Mahomet Daily

The Champaign County Clerk’s office is notifying residents of a phone scam that was discovered late Tuesday afternoon. The scammer calls from 217-384-3720, the  County Clerk’s office main line, and asks for personal/banking information from individuals to help settle delinquent property taxes.  The Champaign County Clerk’s office will never personally contact […]

By Jason Schifo I have been thinking quite a lot lately how things have changed, and how those changes have affected my family, your family, our community and the world.  I have been thinking about this because like you, I have some deep concerns about not only where we are […]

By Fred Kroner The top-seeded Bulldogs (11-1) will end a 10-day layoff on Saturday (March 13) in the semifinals of a Class 4A IESA regional tournament which it will host. M-S will open tournament play against either fourth-seeded Charleston or fifth-seeded Mattoon, who play in a Friday (March 12) quarterfinal […]

By Fred Kroner The top-seeded Bulldogs opened the seventh-grade Class 4A IESA regional tournament at home on Monday against Charleston – the same team they had played two days earlier in the regular-season finale. M-S suffered no letdowns and defeated four-seeded Charleston in straight sets, 25-21, 25-10. In the opening […]

By Fred Kroner The M-S seventh-grader boys’ basketball team raised its winning streak to four with a series of recent wins. The Bulldogs started the month with a 42-33 conquest at Rantoul on Monday (March 1). Cade Ashby hit a team-high 13 points. Jackson Bohm and Nolan Franz each contributed […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had their top team scoring output of the season on Thursday (March 4), overpowering Paris Crestwood 63-5 in the M-S gymnasium. The home team put up 19 first-quarter points. The previous team high for points in a game was 50. Gavin Hammerschmidt scored a […]

More high school sport fans will be able to watch outdoor sports in the spring months.  The Illinois High School Assoc. (IHSA) said Monday that the IDPH is allowing 20% capacity for outdoor sports, up from 50 people total in Regions in Phase 4 mitigations.  This does not change capacity […]

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Board of Education officials on Monday made their case for an added $362.1 million to the state’s evidence-based funding formula and $50 million in early childhood education grants, pushing back on the governor’s proposal to keep state K-12 education funding flat […]

By RAYMON TRONCOSOCapitol News Illinoisrtroncoso@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker joined members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Monday to sign a measure aimed at advancing equity in education in the state. House Bill 2170, known as the Education and Workforce Equity Act, contains over 20 provisions aimed at […]

By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs ended the week with two losses on the road by a combined 10 points. Of the team’s six losses this season, five have been by no more than 10 points. On Thursday (March 4), M-S dropped a 51-48 decision at Taylorville. On Saturday (March 6), […]