The University of Illinois reached out to students via Mass Mail Wednesday as they step up enforcement of COVID-19 safety guidelines after an increase of 330 cases on campus in two days. Since move-in began on Aug. 16, there have been 1,013 new cases according to the University’s Shield Testing […]
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Mahomet Board to hear about raising chickens on residential property
The Village of Mahomet Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Trustees approved a measure that will allow chicken (hens only) to be raised within residences zoned R‐1A, R‐1B, R‐1C, and R‐2. Should the amendment be approved by the board, not everyone who lives on a […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame Class of 2020 to be inducted April 9
The Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation announced this week delays for inducting its fourth Hall of Fame Class. The four selections – Jason Seaman, Leo Vitali, Janet Watkins and Fred Kroner – were originally scheduled to be enshrined on Sept. 18 prior to the Homecoming football game against Effingham. Due to the […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Baseball remains unbeaten with win over PBL
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs needed a walk-off hit by Henry Wagner in the bottom of the seventh on Thursday (Aug. 27) to earn a 6-5 win at home over Paxton-Buckley-Loda. Both schools entered the game with 3-0 season records. M-S tallied two runs in the bottom of […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High opens season with victory over St. Joseph
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high cross-country teams were victorious on Monday in their season-opening meets at 13 Acres Field. M-S defeated St. Joseph, 20-61, in the girls’ meet. The Bulldog boys earned a narrow triumph over St. Joseph, 24-31. The M-S girls had seven consecutive finishers, and they […]
Mahomet Honor Parade focuses on giving back
What can the Mahomet Lions club do for the community? It’s one of the first questions they answer when they think about fundraising. Like everything else in 2020, the Mahomet Lions Club was not able to put up their beer tent at the Mahomet Music Festival due to its cancellation. […]
Museum of the Grand Prairie learning tubs help teachers bring history to life
There are 61 schools in Champaign County with a little more than 25,000 students in grades K-12. But only one educational entity in Champaign County has all those students, their parents, their grandparents and their great-grandparents in mind: the Museum of the Grand Prairie. Each year the Museum hosts exhibits, […]
Timothy Fan recieves 2020 Career Achievement Award in canine research
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Most of us would like to see our life’s work move forward by leaps and bounds. Mahomet resident Dr. Timothy Fan has been satisfied to see his progress inch along. A veterinarian, Fan has devoted much of the past 15 years to finding solutions and treatments […]
Commentary: Resolutions in 2020
By Zainab Susi Many people make different kinds of New Year Resolutions, sometimes we keep them and sometimes we don’t. But 2020 is a different year. It’s given us time to reflect and pay attention to who we are, how we live, and what we work for. It’s hard to […]
IDPH voting guidance specifies social distancing, recommends masks
By REBECCA ANZELCapitol News Illinoisranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Health has released in-person voting guidelines for election authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19 this year. Changes announced last week include moving polling locations from senior living facilities, maintaining social distancing for voters and workers, creating outdoor spaces for […]