Mahomet Parks and Recreation will host their annual Touch-a-Truck event on June 5 from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. at Barber Park. Police cars, fire trucks, tractors, snowplows, and other construction vehicles will be on-site for children to climb in and ask questions about. This event is free and open […]
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Mahomet-Seymour JH Girls’ Basketball: Christie Clinic Photos
Christie Clinic brings photos from the 2021 Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team. To view all the photos visit: https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2021-Mahomet-Seymour-JH-girls-basketball/.
Mahomet-Seymour WYSE team wins Regional
The Mahomet-Seymour Academic Challenge Team (an Engineering Competition) won their Regional last week: Mahomet-Seymour topped the pack at 495 points, a perfect score is 500 points. Champaign Central took second with 459 and Rantoul placed third with 156 points. Below are the individual results:Biology:2nd – Tony Huang3rd – Daniel Renshaw & […]
Mahomet’s Koller named Illinois Fire Chief of the Year
John Koller is not one to want attention — directed towards him. Even when he is named the Illinois Fire Chief of the Year, Koller immediately turns the conversation back towards his team, the Cornbelt Fire Department — an organization he likes to highlight. “It just speaks to the department,” […]
Regions in Phase 4 open to all sports, including basketball, football and wrestling
Dr. Ngozi Ezike said on Friday that regions in Illinois that reach Phase 4 of COVID mitigations can play all sports. That includes higher-risk sports like basketball, football and wrestling. Under the IDPH guidelines, regions in Phase 4 expands the level of play allowed for all sports to allow play […]
IDPH moves Region 6 to Phase 4
The Illinois Department of Public Health has Region 6 (Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby, Vermillion) into Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan. “I am excited that 10 out of our 11 regions have […]
Nyah Biegler signs to play soccer at Eastern Illinois University
It’s been almost a year since Mahomet-Seymour senior athlete Nyah Biegler announced her intention to play soccer at Eastern Illinois University. Now the 5’11” midfielder is looking forward to her time as a Panther. The NCAA Division I school has made 4 NCAA tournament appearances, captured 2 Ohio Valley team […]
Project 47 to close for “rest of the winter”
A post on Project 47 Smokehouse and Pub’s Facebook page states that the popular Mahomet barbecue restaurant will close its doors for the “rest of the winter” on Jan. 23. “(We) will be re-evaluating everything, if and hopefully when, the state of Illinois and Champaign County lift indoor dining restrictions,” […]
United Way of Illinois to host 21-week Equity Challenge
The United Way of Illinois wants to help make Illinois stronger through a 21-week Equity Challenge program that will begin on Jan. 18, 2021. The free program provides 21 weekly emails with links to links to articles and videos with activities to help people understand privilege, housing and redlining and […]
Three new Illinois laws take effect in 2021
As Jan. 1 comes and goes, Illinois residents usually see a dozens or even hundreds of new laws at the beginning of each new year. But Jan. 1, 2021 only brought three new laws to Illinois residents after the pandemic of 2020 canceled much of the legislative session. Senate Bill […]