Mahomet News

Mahomet- A killer remains on the loose nearly a day after a young mother was found murdered in her home.

Mahomet- The Champaign County Sheriff's Department continues to investigate a morning homicide in Mahomet after a woman is discovered dead in her home.

Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh said sheriff's deputies were sent to the Candlewood Estates mobile home park near Mahomet at 10:38 a.m. Monday.

With the General Assembly passing $205 million Oct. 15 to fund the Monetary Award Program grant for the spring semester, the one question remaining is where will the money come from.

Republicans will have a three-way race for county board in District 1 in northwest Champaign County in the Feb.

MAHOMET – All of the predictions about recession-related 'staycations' proved true this summer for the campground at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District's Middle Fork Preserve near Penfield.

Linda Case, Adjunct Assistant Profesor, University of Illinois College of Veterninary Medicine; Owner of Autumn Gold Consulting and Dog Training Center, Mahomet, Illinois Program links: Autumn Gold Consulting Categories: Animals back to the main Afternoon Magazine page

The Effingham High School Marching Hearts received three awards at the University of Illinois Marching Band Festival in Champaign Saturday.

Jennifer Monson, Stephen West, Stephen May, and Amy Swanson , performers in The Mahomet Aquifer Project, dance at the Market in the Square, at the corner of Vine Street and Illinois Street in Urbana on Saturday morning.

Noted author and lecturer on Abraham Lincoln, Dan Guillory of Findlay, has recently released the audio version of his book of poetry The Lincoln Poems.

MAHOMET – A $197,000 fully accessible fishing pier will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District's newest park, the River Bend Forest Preserve south of Mahomet.

The General Assembly's October veto session could dictate the future fate of the Illinois Monetary Award Program, a need-based grant in which thousands of students rely on to ease tuition costs.

On Wednesday, Rep. Tim Johnson told a crowd at Clinton High School he had been in contact with the EPA, expressing residents' concerns about a pending chemical waste permit for Clinton Landfill.

The horse judging event consisted of a gelding halter class and a mare halter class.

L ess than a week after calling for the resignation of members of the Mahomet Valley Water Authority, a local environmentalist group is backing off a bit.

CHAMPAIGN – A Mahomet man was treated and released from an Urbana hospital following a crash on Interstate 74 over the weekend.

The house of the Montgomery family is roped off during the filming of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" on August 25, 2009 in Philo, IL.

L ast week local officials and community planners were invited to hear the results of a three-year study of local water resources and how long the supply might last.

Police responded to the following calls: Danville: Friday: Domestic battery in the 200 block of Edwards Street.

Part 1: Where are the water supplies and how much is being consumed today? Send a link to a friend [ August 24, 2009 ] W ater is essential for life.