SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced a $225 million investment to expand access to covidSHIELD testing to middle and high schools across the state of Illinois at low or no cost. The covidSHIELD test, which was developed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Coming up with innovative ideas is not the issue for Mahomet’s Alex Gorsuch. The challenge is creating interest in the novel concepts. “It’s easy to build hardware,” Gorsuch said. “It’s much harder to build hardware that a real customer with real money and a real problem […]
Champaign County residents, ages 12-15, can access the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday, May 13. After the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine on Monday, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District posted: Carle: Dress Barn Location on Friday, Saturday, Sunday […]
The Village of Mahomet awarded the bid for utility extensions along the upcoming South Mahomet Road extension to Cross Construction Tuesday. After bids were collected, Cross Construction came in at $2,850,000, over $1 million under their competitors. A&R Services bid $4,039,464.90 and Opperman Construction bid $4,058,070.00. Trustee Brian Metzger raised […]
The Village of Mahomet has appointed Bendsen Signs & Graphics, Inc. as the single-source purchase points for Mahomet Gateway signs. Bendsen installed the first gateway sign on IL-47 in front of Arby’s in April. A second sign, with the price tag of $22,036.00 will be located on IL-150 near Green […]
The Village of Mahomet will soon mark State Street from Franklin to Crowley a no U-turn zone. The move comes after Student Resource Officer Bill Ward notified the Village staff of motorists who make U-turns in front of Lincoln Trail Elementary, Mahomet-Seymour Junior High and Mahomet-Seymour High School. The new […]
Gov. JB Pritzker was in Champaign Tuesday to talk about $250 million in funding grants that will be distributed to municipal, township, and county projects across the state. Pritzker hopes that the grants will help to continue the work that the first $250 million did. “Already, our Rebuild Illinois plan […]
Necessity is the mother of invention. That statement holds true for Cain Anderson, owner of PrintPression. As a college student studying to become a history teacher, Anderson knew that the way he organized his life in high school was no longer viable. The go-to-school and figure-out-something-to-do after model did align […]
The beginning of Daniel Renshaw’s story about how he got into wrestling might be a little unusual: “I started wrestling in eighth grade after my friends Logan Burdette and Brayden Bone convinced me to try it out during summer detasseling,” he said. “I wasn’t sure at first, but I wanted […]
By JERRY NOWICKI and TIM KIRSININKASCapitol News IllinoisJnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.comtkirsininkas@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Citing an “improved” economic outlook, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday his support to increase evidence-based education funding in the state by $350 million in fiscal year 2022 which begins July 1. In his February budget proposal, Pritzker originally proposed flat […]
