The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Mattis Avenue between Paula Drive and Hedge Road in Champaign will close Oct 5. The closure is necessary for the Norfolk Southern Railway to replace its crossing. No traffic will be allowed through the closure during the work, which is expected to last […]
The Staerkel Planetarium will remain in a digital format until Dec. 2020. On the first Friday of the month at 7 pm, the Staerkel Planetarium becomes a forum for a local scientist to discuss his or her specialties. All audiences are welcome! Admission is free for Staerkel’s shows on Zoom. […]
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – More than 2 million Illinois voters have requested vote-by-mail ballots and more than 26,000 such ballots have already been returned, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. That means about a quarter of the state’s registered voters had requested vote-by-mail […]
By Fred Kroner Kyleigh Block shot a team-best 58 on Tuesday (Sept. 29) in a meet against Salt Fork and Schlarman Academy at Wolf Creek. Block placed second individually. VG/Heritage totaled a 246 composite. Neither Salt Fork nor Schlarman Academy had enough players to be scored as a team. Other […]
By Fred Kroner Liam Barr fired a 51 on Tuesday (Sept 29), but the Blue Devils lost a dual meet against Salt Fork and Schlarman Academy at Wolf Creek, 210-226. Other VG/Heritage participants were: Jake Gilles (55), Nicolas Wilson (57), Noah Davison (63), Jesse Bessent (63) and Jalen Southard (67). […]
By Fred Kroner Reed Sperry and Kyle McFarland posted matching scores of 47 on Monday (Sept. 28) to help Oakwood’s boys’ golf team to a second-place finish in a four-school meet at Hubbard Trail Golf Course. Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin was the meet champion with a 171. Runner-up Oakwood had a 191 and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Clare Huffman registered a straight-set win on Tuesday (Sept. 29) at Urbana, accounting for the lone St. Joseph-Ogden triumph in an 8-1 dual-meet loss to the Tigers at Blair Park. At No. 4 singles Huffman topped Eisla Madigan 6-3, 6-2. At No. 5 singles, Spartan […]
By Dani Tietz The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today that additional mitigation measures could be coming for Region 6: including Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby and Vermillion counties. Champaign County data was […]
By Dani Tietz Did you know that there are places in Champaign County where a six-foot human could feel small while walking through grass? That in the winter, when the lush forest floor is asleep, you can see trees that it would take at least five adults to hug? Where […]
Eleven-year-old Morgan Huls has exciting news to share: she and her one-year-old steer, Oliver, won Grand Champion at the Illinois Dept of Ag Youth Livestock Expo in Springfield on Sept. 12. Approaching her third year of livestock shows, Morgan knew that the summer of 2020 would look differently than any […]
