April 22, 2020 – In anticipation of an extension of Illinois’ stay-at-home order and restrictions on gatherings, the Champaign County Forest Preserve District has now canceled all on-site public programs through the end of May. This cancellation includes the highly popular, heavily attended Bird Migration Fest and Take Me Fishing […]
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Jake Anderson battled back from injuries, to play baseball at Millikin University
Just when Mahomet-Seymour’s Jake Anderson was ready to step back onto the field with his fellow Bulldogs, he found himself grappling with the reality that his senior baseball season may not be viable. Anderson, who began playing for the Mahomet Diamond Dogs when he was 9-years old, had sights of […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 21, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing one new case today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 96 cases. There have been a total of four COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]
IHSA cancels spring state tournaments, remains open to possibility of spring sport game this summer
The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors announced its decision to cancel all IHSA spring state tournaments Tuesday. The decision to cancel the spring state tournaments comes in conjunction with Friday’s (April 17) announcement by Governor Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education that all Illinois high schools […]
Play BINGO with First State Bank of Forrest Mahomet
First State Bank of Forrest in Mahomet will be hosting BINGO at noon on Tuesday, April 21. The game will be streamed via Mahomet Daily’s Facebook Live. To play, download the BINGO card file located below this post and print off a card. As we call the numbers, you can […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 20, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing no new cases today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 95 cases. There have been a total of four COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]
Mahomet Restaurant Specials: April 20-27
Each week the Mahomet Daily will contact local business owners to get updated on options, hours and specials until the COVID-19 restrictions are over. We hope that you will continue to support all local businesses who are opening their doors and hearts to you. Arby’s Mahomet: Continues to utilize drive-thru […]
Mahomet-Seymour calls off hiring freeze, letters paint picture of what freeze would mean for district
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board came out of closed session Monday with a decision regarding previous discussions about a hiring freeze: “Based on our closed session input (and) discussions tonight, we’re going to move forward with replacing current open positions and we’re going to move forward with the new positions that […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 19, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing one new case today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 95 cases. There have been a total of four COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 18, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing one new case today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 94 cases. There have been a total of four COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]