Judge approves NCAA settlement, providing massive changes to college sports

KMIZ on June 7, 2025

Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) –

A federal judge in California approved a settlement in a lawsuit against the NCAA on Friday, paving the way for major changes in the way college sports operate.

Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement between the college sports governing body and current and former student-athletes. The athletes sued over claims the NCAA illegally limited their ability to earn money while playing sports in college. The settlement order allows for the 389,700 athletes to collect a portion of the $2.8 billion settlement as back damages.

The settlement now requires schools starting July 1 to share revenue directly with student-athletes, as opposed to the current name, image and likeness model schools currently use. It creates a $20.5 million cap for schools to use when paying players in the upcoming school year. Schools can use the money across sports however they’d like.

University of Missouri Athletic Director Laird Veatch said in April that most of that money would go toward football and men’s basketball. Veatch said the school was also committing $3 million for 60 new scholarships, with most of them going to women’s sports.

The Southeastern Conference posted on X that the agreement “represents a significant milestone for the meaningful support of our student-athletes and a pivotal step toward establishing long-term sustainability for college sports, two of the [SEC]’s top priorities.”

MU Athletics spokesman Dave Matter told ABC 17 News that the school was waiting on guidance from the Southeastern Conference on public statements.

Veatch and MU Athletics have been publicly telling fans and boosters for months about the financial impact the settlement would have on the program. Veatch mentioned that ticket prices would likely go up and season-ticket holder tiers and benefits would also change.

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Camp Fire Central Oregon announces earlier registration date, updates for 2025/2026 afterschool programs

KTVZ on June 7, 2025

Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Camp Fire Central Oregon is excited to announce two important changes related to school-year programs for the 2025/2026 season. First and foremost, registration for its school-year programs for youth in Grades 5-12 (up to age 17) will launch on Sunday, June 8 at 4 p.m., significantly earlier than the traditional mid-summer opening.

This change is designed to give families more time to plan and secure spots in its very popular programs, including Camp Fire Afterschool and FIRST® LEGO® League Competition Teams. By moving the launch to June 8, Camp Fire hopes to better meet the scheduling needs of Central Oregon families eager to lock in high-quality, youth-centered enrichment opportunities before the busy back-to-school season begins. In the 2024/2025, Camp Fire’s school-year programs served 469 kids throughout Central Oregon.

“We’ve heard from parents and caregivers that earlier access to registration would help with school-year planning,” said Melanie Feltmate, Camp Fire Central Oregon’s program director. “This shift allows us to be more responsive to their needs and to ensure even more youth can benefit from our programs. Our core school-year offerings will be ready for sign-ups first, with additional program announcements and sign-ups coming soon.”

Registration will open to the public on Sunday, June 8 at 4 p.m. via the Camp Fire Central Oregon website: https://campfireco.org/. Families interested in financial assistance are invited to pre-apply now, visiting campfireco.org/financial-assistance/.

Important Location Change for Camp Fire Afterschool in La PineIn addition to the registration date change, Camp Fire is also announcing a location shift with its afterschool program in South County, offering CFA at Rosland Elementary to all K-5 youth in the La Pine community, starting this fall. La Pine Elementary students enrolled in CFA will have the option to take a short bus ride to Rosland Elementary.

“We are thrilled that La Pine Elementary students will have a quick commute to Camp Fire Afterschool, where our friendly staff will greet kids at the bus and walk them into the program at Rosland Elementary,” Feltmate says. “This means everyone in that program will have lots of time to dive into fun, activities, and connection, instead of having to be on the bus for a longer period of time. It’s a win-win for all!”

Camp Fire also offers its afterschool program at Three Rivers School in Sunriver and two locations in Bend.

Support for Registration and Financial AssistanceWith school-year registration right around the corner, families are encouraged to save the date of June 8, 4 p.m., tune into Camp Fire’s website for registration alerts, and sign up for Camp Fire’s newsletter. Specific questions around registration and financial assistance can be directed to info@campfireco.org or 541.382.4682.

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Surviving the ‘Mid-Life Collision’ through Equine Therapy

KEYT on June 7, 2025

Alissa Orozco

MARTINSDALE, Mont. – We’ve all heard of the mid-life crisis, but the ‘mid-life collision’ is affecting mid-aged women in more ways than one.

Trauma expert and practicing attorney, Hertha Lund, lives on the Grande Ranch in Montana, where she hosts horse retreats that help visitors navigate through life’s challenges and focus on their healing path.

Lund says when we don’t unpack individualized traumas from childhood, teenhood, and early adulthood, it can later collide with future challenges that affect mid-life women – such as caregiving responsibilities, career changes, and menopause.

“Mid-life crisis is more when we start thinking about the choices we’ve made in our careers, and collision is impacting women because we have women in the workforce. We have women taking care of their elderly parents, their working jobs, they have marriages to keep going and all of a sudden everything just kind of falls in,” Lund explains.

Lund’s organization, called Four Horses for Wholeness, uses equine gestalt therapy to help relieve stress and trauma, and encourage living life to the fullest.

 “I got extremely sick because I didn’t deal with the pain from my childhood. In fact, I had a near death experience and came back, and working with horses and equine gestalt therapy was one of the things that helped me find a path to health and wholeness. I actually feel better now than I ever have in my life, and I’m in my early 60s.”

The National Institute of Mental Health says some mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders are more common in women than men, triggered by unique experiences such as postpartum depression, menstrual cycles, and menopause.

“Life is hard, and I think that I would not underestimate, because of my life experience what happens with the unprocessed stuff from our childhood, and so unpacking that sooner rather than later I think is a way to start on the path of wholeness – but again slow down and be present right here and now that’s actually the key to all healing I found.”

The organization Hope through Horses helps provide funding to those interested in equine therapy, but have financial concerns.

You find out more about Hertha Lund and Four Horses for Wholeness on their website.

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Space X set to launch Falcon 9 rocket Sunday morning

KEYT on June 7, 2025

Caleb Nguyen

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX plans to launch 27 Starlink satellites in support of a Falcon 9 Rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:34 a.m. Sunday.

Backup opportunities for the launch are available until 10:34 a.m. on the same day. Additional launch opportunities are available on Sunday, starting at 6:20 a.m..

Central Coast residents may feel the sonic boom from the impact of the launch.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

Live webcasts of the mission will be available five minutes before liftoff on both the Space X website and social media page.

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Elwood endorsed by former councilwoman in Columbia’s Ward 2 race

KMIZ on June 7, 2025

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

One of the candidates in Columbia’s Ward 2 race has been endorsed by a former council member.

Vera Elwood announced in a Friday evening press release that former Ward 2 Councilwoman Andrea Waner has signed off on her campaign.

“I wholeheartedly endorse Vera for Second Ward City Council and can’t wait to watch her lead,” Waner was quoted in the release.

This is the second former Ward 2 council member to support a current candidate. Former Ward 2 Councilwoman Lisa Meyer asked candidate Ken Rice to run for the seat, according to a previous press release from Rice’s campaign.

The city called for a special election on Aug. 5 after Meyer announced that she would step down on May 16. 

Waner served as the Ward 2 councilperson from 2021-23 and announced her resignation in October 2023 after she moved out of the ward. Rachel Proffitt was picked by the council to represent the ward until Meyer won the subsequent election.

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Boone County Jail overcrowding costs climb amid Department of Mental Health backlog

KMIZ on June 7, 2025

Mitchell Kaminski

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Boone County is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to house inmates in jails across Mid-Missouri, as local officials continue to struggle with overcrowding and a growing backlog of detainees awaiting mental health evaluations.

From Jan.-10May 23, the county had spent $461,235 to house detainees in other counties, according to Capt. Brian Leer of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.

“Currently, we are paying to house 113 detainees in other county jails,” Leer told ABC 17 in an email on May 22. 

As of June 6, the Sheriff’s Office is paying to house 111 detainees in other county jails, with detainees held in facilities in Callaway, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Miller, Montgomery and Randolph counties.

However, not all detainees classified as “out of county” are housed in jail beds funded by Boone County. Some are held by U.S. Marshals or in hospitals, juvenile centers or mental health facilities. Defense attorneys say the dispersal of detainees is making it harder to represent clients effectively.

“I’ve got clients in Randolph County and I’ve got clients in Miller County,” Columbia defense attorney Ben Faber said. “So we got guys an hour north, we got guys an hour south. If I set aside a day to meet with clients, that’s a lot of windshield time just to do my job.”

Faber said the system is overburdened, and the strain extends beyond attorneys.

 “It’s just creating more work and less office time, which means that cases are not being handled as quickly as you want them to,” Faber said. “I call it a gridlock situation sometimes.” 

Faber added that limited visiting hours at some rural jails — such as Randolph County’s 4 p.m. closure — make it harder to meet clients face to face.

One of the biggest drivers of overcrowding, according to Boone County Commissioner Janet Thompson, is the bottleneck at the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Thompson said the Department of Mental Health has not removed individuals from the county jail when their competency to proceed is in question. When someone’s competency is challenged, a defense attorney, judge or prosecutor can request a mental health evaluation to determine whether the individual is competent to stand trial.

“What’s happened in our jail and in jails across Missouri is that process has happened and then they have been adjudicated incompetent to proceed, and at that point the Department of Mental Health does not take them,” Thompson said. “Instead, we have over 400 people across the state of Missouri who are sitting in county jails waiting for a bed at DMH. That’s part of the problem that we have and one of the things that’s impacting our jail overcrowding.”

Leer confirmed that “at least 10 individuals” in the Boone County Jail are currently awaiting transfer to the Department of Mental Health.

Defendants with serious mental health issues must be housed alone, further limiting available space.

“When we have somebody who has serious mental health issues, we cannot double-bunk them. You can’t have somebody else in there with them. It’s a safety issue,” Thompson said.

Boone County holds quarterly jail overcrowding meetings that include the presiding judge, court administrators, representatives from Adult Services and circuit courts, the sheriff’s office, a county commissioner and the auditor. The group discusses strategies for managing limited jail space and rising costs.

Despite these efforts, the financial burden continues to climb. 

“Looking at past usage and trying to anticipate what we’re going to need for every year, we have blown through that amount every year since I’ve been on the commission,” Thompson said. 

When the county exceeds its budget, it’s forced to tap into its general fund.

Faber, who echoed Thompson’s concerns on the Department of Mental Health backlog, said the problem reflects broader dysfunction in Missouri’s criminal justice and mental health systems. 

“It’s a systemic problem. It probably starts with crime. But the system doesn’t appear to be able to handle the numbers that it has right now.  And we’re not seeing adaptations to make actual systemic changes,” Faber said.  “What we’re seeing is just sort of Band-Aids and  short-term fixes.”

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North Salinas High School shows Clara Adams support after post-race celebration controversy

KION on June 7, 2025

Lindsey Selzer

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — A North Salinas sprinter, Clara Adams, has made international headlines after winning the CIF State Championship title last Saturday.

She was then disqualified after a post-race celebration with a fire extinguisher.

“I’m Clara Adams. I’m the 400 meters champion,” she said, “And I was wrongfully disqualified for this.” 

At North Salinas High School today, Adams, her family and more supportive community members came to show their support.

Adams speaking out Friday morning at the North Salinas High School Library, recalling the events leading up to her being disqualified…

“I went on the grass and sprayed my spikes because my feet were on fire,” said Adams. “I just ran. I just ran 53 seconds in the 400 for the second time in my whole life career.”

Adam’s father said he was the one who helped her come up and execute the celebration.

“I take full responsibility,” he said, “Because if I didn’t give her the fire extinguisher, we wouldn’t be here right now.”

David Adams, who is also a football coach, said he and his daughter were looking to bring more fun to the sport. 

“You can do backflips in the end zone after a touchdown. You can jump up high five in front of your opponent and everything is okay,” said Adams. “But then we go to track. We have to be quiet. They want us to be silent.”

Since the incident last weekend, Adams and her father have hired prominent civil rights attorney Adante Pointer.

“She won on the track. But I guarantee you we will win in the courtroom,” Adante said. “If you won’t listen to the will of the people, then maybe you’re going to have to listen to the judge.”

Clara said she feels that her moment was taken away from her.

“They took me wearing that medal around my neck and running everybody away from me,” she said. “And, they took it away from me like, we’ll never know. I could have run faster, I could do PR and I could have won.”

Adante Pointer said they’re giving the CIF a chance to speak up.

“They have a window to correct this wrong. We do forgive, but we will not forget,” Pointer said. “I mean, let’s be clear… and so I call on the CIF to right this wrong.”

As for what’s up next with Clara Adams? Clara told KION she has many things to look forward to on the track this summer.

“I have Nike coming up at 20,” Clara said. “I have West Coast Nationals coming up and I have the Junior Olympics coming up.”

Clara’s going into her junior year, where colleges are supposed to start scouting her, but she’s now gotten national attention. 

“We have Princeton mak[ing] contact with us,” Adam’s father said. “We had a track associate from UCLA make contact with us yesterday as well. So, that was a really big deal from all of this.”

Clara is now ready to get an idea of where she will be spending her future on the track.

“During that race, I beat a USC commit and a Stanford commit,” Clara said. “So… where am I going?”

KION reached out to CIF for comment, and we have not heard a response back.

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Oregon Department of Forestry fire danger levels on the rise across the state; Central Oregon at ‘moderate’

KTVZ on June 6, 2025

Barney Lerten

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Over the last week, several Oregon Department of Forestry fire protection districts have announced the start of fire season and implemented the necessary fire danger levels and restrictions to reduce the number of human-caused fires.

Fire danger levels may be low, moderate, high, or extreme at different times throughout the year, based on local fuel conditions, weather and other potential fire hazards. Public use restrictions on activities are enacted during fire season in an effort to reduce the number of human-caused fires, and may fluctuate throughout the season.

Conditions across the state are quickly becoming more susceptible to wildfire due to reduced rain and high temperatures.

As of Friday, the following ODF districts have announced their declaration of fire season:

Southwest Oregon (Jackson and Josephine counties) – June 1 – Moderate Fire Danger

Central Oregon (Hood River, Jefferson, Deschutes, Crook, Morrow, Wheeler, Grant, and Harney County) June 2 – Moderate Fire Danger

Walker Ranger FPA (northern Klamath County) – June 2 – Moderate Fire Danger

Northeast Oregon (Wallowa, Union, Umatilla, and Baker County) – June 5 – Low Fire Danger

Klamath-Lake (Klamath and Lake County) – June 6 – Moderate Fire Danger

Coos FPA (Coos and Curry County) – June 6 – Low Fire Danger

Douglas FPA (Douglas County) – June 6 – Moderate Fire Danger

Western Lane (Lane County) – June 9 – Moderate Fire Danger

South Cascade (Linn and Lane County) – June 9 – Moderate Fire Danger

Additional fire regulations may be implemented as fire danger levels change throughout fire season.

With the forecast of a hotter, drier summer this year, the Oregon Department of Forestry urges residents not to become complacent in wildfire prevention.

With several districts in or going into fire season, and others not yet there, it’s important to check the local fire restrictions where you live and where you’re planning to travel. Remaining informed of local fire restrictions can prevent you from bringing prohibited fire hazards onto the landscape and from potentially starting the next large wildfire.

Remember, the fewer human-caused fires in Oregon we have, the more you’re helping protect Oregon’s natural resources, communities, and firefighters. For tips on wildfire prevention, visit www.keeporegongreen.org. Check your local restrictions at https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/restrictions.aspx.

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More victims ID’d in case against drummer accused of child porn possession

KESQ on June 6, 2025

City News Service

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Investigators identified more potential victims in a case of an ex-indie rock drummer accused of possessing child pornography and recording a minor in a public restroom.

New charges were filed this week against Joseph Seiders, 44, of Palm Desert, after investigators identified two additional victims not associated with the initial incidents. Seiders is now charged with committing lewd acts with a minor by force or fear, using or coercing a minor to produce child pornography, possession of child pornography, annoying/molesting a child, and invasion of privacy.

Seiders was originally arrested on April 9 after allegedly recording children at the restroom of the Palm Desert Chick-fil-A.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. Daniel Milbrant, deputies from the Palm Desert Station, received a report of a suspicious circumstance in the 73000 block of Dinah Shore Drive on April 7. They interviewed an 11-year-old boy who told them a man allegedly recorded him on a cell phone inside the restroom of a Chick-fil-A.

Two days later, deputies received another report from an employee at a nearby business who said a man was allegedly seen entering and exiting a restroom with several young males, Milbrandt said.

Deputies identified and arrested Seiders at the scene.

A subsequent search of Seiders’ residence turned up evidence tying him to both incidents, along with possession of child pornography, sheriff’s officials said.

Details about the interaction between the suspect and the juvenile males inside the restroom were not disclosed.   

Seiders was the drummer of the New Pornographers, fronted by AC Newman and the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Neko Case. He joined the band in 2014.

After the arrest was reported, the New Pornographers issued a statement reading: ”Everyone in the band is absolutely shocked, horrified, and devastated by the news of the charges against Joe Seiders– and we have immediately severed all ties with him. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted by his actions.”  

Seiders has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.

Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing updates on this case.

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Bend singers, in France for D-Day ceremonies, perform ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ on the beach at Normandy

KTVZ on June 6, 2025

Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — We told you recently that six vocalists from Bend were traveling to France to take part in several events commemorating D-Day commemoration events June 3–9 in Normandy, France, with a final stop to perform in Paris. 

On Friday’s 81st anniversary of the Allied invasion, a critical step toward the end of World War II, the group gathered on the beach at Normandy to sing the Star-Spangled Banner.

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