The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) launched a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) travel map to help inform residents of potential risks associated with traveling during the pandemic today. The map indicates countries and U.S. states with increased risk of COVID-19 based on case rates. “Travel may increase the chance […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health have addressed many questions that parents, students and staff have about returning to school in the coming weeks. The following FAQ was released Aug. 12 to clarify their policies regarding the COVID-19 safety procedure. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IDPH-School-FAQs.pdf”]
When Jeff Isenhower was hired in Feb. 2019 to become the superintendent of Prairieview-Ogden in the fall of 2020, he had no idea that right before he was going to take the helm a global pandemic would rock the foundation of everything from business to how a district provides an […]
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The state of Illinois will soon begin distributing $250 million in federal funds to help cities, counties and other units of local government pay for pandemic-related expenses. The General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules cleared the way Tuesday for the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The start of a world-wide pandemic hardly seems like the ideal time to undertake a new business venture, but Mahomet’s Brien Hawkins had to deal with opportunities as they arose. “In March, we started to get the ball rolling,” Hawkins said. Perhaps ‘rolling’ is too strong […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com I get it. We all want to return to what we look back on as our normal lives. We want the kids in school. We want to be finished with masks. We want our forms of entertainment to return whether that is sports, concerts, theater productions […]
Mahomet – On Thursday, August 6, the Board of Commissioners of the Champaign County Forest Preserves held a special public meeting at Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve and voted unanimously to put a referendum question on the November ballot. The referendum will ask voters for a very small tax […]
The rumors circulating that the Big 10 would cancel their fall season on Monday afternoon were partially true. Tuesday the Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related […]
The Heritage High School Band will be getting back to the basics of music in the fall of 2020. Although disappointed that the spring musical and other end-of-the-year traditions were canceled due to the Illinois stay-at-home order, band director Justin Lee was more concerned about his students’ health and safety […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com The Royal Giants finished in the postseason what they started in the regular season. Royal completed a two-game weekend sweep of Buckley on Sunday – on the Dutch Masters’ field – and added the 85th Eastern lllinois Baseball League tournament championship to its regular-season crown. The […]
