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 […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today that additional mitigation measures could be coming for Region 6: including Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby and Vermillion counties. Champaign County data was removed from Region […]
Did you know that there are places in Champaign County where a six-foot human could feel small while walking through grass? That in the winter, when the lush forest floor is asleep, you can see trees that it would take at least five adults to hug? Where the late afternoon […]
Groups from Mahomet, St. Joseph and Tolono met in Champaign on Sept. 19 to rally around area police officers. The nearly two-hour event, featuring former Republican Senate candidate Peggy Hubbard, featured a few hundred people on the University of Illinois campus in the late morning hours. “We all know what’s […]
On the recommendation of Superintendent Lindsey Hall, Mahomet-Seymour schools will remain in their current hybrid learning model until second semester. The Mahomet-Seymour Education Association, who had surveyed their members, told the Mahomet-Seymour School Board that teachers overwhelmingly did not favor moving away from the plan the district is currently in. […]
The Mahomet Area Youth Club has a chance to be awarded a $25,000 grant. But the organization that provides affordable childcare options for low-income families needs the help of the community it serves to win. “With the altered school plans for learning, families are faced with choosing between working and […]
The Friends of the Mahomet Library will host their fall book sale on September 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In case of bad weather, the sale will be rescheduled for the following Saturday, October 3. The sale will be held outside on the library lawn with COVID-19 precautions […]
The Mahomet Public Library is committed to following science and protecting their patrons during COVID-19. “We’ve said, the board and I have said, whatever science comes back, that’s the science we’re going to follow in terms of quarantining things, because it’s a concern,” Director John Howard said. “You know, people […]
