Mahomet Daily

Chicago —  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (Peoples Gas) over a natural gas leak that contaminated one of central Illinois’ largest fresh water sources, impacting nearby residents’ private wells. Madigan filed the complaint and motion for preliminary injunction order in […]

Written by Fred Kroner, Editor of the Mahomet Citizen In response to the natural gas leak in northwest Champaign County — north of Mahomet — the  Village of Mahomet had two water samples tested last week. The Village, in cooperation of People’s Gas, opted to conduct a dissolved gas analysis […]

Honoring America’s Veterans is something the Mahomet community prides itself in each year. Mahomet-Seymour School do not close down, but instead, host Veterans from all backgrounds to recognize them with students who get to see their heroes up close. The same holds true for the Living Flag Celebration at Mahomet Christian […]

Planning a wedding can be full of drama, but when the Futrelle Sisters, Frankie, Honey Raye and Twink, hold the reigns to plan Tina Jo’s antebellum-inspired wedding, planning turns into Southern farce that unveils family secrets that make even the bride and groom disappear. Twelve Mahomet-Seymour actors will portray the story […]

James Cornelius, Curator at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum will present “Lincoln and Science, Lincoln and Nature” at the Museum of the Grand Prairie on October 29 at 2 p.m. For a boy who grew up in nature, Lincoln had a keen eye for the scientific explanation. That’s not unusual–but […]

The Mahomet-Seymour Soccer Club finish Prairie Fire Tournament by placing in their age division Saturday.

The Mahomet-Seymour School Board will vote to adjust the price of Sangamon Elementary on October 26 at 7:30 a.m. in the Board Conference Room of Middletown Prairie Elementary. [gview file=”https://mahometdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Agenda.pdf”]

Getting to the bottom of the 2016 Peoples Gas natural gas leak at Manlove Field may be a lengthy process, but Illinois Sentator Chapin Rose and the Sangamon Valley Public Water District are not waiting for answers from People’s Gas. Senator Rose sent a letter to Illinois Attorney General Lisa […]

Puerto Rico may be an island that is 2000 miles away from Mahomet, but students at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High will learn about how the event touches home this week. MSJHS Math teacher Jonathan Ramirez is a Puerto Rican native, whose mother still lives Puerto Rico. Ramirez moved to Illinois to […]

MSHS Boy’s Cross Country The Bulldog placed second at the 2A IHSA Metamora Regional Saturday. Seven teams in the 10-team Sectional were ranked going into the Regional meet. Mahomet tied in team score at 49 with Normal University, but Normal took the team first place spot because their sixth-place runner […]