Mahomet Daily

*photos taken from Linda Meachum’s Facebook Feed By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It’s not often that a large group of people will universally agree on any topic. There are usually dissenters. When the name Judy Swiger is mentioned to former Mahomet-Seymour students or faculty members, however, there is unanimous support about […]

The Mahomet Public Library has made adjustments to library services, effective Nov. 18 in response to Tier 3 mitigations that will go into effect on Friday. In order to to minimize the amount of time patrons spend in the building the library will: Limit computer time (patron computers or personal […]

Gov. JB Pritzker asked media and community members to respect the privacy of his two teenage children during a press conference on Tuesday. NBC 5′s Mary Ann Ahern asked the Governor Monday if he would adhere to Chicago’s travel advisory, which asks but does not mandate Chicagoans to forgo nonessential […]

URBANA – Carle Health will begin sharing daily updates via its website and social media on the number of people being treated for COVID-19 at its five hospitals and trends in how many people are testing positive for the virus. “We need the information to inspire action rather than spread […]

With COVID-19 spread now exponential in every region of the state, our statewide positivity rate at record highs and hospitalizations already surpassing our Spring peak, all 11 regions will move into Tier 3 effective November 20, 2020 at 12:01am. The new mitigation requirements to combat the surge of COVID-19 across Illinois […]

Editor’s Note: This is a press release. More to come soon With a new wave of COVID-19 surging across the state of Illinois, the Midwest and the nation, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced additional COVID-19 resurgence mitigations will take effect in every […]

There are 109 COVID-19 active cases in area code 61853 as of Nov. 17, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District’s Nov. 16 statistics. On Nov. 16 there were 56 active cases. Area code 61875, including Seymour has 4 active cases, up two from Monday. Champaign County currently has 1,509 […]

The Urbana Park District has announced that it will suspend all indoor activities through Dec. 7 with cases of COVID-19 rising throughout East Central Illinois.  Beginning Nov. 16, indoor fitness programs at Phillips Recreation Center and Brookens Gym. indoor lap swim, water exercise classes and swim team at Urbana Indoor […]

Beginning Nov. 16, Costco will require all members, guests and employees to wear a face mask or face shield at Costco locations, even if they have a medical condition.  Children under the age of 2 will be the only exception to the rule.  Costco has had a face mask policy […]

Eastern Illinois University will transition to online-only learning for all classes following the Thanksgiving holiday break and for the remainder of the Fall semester, including finals.  “Please know the decision to transition to online-only learning is out of an abundance of caution and in an effort to do our part […]