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 […]
What ingredients are in your soap? Shampoo? Deodorant? Some may just purchase what’s on sale or what their mother used at the store, just like Sheila Allen did prior to 2014. But, when Allen learned what was in her deodorant, she decided to make some changes in what she buys. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week 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 Museum of the Grand Prairie, which is collecting stories for […]
While COVID-19 infections are on the decline in the United States, the pandemic is still not over. Even though 14 million Americans have been vaccinated with one of two COVID-19 vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer), four-percent of the population does not account for the decline in cases over the last six […]
Audrey Short has always known two things: she wanted to be on the softball field, and she wanted to play at the collegiate level at Spoon River College. “I started playing at a very young age, I remember playing tee ball even before softball. I fell in love with it […]
Guaranteed Rate, one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the country, has named Shaughnessy Rice as a Vice President of Mortgage Lending based in Champaign, Ill. “Shaughnessy is a great addition to the Guaranteed Rate team,” said Greg Griffin, a Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth for Guaranteed Rate. “Hiring talented loan […]
