Mahomet Daily

To the editor:Just a year ago, who would have dreamed we’d be fighting for our children’s education. Yet here we are, in a battle for our children’s right to attend in-person school. Imploring for the right to CHOOSE to send our children to more in-person days of attendance while others […]

The Museum of the Grand Prairie announces its fourteenth annual and its first virtual  Lincoln Speaker series. This year speakers will highlight the influential and complicated role of women in the fight for the abolition of slavery as well as their own struggle for the vote. All of the speakers […]

DuPage County’s 18th Judicial Circuit Court ruled in favor of the defendant, the Illinois High School Association, Thursday, not granting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). Three parents in the west Chicago suburbs filed a class-action lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association, citing that it broke its own rules when […]

Selling nuts is a Mahomet Town and Country Women’s Club tradition. Giving the proceeds back to the Mahomet community is also a tradition that has lasted for decades. The group is currently taking orders for freshly harvested nuts (September and October). The nuts will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving. […]

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 […]