Mahomet Daily

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This story had its beginnings nearly 50 years ago, but it couldn’t have been reported a half-century back. It required not only the creation of the Internet, but also apps such as the one which can translate a message written in a foreign language into English […]

When a beloved administrator is involuntarily reassigned, questions arise. On March 12, 2018, the Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education voted 6-0 to involuntarily reassign Lincoln Trail’s Assistant Principal Courtney Porter, who has held the post for 10 years. The March 12 board packet posted on the Mahomet-Seymour School District website on […]

The Mahomet Daily has compiled base salary information for all of the Mahomet-Seymour School District Administrators per the 2017-2018 contracts. District administration contracts run from July 1-June 30 of the following year. Some administrative contracts, run for multiple years, explaining why some administrators have the 2018-2019 base salary listed. New hires, […]

The Mahomet-Seymour High School WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) team took second place at the Illinois State Competition Monday. Dunlap High School placed first. Junior Jessica Berkman was named the State Champion in Biology. She also placed third in Physics. Nick Morrow placed second in Math, Ben Dahl captured […]

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board voted to increase school registration and Kid’s Club fees for the 2018-2019 school year. Middletown Prairie and Lincoln Trail (K-5) registration increase will go from $85 to $110. MSJHS registration will go from $85 to $135 and MSHS registration will go from $120 to $170. The school […]

Springfield, IL – A package of legislation sponsored by State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) to strengthen oversight of natural gas storage sites below ground, and strengthen notice requirements if a natural gas leak occurred below ground in a storage facility, passed a Senate Committee April 12. Rose’s measures come after […]

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State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) met with Aimee Poskin from Mahomet April 11 at the Statehouse. Poskin is with the Illinois Leadership Council for Agriculture and works for Farm Credit Illinois. She was in Springfield for Ag Day at the Capitol, discussing legislative issues related to agriculture with lawmakers.

Nineteen-year-old Heather Clarke of Mahomet was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle crash near 2175 CR 700 E in Hensley Township at 8:55 a.m. Monday. An autopsy is scheduled at the Champaign County Regional Autopsy Facility Monday afternoon. The crash is under investigation by the Champaign County Sheriff’s […]

Cody’s Video from JJ Creative Media on Vimeo. It’s an epidemic that is sweeping the nation. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 115 people in the United States die daily from an opioid overdose. And every single time a loved one dies of an overdose, the […]