By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – First-time unemployment claims in Illinois dropped sharply in the last week of January as most regions in the state slowly began reopening following the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Thursday that 40,008 workers filed initial claims for […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Getting oriented to a new community has been a step-by-step process for Greg Collins. The introductions started when Collins and his wife, Barbie, moved to Mahomet in 2007. It was closer to his job, but there was another motive as well, “for our third-grade daughter, Kelli, […]
About Diana! I grew up in Illinois and earned a BA in English Studies at Illinois State University. I met my husband, Jason Blackman, at college and we moved to Washington, DC where we lived for more than a decade. While there I worked for a number of political and […]
One of the oldest buildings in Mahomet is getting a facelift. Members of the Mahomet Masonic Lodge #220 have been preparing for a $50,000 renovation project that will update the exterior of the building. Last summer they took care of the windows on the first floor. In the upcoming months, […]
The Mahomet Area Youth Club stepped up for families in Mahomet in the whirlwind of 2020. Now, the club needs the community’s support. In uncertain times, MAYC adapted and stepped up, providing summer care for children whose parents needed to work. Then, as schools re-opened, the club served junior high […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Girls’ basketball was the first Mahomet-Seymour High School athletic team to return to action following the easing of restrictions from the 11-month-old coronavirus pandemic. The game also marked the debut as head coach of Garret Risley, who was hired in the off-season. His memories will focus […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high volleyball teams opened their seasons at home on Wednesday (Feb. 3) and both the seventh- and eighth-grade teams posted two-set sweeps. The seventh-graders upended Urbana Middle School, 25-10, 25-3. The second-set win was highlighted by a 17-point service spree from libero Olivia DeWitt. […]
Mahomet-Seymour High School will be fully remote Thursday and Friday due to staff members being quarantined. “The shortage of staff at the high school will not enable us to continue to clean and disinfect the school according to our cleaning protocols to support students being in the building,” Superintendent Lindsey Hall wrote […]
The Mahomet Chamber of Commerce has announced its first-ever virtual Queen of Hearts Raffle, a game of chance made popular with jackpot prizes awarded in community fundraisers. The weekly raffle will be held on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. beginning Feb. 17 on the Visit Mahomet Facebook page. Tickets, which will […]
Sometimes it’s hard to know which way to go. And for others, there is a clear path marked for them. For certain members of the Darby family, there has only ever been oneway: their family business. Sunset Funeral Home’s Chief Executive Officer Linda Darby is athird-generation entrepreneur who has followed […]
