The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Mattis Avenue between Paula Drive and Hedge Road in Champaign will close Oct 5. The closure is necessary for the Norfolk Southern Railway to replace its crossing. No traffic will be allowed through the closure during the work, which is expected to last […]
The Staerkel Planetarium will remain in a digital format until Dec. 2020. On the first Friday of the month at 7 pm, the Staerkel Planetarium becomes a forum for a local scientist to discuss his or her specialties. All audiences are welcome! Admission is free for our shows on Zoom. […]
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – More than 2 million Illinois voters have requested vote-by-mail ballots and more than 26,000 such ballots have already been returned, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. That means about a quarter of the state’s registered voters had requested vote-by-mail ballots as […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs lost a 110-32 decision to Champaign Central in a dual meet on Monday (Sept. 28) in Champaign. For the third meet in a row, M-S’ high-point scorer was senior Olivia Ross. Besides a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, Ross added fourths in both the […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs dropped an 8-0 decision on Tuesday (Sept. 29) at Maroa-Forsyth. In singles, Bulldogs Emma Clements, at No. 2, and Gwen Tee, at No. 4, each won five games in 6-4, 6-1 losses. In doubles, the No. 3 M-S duo of Jadyn Hannah and Aiesha Patel […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs took fifth place and wound up with one top-10 performer on Monday (Sept. 28) at the Apollo Conference Girls’ Golf Tournament at Lake of the Woods. Sophomore Ainsley Winters carded a 98 and placed 10th. Winters has posted the top M-S score in five meets […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com M-S Boys’ Golf Junior Zach Courson fired an 83 and placed eighth individually in the Apollo Conference Boys’ Golf Tournament on Monday (Sept. 28) at the Lincoln Elks Club. The top eight finishers were accorded all-conference accolades. Courson’s performance marked the fifth consecutive meet where he […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today that additional mitigation measures could be coming for Region 6: including Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby and Vermillion counties. Champaign County data was removed from Region […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One day after he earned all-Apollo Conference honors, Mahomet-Seymour junior golfer Zach Courson had another noteworthy achievement. In practice on Tuesday (Sept. 29) at Lake of the Woods, Courson collected his first career hole-in-one. It came on the 95-yard eighth hole on the Par 3 course. […]
Did you know that there are places in Champaign County where a six-foot human could feel small while walking through grass? That in the winter, when the lush forest floor is asleep, you can see trees that it would take at least five adults to hug? Where the late afternoon […]
