Mahomet Daily

Orange. Cherry. Citrus. Ginger. Blueberry. This is just a sample of the 250 different kinds of soda that will be available for tasting at the Fourth Annual Homer Soda Festival in downtown Homer on June 4. With 40 unique soda vendors, the 2016 Homer Soda Festival has expanded to also […]

MSHS Freshmen Quinn Searsmith was chosen as the 19th District American Legion Association Essay winner this month. Searsmith shared his piece on the subject “Should There Be Term Limits for Our U.S. Senators and Representatives?” to the Champaign Post #24 on May 22.

While many celebrate Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial first day of summer, members of the American Legion Post 1015 and the Mahomet community remember military men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. Memorial Day derived from Decoration Day, which may have originated when southern […]

A few days ago, a friend stopped me and asked, “What’s going on in this town?” What’s going on in this town? Mahomet. The town with a desirable school system. The town with a very low crime rate. The town where the “happiest” people in Illinois live. A town of […]

The Mahomet Post Office is hosting a food drive for Mahomet Helping hands this Saturday, May 14. The post office asks Mahomet residents to put donated food items next to their mailbox. When the mail carriers come by to deliver the mail, they will also pick-up the donated food.

By:  Prof. John Kindt* Virtually a nonentity in 2012, by 2015 Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) was the largest advertiser in the United States. But by the end of 2015, DFS was the subject of investigations by the U.S. Attorney Offices in New York, Boston, and Tampa. Other criminal justice authorities […]

She was unstoppable. Geraldine “Grandma” Hickle, who blessed her friends with coleus from her side yard, could also sit and tell stories for hours and hours to anyone who would listen. But Geraldine’s story, which included a time without running water, teaching in a one-room schoolhouse and living in America […]

Mahomet police officer Jeremy Scharlow has been identified as the officer who was shot in the 600 block of Vine Street Saturday night. He was released from Carle Hospital at 6 a.m. and is home resting. Several jurisdictions are still engaged in a manhunt for the man who shot Scharlow, Dracy […]

The Mahomet Police Department and METRO swat team are looking for Dracy “Clint” Pendleton near the Riverbend Forest Preserve this morning. The 34-year old 5’10 man with blonde hair and blue eyes, was stopped for a minor traffic violation at 11 p.m. Saturday night. After being released with warnings, the […]

Being a mother isn’t something I planned. My husband and I didn’t sit down and map out when would be the best time to have kids…how that played into our life plan’s…or how having children would change our lifestyles. Nope. It just happened. I was twenty, I had missed my […]