The park known for its soccer fields will get a makeover in the upcoming months. The Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department has the green light, and most of the funds, to finish a project that began in 2018 when they received an OSLAD grant to develop an amphitheater, playground, splash […]
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees approved funds for eight in-car cameras and 11 body-worn cameras (BWC) for the Mahomet Police Department in December. The cameras were part of the FY 2023 budget projections, but Chief Mike Metzler came to the Trustees early to secure funding in FY 2022 […]
The Mahomet Public Library knows that its facility is too small to accommodate its constituency. It was apparent in 2007 when they built a 13,000 square-foot building, needing a 24,000 square-foot building. Today library staff estimates that the facility needs to be about 27,000 square feet. At this time, the […]
Like many white children in the 1980’s and 1990’s, I knew Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for calling on this nation to move towards a society where his children would “one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but […]
The Mahomet Daily acquired the EAV (Equalized Assessed Value) reports from the Champaign County Assessors office and the FY 2020 (payable in 2021) tax levy rates from the Champaign County Clerk’s office to make the following chart that shows tax rates and median home values for each school district in […]
It didn’t take long for Mahomet-Seymour’s Aron Varga to make his mark in the 2021-22 swim season. The six-foot sophomore set school records in the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.62) and the 100-yard backstroke (59.10). Varga went on to win the 200 individual medley, second in the 100-yard butterfly (58.60) in […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Dance team placed first at the Mahomet-Seymour Dance Team Invitational Saturday. This is the team’s fourth first place win this season. The Bulldogs travel to Clinton on January 15.
Parents of children enrolled in the Mahomet-Seymour School District received an email Sunday morning updating the district’s COVID-19 isolation and exclusion period for students and staff. The update comes ahead of the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education adopting CDC guidance that reduced the […]
Mahomet-Seymour’s Mateo Casillas improved his record to 26-1 as he earned the title of champion at 195-lb in the 60th Red Schmitt Wrestling Tournament at Granite City. Casillas pinned his first three opponents, then earned a pair of major decisions before holding his opponents scoreless in the semifinals and finals. […]
The University of Illinois is now requiring students, staff, and faculty to get a COVID-19 boost shot when they are eligible. University of Illinois President Tim Killeen wrote, “There is now significant evidence that vaccinations plus boosters are effective at preventing infections from developing into serious illness,” in a Mass […]
