Mahomet Daily

Family is very important to Mahomet resident Chuck Allen. He has his wife and three grown children all in the Mahomet area. He has his work family at Mahomet IGA, which he co-owned and operated for many years. And he regards the regular customers at the IGA as his family. […]

Patrick Brown stepped down as Mahomet’s mayor during Tuesday night’s board meeting-only to be appointed Village administrator by acting Mayor Sean Widener later. After the board spent nearly two months looking for a Village administrator replacement, Trustee Don Lynn announced that he thought Brown would be a good fit for the […]

Mahomet residents Tim and Evie Newman received an extra special Christmas gift Friday. After an afternoon of shopping, the couple arrived home with their four-year old son to see their house elegantly decorated by Christmas Decor by Kingdom Lawn Care. The Newmans were nominated for Christmas Decor’sDecorated Family Program by […]

Mahomet-Seymour Superintendent Rick Johnston revisited the  five-year master plan, which was implemented January 2013 with the school board and administration during a board retreat at the beginning of December. When the plan was adopted, former board member Valerie Woodruff suggested that the board review the progress of the plan annually […]

Mahomet’s Mayor Patrick Brown announced his intent to resign from his position during Tuesday night’s Village Board of Trustees meeting. Brown, who was elected in 2013, is submitting his resignation in hopes of being named Village Administrator by his successor. Although the Board of Trustees did not officially elect a […]

Economics students at Mahomet-Seymour High School not only learned how to run a business by selling cookies during the fall semester, but raised over $2,900 that they donated to Operation Christmas Child last week. “Once all the numbers were added up, and we saw how much we made, we realized […]

Nearly a year after beginning an evaluation to gauge how the Mahomet Public Library might better serve patrons, the library staff has begun to implement a three-year plan to improve library products and services. With the support of community leaders, the Mahomet Public Library received 871 completed surveys, representing 6.9% […]

While saying goodbye to a friendly face is always hard, the Mahomet Public Library welcomes Colorado native Neal Schlein as the new Youth Services Librarian this week. Schlein replaces Kim Oslawski, who finished her last week at the Mahomet Public Library before Thanksgiving in order to prepare for her first […]

After a year and a half battling cancer, there is only one thing Sara Deyoung wants others to know about the disease: “always get a second opinion.” Deyoung began training for an 80-mile relay with her friends in 2012. She thought her “soul-sucking fatigue” was just part of the training, […]

Busey Bank Mahomet has toy Boxes for two organizations to collect toys for chidlren’s gifts for Christmas.  One is from Toys For Tots, and the other is a collection by It Takes a Village. People can drop off their toys for these organizations at the bank. Our hours are 9:00 […]