The Mahomet-Seymour School District kicked off their weekly COVID-19 antigen testing site with over 556 tests for students and staff Tuesday. The district had 845 testing slots available from 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. The district received 57,000 of Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card tests through the Champaign-Urbana Public Health […]
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The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
Four candidates to run for Mahomet Public Library Board
Four candidates, Carrie Heimann, Kristen Streeter, Kevin Kelsey, Michelle Baker have filed to run for four seats on the Mahomet Public Library Board. Heimann, Streeter and Kelsey currently sit on the board. Baker will also run uncontested for a four-year term. The 2021 consolidated election will be held on April […]
IESA sports still on hold
The Illinois Elementary School Association planned to allow member schools to begin boys’ basketball practice on Jan. 4, but received word on Dec. 29 that the state of Illinois remains in Tier 3 mitigations. IESA Executive Director Steve Endsley wrote in a press release that he believes “ it is […]
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 […]
Commentary: Four years later thankful jar tradition continue
It’s hard to believe that this is my fourth year keeping a grateful jar. Four years ago, when I first started keeping a grateful jar, it was simply a new year’s resolution. My intention was to focus on all the things I was grateful for, small or big for the […]
10 Question Friday: Jen Tee
About Jennifer Tee My name is Jennifer Tee. I have been married to my husband, Darren, for 26 years. We met at Carrie Busey where Darrn taught P.E. and I was student teaching. We now both teach at Kenwood Elementary School in Champaign. We have three children ages 21, 18, […]
Jeffers to run unopposed for Cornbelt board seat
James (Jim) Jeffers will run unopposed in the 2021 consolidated election for one seat on the Cornbelt Fire Department Board. The consolidated election will be held on April 6, 2021.
Patricio’s a “dream come true” for owner
There’s nothing that says the holidays like ordering out a pizza the night before the big meal. It’s been a year now since Patricio’s has been filling the belly of Mahomet residents with their original sauce and dough. “We make our own over here so we try to keep everything […]
Congress passes $900 relief bill, extends unemployment benefits
The U.S. Congress reached an agreement on a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief package that extends unemployment benefits, provides stimulus checks to Americans within a certain income bracket and funding to small businesses, but it fell short of providing direct funding to state and local governments. The relief package approved […]
Mahomet-Seymour continues discussion on second-semester school plan
Mahomet-Seymour teachers are currently on a long-awaited holiday break after balancing remote and in-person learning during the first semester of the 2020-21 school year. Since August, 69 students and 16 teachers have tested positive for COVID-19, including four in-school exposures, two of which were added to the Mahomet-Seymour COVID-19 dashboard […]