Krannert Center of Performing Arts has canceled all public, in-person performances at the Center for fall 2020. The reduction in performances will provide additional space and time for safer, physically distanced university classes this fall in accordance with campus guidelines and the State of Illinois Phase 4 Reopening Plan. The […]
Champaign County is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Over the last two days, 101 new cases were added to the 1,413 total cases. On Tuesday 55 new cases were reported and Wednesday morning 46 new COVID-19 cases were reported. There are currently 212 active cases. District 6 of the […]
The IHSA has announced the boys/girls golf, girls tennis, boys/girls cross country and girls swimming and diving can continue for the fall 2020 season while football, volleyball and boys soccer have been moved to the spring. “This plan, like nearly every aspect of our current lives, remains fluid,” said IHSA […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health issued new sport guidance Wednesday afternoon. “Whether they’re new to the game, or have been training since they could walk, kids want to play sports,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “Parents want to cheer from the stands and watch the kids succeed and offer some […]
The IESA Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to cancel the regular season and IESA state series in the sports of boys and girls golf, boys baseball, girls softball, and boys and girls cross-country for the 2020-21 school year. “We know that there will be many people within the school […]
The Village of Mahomet proposed a no parking zone on westbound Slade Lane from Sweet Grass Drive to 345+ feet W from Sweet Grass Drive in the Ridge Creek Subdivision. “We’ve had some informal conversations with folks out there that are concerned about the curve there and cars being parked […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Wednesday it has been affected by a nationwide fraud scheme involving the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. That program, enacted as part of the federal CARES Act, provides 100 percent federally funded jobless benefits to independent […]
To the Editor: Please consider this letter to be a formal, written complaint against the Mahomet Police Department (MPD), of Mahomet, Illinois. The MPD has violated my First Amendment right to free speech, by suppressing my ability to engage in free speech on the public forum, on their public, official […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved Superintendent Lindsey Hall’s recommendation to begin the 2020-21 school year with a hybrid learning option. Pre-K through grade 5 will attend school in-person four days a week, Tuesday through Friday, in half-day segments. Grades 6-12 will be on an A/B schedule, attending school in-person two […]
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department has released strategies that districts must implement and recommendations they should consider as they approach the 2020-21 school year. CUPHD says that the guidance in the document should be used in combination with guidance provided by the Illinois State Board of Education. The additional strategies […]
