President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on September 19, implementing one of the most dramatic changes to the H-1B visa program in decades by requiring a $100,000 fee for new applications, effective September 21, 2025. The presidential proclamation restricts entry for H-1B nonimmigrant workers unless their employer pays a $100,000 […]
The Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump’s request to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Monday while announcing it will hear arguments in December that could overturn a 90-year-old precedent limiting presidential control over independent agencies. In a 6-3 decision issued September 22, the Supreme Court granted […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School District Board of Education has approved a new employment contract for Kristopher Kahler as Chief School Business Official (CSBO), setting his annual salary at $164,200 for a two-year term beginning October 1, 2025. The contract, signed on August 18, is a significant salary increase in the district’s […]
For the first time in nearly a decade, the Mahomet-Seymour School District has recorded an enrollment decline, with current figures showing 3,402 students compared to last year’s peak of 3,461. The 59-student decrease represents a 1.7% decline from the 2024-25 school year, marking the end of a seven-year consecutive growth […]
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees is set to approve the Final Plat for the Harvest Edge Second and Third Subdivision. This current phase includes 67 single-family lots and one outlot across 20.46 acres, with walkable connections and sidewalk improvements along several streets in the subdivision. Located on the […]
Mahomet is welcoming the autumn season with a lively new celebration—the first “Fall for Mahomet” Festival—on Saturday, October 4th, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in downtown Mahomet. The festival promises a full day of food, music, and festive events. Guests can enjoy a tempting array of food trucks and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It was a night for imagination and remembering. It was a night for action and drama, pomp and pageantry. It was a night for reunions and revelry. It was Homecoming 2025 – Mahomet-Seymour-style –and it was a classic example of going to a ball game and […]
A federal judge has issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to rapidly deport hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, finding that the government’s justifications “crumbled like a house of cards” under judicial scrutiny. On Labor Day weekend, several Executive Branch agencies launched what U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly […]
On September 15, Mississippi was confronted with two deeply disturbing incidents that occurred within hours of each other, two men found hanging from trees in separate locations across the state. Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old Black student at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, was discovered hanging from a tree […]
At least six historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) received threatening communications that forced campus-wide lockdowns and class cancellations on Sept 11. The affected institutions included Alabama State University, Hampton University, Virginia State University, Southern University and A&M College in Louisiana, Clark Atlanta University, and Bethune-Cookman University in Florida. Spelman College […]
