Heritage School Board candidates incumbents John Lannon President, Courtney Montgomery, and Curt Elmore and new candidates Cathy Roland and Andy Lubben will meet in the Homer Band Room at 7 p.m. on March 31 for a forum. In person attendance will be limited. A Zoom link will be provided so […]
The American Pickers are looking for leads as they make their way back to Illinois. The popular History Channel show is scheduled to come to the Midwestern state in May. “We are looking for different, unusual, and unique items too – something we’ve never seen before and with an interesting […]
St. Joseph-Ogden High School will host the Class of 2021 graduation ceremony on May 15 at the football field. A rain date of May 16 has been reserved.
St. Joseph-Ogden High school will begin five-day a week in-person school on March 29. The decision comes after the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education updated guidance for schools earlier this week. At the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, guidance suggested that the […]
In the last twelve months, everything on the ground has changed. But today I find myself in the same spot I was almost exactly a year ago: about 37,000 feet above the ground in a pressurized cabin with a little more than 100 people, looking down at the top of […]
The Champaign County Clerk’s office is notifying residents of a phone scam that was discovered late Tuesday afternoon. The scammer calls from 217-384-3720, the County Clerk’s office main line, and asks for personal/banking information from individuals to help settle delinquent property taxes. The Champaign County Clerk’s office will never personally contact […]
More high school sport fans will be able to watch outdoor sports in the spring months. The Illinois High School Assoc. (IHSA) said Monday that the IDPH is allowing 20% capacity for outdoor sports, up from 50 people total in Regions in Phase 4 mitigations. This does not change capacity […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: In order to understand living conditions and social movements of past centuries, the Mahomet Daily will feature residents of East Central Illinois who have done the little things in their lives to make a difference in moving equality for all forward. This project is in partnership with the […]
State education leaders learned Monday that The U.S. Department of Education (ED) will require federally mandated standardized exams this school year despite the pandemic. States, though, will receive “flexibility” in administering assessments in 2021 as a result of the pandemic. Instead of using the tests as an accountability tool, the […]
In the days before the April 6, 2021 consolidated election, the Champaign County Clerk’s office will open locations throughout Champaign County to make voting easy and accessible to those casting a vote. Any voter validly registered in Champaign County may vote at any early voting location during the early voting […]
