The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Nate McFall, Carter Selk and Will Sampson socked two hits apiece on Monday (April 26) as Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball offense more than doubled its season’s total for runs scored in an 18-3 four-inning triumph at home over Pontiac. In its first four games, M-S had tallied a […]
By Zainab Susi There are no words to describe how important our mothers are for us. It has been almost seven years since I have lost my Ammi. I have an emptiness inside of me and a big hole in my heart. There is not a day that goes by […]
Champaign County area home sales remained in positive territory for the tenth straight month while available inventory is still declining, according to data from the Champaign County Association of REALTORS®. According to CCAR reports, home sales increased 17.78 percent in March to 265 sales from 225 sales in March of […]
By TIM KIRSININKAS & RAYMON TRONCOSOCapitol News Illinoistkirsininkas@capitolnewsillinois.comrtroncoso@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker declared health care “a right, not a privilege” Tuesday as he signed a massive reform bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the last of four policy pillars introduced as part of an anti-racism agenda last […]
Grab a prehistoric passport and join over 40 giant moving dinosaurs on a globetrotting expedition at Dino Safari in Aurora, IL beginning May 7 through the 23rd. The drive-thru dino adventure at Fox Valley Mall, allows families to get up-close-and-personal with the most fascinating prehistoric creatures from the mighty T. rex of North […]
The Illinois State Police plan to strictly enforce No Parking Zones at Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks, situated between Utica, Oglesby, and La Salle during the 2021 summer season. In a Facebook post, the ISP noted that with nearly 2 million visitors annually, IL Rt 178 and IL Rt […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mhometnews.com Angie Rolson pictured something different than what she saw – a simple brick wall – on the side of the Corn Belt Fire Department building along Franklin Street in Mahomet. Rockford-area resident Brett Whitacre has a vision for such walls, viewing them as blank canvases waiting […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Both the M-S seventh-grade and eighth-grade boys’ track and field teams placed second on Monday (April 26) in a seven-school meet at Danville North Ridge. Four Bulldogs won individual events: Blake Dillman (800 meters), Ethan Peterka (1,600 meters), Parker Wilkins (high jump) and Ty Clark (pole […]
By SARAH MANSURCapitol News Illinoissmansur@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills between them last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the […]
According to the Illinois State Board of Education financial profile report for fiscal year 2020, Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 moved up from being in the lowest category from FY 2019 to the second highest category, “Review” for FY 2020. For the last 18 years, ISBE has reviewed each district’s financial profile […]
