from others will be required at all times, when outdoors while participating or chaperoning. Trick-or-treating will be challenging amid the ongoing […]
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors announced on September 23, 2020, that they have voted to expand the IHSA State Series in two fall sports, adding a second round of postseason play in boys & girls golf and boys & girls cross country. There will be no […]
Early voting for the Nov. 3 election will begin in Champaign County on Sept. 24. Voters who have not been previously registered or have changed their address, name or signature can register to vote in person until Oct. 6, after which may register during the early voting period through Election […]
