Mahomet Daily

Middletown Prairie Elementary school was the site of a press conference Wednesday June 1, where Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner called on Central Illinois residents to urge their lawmakers to work together to pass two non-partisan pieces of legislation that will ensure schools open their doors in the fall and the […]

Orange. Cherry. Citrus. Ginger. Blueberry. This is just a sample of the 250 different kinds of soda that will be available for tasting at the Fourth Annual Homer Soda Festival in downtown Homer on June 4. With 40 unique soda vendors, the 2016 Homer Soda Festival has expanded to also […]

MAHOMET, IL-The Champaign County Multi-Jurisdictional Investigative Team continues to investigate the events surrounding the May 7, 2016 shooting of Mahomet police officer Jeremy Scharlow. The Team is conducting a thorough, exhaustive investigation of the events, gathering reports of interviews and the collection of evidence. When the process is complete, a […]

MSHS Freshmen Quinn Searsmith was chosen as the 19th District American Legion Association Essay winner this month. Searsmith shared his piece on the subject “Should There Be Term Limits for Our U.S. Senators and Representatives?” to the Champaign Post #24 on May 22.

While many celebrate Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial first day of summer, members of the American Legion Post 1015 and the Mahomet community remember military men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. Memorial Day derived from Decoration Day, which may have originated when southern […]

Tom Murdoch’s classroom at Mahomet Seymour Junior High School if full of things most people haven’t seen in a long time. The sixth, seventh and eighth graders he teaches probably have never seen them: An Apple II SE computer that boots off a floppy drive. A tube-type radio. A Royal […]

A few days ago, a friend stopped me and asked, “What’s going on in this town?” What’s going on in this town? Mahomet. The town with a desirable school system. The town with a very low crime rate. The town where the “happiest” people in Illinois live. A town of […]

The Mahomet Post Office is hosting a food drive for Mahomet Helping hands this Saturday, May 14. The post office asks Mahomet residents to put donated food items next to their mailbox. When the mail carriers come by to deliver the mail, they will also pick-up the donated food.

By:  Prof. John Kindt* Virtually a nonentity in 2012, by 2015 Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) was the largest advertiser in the United States. But by the end of 2015, DFS was the subject of investigations by the U.S. Attorney Offices in New York, Boston, and Tampa. Other criminal justice authorities […]

She was unstoppable. Geraldine “Grandma” Hickle, who blessed her friends with coleus from her side yard, could also sit and tell stories for hours and hours to anyone who would listen. But Geraldine’s story, which included a time without running water, teaching in a one-room schoolhouse and living in America […]