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 […]
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Brien Hawkins follows passion with Brien’s Bistro
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 […]
Commentary: Doing what’s difficult now will help us regain passions in the future
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 […]
Champaign County Forest Preserve’s Board of Commissioners Approves Initiative
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 […]
Big 10 postpones fall sports
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 […]
Heritage Bands going back to basics in 2020 marching band camp
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 […]
Royal Giants clinch Eastern Illinois Baseball League Championship
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 […]
IHSA releases fall cross country guidelines
The IHSA released fall sport-specific guidelines Friday, giving way to cross country to begin practice on Aug. 10 and participate in competitions Aug. 24. All Phase 4 Return to Play Guidelines must be followed during practice and competition, including social distancing of six feet, limiting groups to 50, including participants, […]
IHSA releases fall golf guidelines
The IHSA released fall sport-specific guidelines Friday, giving way to golf to begin practice on Aug. 10 and participate in competitions Aug. 13. All Phase 4 Return to Play Guidelines must be followed during practice and the competition, including social distancing of six feet and limiting groups to 50, including […]
New IDPH Rules focus on mask enforcement in businesses, schools, and child care establishments
Gov. JB Pritzker has been talking this week about the importance of wearing masks as Illinois’ COVID-19 positive case numbers have risen to four-percent statewide. Pritzker took further action Friday announcing that the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) will file emergency rules for businesses, schools, and child care establishments […]
