The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
The Mahomet Farmers Market will move from Wednesday evenings to Saturday morning beginning in June. The Mahomet Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for vendors at this point. If you have local produce or food items to sell, please contact the Chamber Office for an application. 217-586-3165 or office@mahometchamberofcommerce.com
By Dani Tietzdani@mahometnews.com When you’re 22 years old, the world is full of endless possibilities. Andrew, my husband, and I talked about those possibilities at length as we left our college home of Purdue. He, in the technology field, and I, in the arts field, had different opinions of what […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Last week’s news hit like the unexpected death of a family member: Sudden and swift, without any foreshadowing. One day, we’re reading the Mahomet Citizen. The next day, we learn it is stopping publication. For good. Forever. It’s not hyperbole for me personally to refer to […]
By Jason Schifo Memorial Day, is set aside on the last Monday of May, today, to honor all the men and women who have died while serving in our military. It originated after the Civil War, which ended in the spring of 1865, and claimed more lives than any conflict […]
The First State Bank of Forrest in Mahomet will be hosting two rounds of BINGO on Tuesday, May 6. The game will be streamed via Mahomet Daily’s Facebook Live. The first round will be for adults at noon. The game will last 40 minutes. The second round will be at 1:15 […]
Brady: ‘This discussion needs to go beyond 2:30 in the afternoon press conferences’ By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – On just the third day of legislative session since March 5, Senate Republicans called a socially distanced outdoor news conference Friday morning to argue for a more collaborative approach to […]
Bill also allows curbside voting, makes Election Day a state holiday this year By BEN ORNERCapitol News Illinoisborner@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A major expansion of voting access for the 2020 general election is headed to the desk of Gov. JB Pritzker after the Illinois Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure Friday. After […]
Deal between business, labor sees near-unanimous support By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — A compromise bill between business and labor which deals with COVID-19 and workers’ compensation passed the House on Friday with broad bipartisan support and will head to the governor. House Bill 2455 was carried by Democrats Linda […]
New jobless claims in May appear to level out By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois unemployment rate in Illinois reached a staggering 16.4 percent in April, the highest rate recorded since the modern system of tracking joblessness began in 1976, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com ARTHUR – Former Mahomet-Seymour High School principal Shannon Cheek is learning that veteran superintendents didn’t have much of an advantage over him this year. His first year as superintendent of the Arthur/Lovington/Atwood-Hammond School district was marked by the outbreak of the coronavirus, which prematurely closed schools […]
