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By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Democrats in the Illinois Senate on Friday announced a $1.8 billion package of mostly temporary tax relief proposals that they hope to include in the Fiscal Year 2023 budget as the legislative session enters its final week.   The package is $800 million beyond the tax relief package… Read more

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mahomet Chamber Award Winners Business of the Year–P&P Heating and Cooling Emerging Business of the Year–Core Concepts Community Impact–The Open Room Ann Paul Community Servant–Mark Kesler Lyn Ferdinand Volunteer of the Year–Michael Hernandez Ambassador of the Year–George Schoonover NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of these winners in upcoming days. By FRED… Read more

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mahomet Chamber Award Winners Business of the Year–P&P Heating and Cooling Emerging Business of the Year–Core Concepts Community Impact–The Open Room Ann Paul Community Servant–Mark Kesler Lyn Ferdinand Volunteer of the Year–Michael Hernandez Ambassador of the Year–George Schoonover NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of these winners in upcoming days. By FRED… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour split a softball doubleheader at Lincoln on Saturday (April 2), suffering its first loss of the year in the second game. M-S won the opener, 7-0, behind the one-hit pitching of Karley Yergler, who struck out 10 batters in her second seven-inning shutout of the spring. Yergler also paced the offense… Read more

Mahomet-Seymour’s Carter Selk is leading the Bulldogs in home runs just five games in. The junior has two home runs, 7 RBIs, a .750 on-base average, and a .416 batting average, helping to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-1 record.  Selk knocked in two runs against Olympia, collected two runs and two RBIs against Danville,… Read more

Mahomet Chamber Award Winners Business of the Year–P&P Heating and Cooling Emerging Business of the Year–Core Concepts Community Impact–The Open Room Ann Paul Community Servant–Mark Kesler Lyn Ferdinand Volunteer of the Year–Michael Hernandez Ambassador of the Year–George Schoonover NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of these winners in upcoming days. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com… Read more

By Isabella Zarate After 34 years in education, Mahomet-Seymour’s Beth Hawk is shutting a door and leaving her classroom one last time. Hawk graduated with a Business Education degree from the University of Illinois in ‘88, and later went on to Eastern Illinois University to earn her Master’s in Technology masters in technology in 2001.… Read more

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mahomet Chamber Award Winners Business of the Year–P&P Heating and Cooling Emerging Business of the Year–Core Concepts Community Impact–The Open Room Ann Paul Community Servant–Mark Kesler Lyn Ferdinand Volunteer of the Year–Michael Hernandez Ambassador of the Year–George Schoonover NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of these winners in upcoming days. By FRED… Read more

CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), in partnership with Carle Health, OSF HealthCare, Christie Clinic, Promise Healthcare, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign continue to provide COVID-19 initial vaccination doses, boosters, and Pfizer pediatric vaccinations. On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “expanded eligibility for an additional booster… Read more

By Fred Kroner Eight members of the winningest Mahomet-Seymour wrestling team in school history earned all-Apollo Conference first-team honors. Included in the group is 220-pound junior Colton Crowley, a three-time all-conference first-teamer. The repeat selections for the Bulldogs were 106-pound junior Caden Hatton, 170-pound junior Brennan Houser and 195-pound junior Mateo Casillas. The other M-S… Read more