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HARDY and Lainey Wilson to headline Mahomet Music Festival
Hairbanger’s Ball, Champaign Freight, HARDY, Lainey Wilson and Mahomet native Onoleigh will headline the 2021 Mahomet Music Festival to be held on August 27 and 28. Friday night’s lineup includes Hairbanger’s Ball and Champaign Freight! Saturday night will feature county music artist HARDY, Lainey Wilson and Onoleigh. The Saturday Christian music headliner is yet to…
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Pritzker outlines $41.6 billion budget with flat state spending
By Jerry Nowicki and Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.comjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker outlined a $41.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday that would hold most state agencies at flat funding levels but which relies heavily on changes to the state’s corporate tax structure that lawmakers have not yet approved. The budget proposal, which is only the…
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Panel approves ‘culturally responsive’ teaching standards
By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A legislative panel on Wednesday allowed the Illinois State Board of Education to move forward with new rules that call on colleges and universities in the state to change the way prospective teachers and administrators are trained in order to make them more accommodating to diverse students. On…
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Servant of the Year: Jackie Butler
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The success stories are what keep Jackie Butler going. Her involvement with It Takes a Village began in 2012, when she and her daughter, Heather Denam, founded the Mahomet-based organization to help those in need. “We had hair bows recently,” Butler said. “A woman came in and was so excited. Her…
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M-S boys’ basketball falls to unbeaten Effingham
By Fred Kroner Unbeaten Effingham (7-0) broke away from a 33-33 halftime deadlock on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to hand the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team a 69-62 Apollo Conference loss at home. Effingham led 19-14 after one stanza before the Bulldogs pulled into a halftime tie with a late 8-0 run in the second quarter. “We…
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Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball on four-game win streak
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour made six three-point shots in the fourth quarter on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to pull away from visiting Effingham in an Apollo Conference girls’ basketball game, 58-47. The win was the fourth in a row for coach Garret Risley’s team. The Bulldogs held a 36-31 lead after three quarters, but hit…
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Village develops Statement on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, moved to regular agenda
The Village of Mahomet moved forward a Guiding Statement on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion during the Feb. 16 board meeting. Mayor Sean Widener opened the discussion over the statement saying it’s “a good transparent way of just basically putting on paper what we’re thinking and what we want accomplished.” In 2018, the Illinois Association of…
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2021 Mahomet Garage Sale: Call for Listings
The 2021 Spring Mahomet Community Garage Sales are scheduled for May 7 and 8. The Mahomet Daily will produce a free online and print garage sale guide. Listings for the guide can be emailed to news@mahometnews.com until May 4 at 5 p.m. The printed map will be distributed locally on the morning of May 6. For…
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Census delay creates redistricting uncertainty
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers are required to draw new legislative and congressional district maps this year, but that process may be thrown into chaos because of delays in producing the census numbers needed to draw equal districts. The U.S. Census Bureau announced Friday that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other delays,…