Category: Local
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Commentary: A Wish for Afghanistan
I was born in Pakistan, but for the past 31 years the USA has been my home. America is a wonderful country to live in and I’m lucky to feel safe and free here. Right now, I am embarrassed of my country. What’s happening in Afghanistan is heartbreaking, terrible, and wrong in so many ways.… Read more
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Christie Clinic Photos: 2021 Mahomet-Seymour Fall Sports Preview
Christie Clinic helped the Mahomet Daily provide photos of the 2021 Mahomet-Seymour Fall Preview. Meghan Hennesy took the pictures. To view the entire gallery, visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2021-Mahomet-Seymour-Fall-Preview. Read more
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Crews ready for next phase of Interstate 57/74 Interchange Reconstruction
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation were joined by local officials and community leaders Monday to announce the start of construction on a new Interstate 57/74 interchange located in Champaign County. The $216.8 million project will rebuild the original interchange built more than 50 years ago, improve safety and mobility, and create… Read more
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Gov. Pritzker Signs Two Bills Updating Sex Education Standards in K-12 Schools
Gov. JB Pritzker signed two bills Friday that update the state’s sex education standards in K-12 schools. In Illinois, public schools aren’t required to offer sex education courses. Earlier in the year, State Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) proposed sex ed be mandated, and that curriculum should be aligned with culturally competent and medically accurate standards.… Read more
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Pfizer vaccine gets FDA approval
The FDA has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of… Read more
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Schoudel, Kent shoot hole-in-one at Lake of the Woods
By The Mahomet Daily In the space of three days, two hole-in-ones were registered at Lake of the Woods Golf Course, in Mahomet. On Sunday (Aug. 22), 11-year-old Tyler Schoudel, from Mahomet, hit his first career hole-in-one. He aced the 120-yard fifth hole on the Par-3 course. Schoudel used his Callaway 5-iron to record his… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour girls golf defeats Normal West
By Fred Kroner Ainsley Winters carded a team-best 44 on Thursday (Aug. 19) and was one stroke away from meet medalist honors at Lake of the Woods. M-S defeated Normal West 190-225. St. Thomas More also participated but did not have enough players to be scored as a team. Following Winters for the Bulldogs were… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour to host study group for those wishing to take ParaPro Exam
Mahomet-Seymour CUSD #3 is hosting study groups for individuals that are interested in taking the ParaPro Exam to become a paraprofessional. Sessions will be held at the high school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 pm starting September 7th. To register for this free study group, contact Stacy Fisher at sfisher@ms.k12.il.us. Read more
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IDOT to resurface University between Wright and Cunningham
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that resurfacing of University Avenue (U.S. 150) between Wright Street and Cunningham Avenue in Urbana begins Aug. 22. The project will require nighttime lane closures, which will occur from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays for approximately three weeks. Once the resurfacing is complete, daytime lane closures… Read more