The Champaign County Forest Preserve has found a way to make the fall season special when many traditions have been canceled or modified due to COVID-19. With a focus of getting people outside, CCFPD has created a Halloween and fall experience at the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve with […]
The Mahomet Public Library will host Book or Treat on Oct. 31 from 1 to 5 p.m. The library staff encourages children to stop by the library for a goodie bag and a free book from our Youth Librarian, Maura Stutzman. Stutzman will be in costume as other are encouraged […]
First State Bank of Forrest in Mahomet will host Halloween Bingo on Oct. 30. In order to follow CUPHD guidelines, Hallowen Bingo has been moved to a virtual event that will feature celebrity callers from Lincoln Trail and Middletown Prairie, goodie bags and an hour of family fun. This community […]
It seems that COVID-19 is the one disease everyone is talking about in 2020. But the Champaign County American Cancer Society knows that other diseases, including breast cancer, continue to threaten people’s lives, too. While the group cannot host their annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event at Meadowbrook Park […]
The Champaign County Forest Preserve’s Yes to Forests Committee will host a virtual presentation about the Forest Preserves tax referendum on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. on Facebook. The group will explain more about the Nov. ballot question, the district’s finances and hy a tax referendum is needed for the […]
Correction: Only the two third and fourth grade teams that played on Oct. 6 have games postponed for the next two weeks. Every organization expects a COVID-19 case to pop-up now and again. Mahomet Parks and Recreation (MPRD) is no different. On Thursday, parents with children playing on two third-and-fourth-grade […]
A Champaign County election judge serving in the Brookens Gym has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Champaign County Clerk. A press release from the Clerk’s office stated that the election judge was informed that they tested positive for COVID-19 at 10:30 a.m. The judge was removed from their […]
The suspension of video gaming operations are taking a toll on tax revenues for local municipalities throughout the State of Illinois. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, video gaming operations were suspended from March 16, to June 30, 2020. According to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability’s September report, state-related […]
The Village of Mahomet board of trustees passed a Zoning Ordinance text amendment related to the addition of a residential accessory use which would allow the raising of chickens (hens only) for personal use on single-family and two-family zoned properties on Sept. 22. While the Village has passed the ordinance, […]
The Village of Mahomet board of trustees passed an ordinance regulating the licensure and authorization of raffles within the Village on Sept. 22. The Illinois “Raffles and Poker Runs Act” authorizes the governing body of an Illinois municipality to establish a system of licensing of raffles. The Village board packet […]
