Kentucky
Kentucky nurses march in Frankfort during National Nurses Week
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Nurses throughout the nation need their voices to be heard. A lot of them took these issues to Washington D.C. for the Nationwide Nurses March.
In Kentucky, nurses had a march of their very own in Frankfort.
What You Want To Know
- Nationwide Nurses Week is noticed Could 6-12
- The Nationwide Nurses March was hosted in Washington D.C. on Could 12
- Nurses who couldn’t make the nationwide march hosted marches at their state capitols, calling for change
- Labriska Humphrey hosted the Kentucky march
The Nationwide Nurses March was held on Could twelfth in Washington D.C. The march invited nurses throughout the nation to rally for a number of calls for, in accordance with the Nationwide Nurses March web site, together with:
- Truthful, uncapped wages
- Equal Alternative Employment
- Protected staffing affected person ratios & normal of care
- Elimination of nursing occupation cultural biases & discriminations
Nurses that couldn’t make it to the nation’s capitol rallied and marched collectively within the cities of their state capitols. Labriska Humphrey organized a march in Frankfort to help her fellow nurses on Capitol Hill.
“We would like good situations so we don’t make errors,” Humphrey stated. “We’re on the level the place nurses simply need to be heard now. We’ve been actually busy simply working.”
She and the Kentucky nurses that joined her Thursday help H.R. 3165/S.1567 which requires Nurse Staffing Requirements for Hospital Affected person Security and High quality Care Act of 2021 and H.R. 1195 which requires Office Violence Prevention for Well being Care and Social Service Staff Act.
Humphrey has 20 years of the nursing occupation below her belt. She marched, disaffiliated from the hospital she works for in Kentucky, and declined to say her office.
The Nationwide Nurses March seeks federal adjustments to the occupation of nursing.
“Nurses throughout the nation want federal mandates just like the Protected Staffing Act and the Office Violence Act to be handed now. A chance has been given to those who oppose protected staffing ratios and the implications of their failures are weight carried by nurses,” stated Humphrey.
Cherie Hubbard-Webb was one nurse on the march in Frankfort who stated the load has elevated considerably due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the nursing scarcity. She’s been within the occupation for 29 years.
“It’s actually arduous. It’s bodily arduous. It’s emotionally arduous. It’s mentally arduous. And when COVID got here by means of, all of us banded collectively and we labored additional shifts and we took care of the sufferers that got here in as a result of that was what we have been there for,” stated Hubbard-Webb.
The Kentucky nurses participating in Thursday’s march say they gained’t cease till a change is made on the federal stage that can have an effect on all 50 states.
“I actually suppose that that is one thing that shouldn’t be decided by states, this needs to be one thing that’s federal and that’s actually the purpose right here,” stated Humphrey.
Humphrey desires and desires politicians to maintain listening to her issues concerning the nursing occupation. She says if a change just isn’t made quickly, it would result in a continued nurse scarcity and burnout.
Kentucky
Lowlife dad who owes over $100K in child support arrested getting off cruise ship in Miami: officials
A Kentucky dad who has racked up more than $100,000 in unpaid child support was arrested as he got off a cruise trip in Florida after several years on the lam, according to officials.
Dominic Weaver’s vacation ended with him in handcuffs after he was taken into custody by local cops exiting the cruise ship in Miami sometime last week and brought back to Bluegrass State, Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell told a local Louisville news station.
The 47-year-old owes somewhere between $114,000 and $120,000 in child support, according to O’Connell.
Weaver was previously sentenced to five years of probation for flagrant non-support in 2019, according to Law and Crime.
“I don’t know when he left, but he fled the jurisdiction, and from the date of his sentence until today, and even today, he’s not paid one cent of child support,” the Kentucky county official told WDRB.
O’Connell said Weaver has four cases with the child support division.
“This is one of the most egregious events that brings something to light that I think I’ve ever seen,” O’Connell told the news station.
The official plans to ask the court to revoke his original sentence and instead get him behind bars for as long as four years.
The father’s lack of support for his kids is so poor he appeared on a 2021 list of parents that owe large sums of money for their children’s care. At the time, he owed nearly $100,000, according to county records.
Weaver’s arraignment is set for Jan. 6.
Kentucky
South Carolina lands talented player out of transfer portal following LaNorris Seller news
Former Western Kentucky offensive lineman Rodney Newsom will transfer to play for South Carolina this upcoming season, On3’s Pete Nakos reported. Newsom spent just one season with the Hilltoppers and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-3 offensive lineman played in all 14 games at WKU this past season. He joined the team in the offseason after spending one year at Itawamba Community College in Mississippi.
Newsom played high school football at Briarcrest Christian (TN), where he was a three-star recruit in the 2020 class. He ranked as the No. 2,256 overall player and No. 158 interior offensive lineman in the cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Newsom began his college career at Memphis and played two seasons with the Tigers prior to going to Itawamba. As a transfer, he ranks as the No. 119 overall player and No. 11 interior offensive lineman according to On3’s Transfer Portal Player Rankings.
Rodney Newsom is the seventh commitment in the Gamecocks’ transfer portal class, joining EDGE Jaylen Brown (Missouri), interior offensive lineman Nick Sharpe (Wake Forest), tight end Jordan Dingle (Kentucky), defensive tackle Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy (Texas A&M), LB Shawn Murphy, and QB Air Noland (OSU).
The portal officially opened on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. More than 2,800 FBS scholarship players entered their names into the NCAA’s transfer database during the 2023-24 school year. Removing those who withdrew or went pro, the final total sat at 2,707 transfers.
So far this cycle, 2,160 players have entered the transfer portal with 676 of those already having committed to new schools.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.
LaNorris Sellers signs new NIL deal with South Carolina for 2025 return
South Carolina star quarterback LaNorris Sellers has inked a new NIL deal with the Gamecocks’ NIL collective Garnet Trust, securing his return to Columbia for the 2025 season. Sellers holds an On3 NIL Valuation of $2.7 million.
His new deal now secures his return for 2025. Sellers put together an impressive 2024 season after taking over as South Carolina’s starting quarterback. He threw for 2,274 yards and 17 touchdowns in the air while adding 655 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on the ground.
Those numbers helped lead the Gamecocks to a 9-3 record, including a six-game win streak to end the year to just miss out on the College Football Playoff.
South Carolina had to hold off suitors for Sellers, as multiple schools made efforts in recent weeks for the quarterback to jump in the transfer portal. Garnet Trust declined to give specifics on the agreement but sources told On3 it’s on pace with other top quarterback deals in college football.
“Ever since the LSU game, he’s been having programs reach out to his people,” a Power 4 personnel staffer recently told On3 about the LaNorris Sellers situation. “Then as he kept balling out he’s only had more and more programs reach out. I mean he had playoff-caliber teams blowing up his phone like crazy before the Clemson game. After? That shit hasn’t stopped ringing.”
On3’s Pete Nakos contributed to this report.
Kentucky
Former Kentucky RB Chip Trayanum is Moving to the MAC
Chip Trayanum has been through plenty of ups and downs throughout his lengthy college career. Now the former Kentucky running back is ready to make one final stop not too far from his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
On3’s Pete Nakos reports Trayanum will spend his final year of college eligibility in the MAC, suiting up for the Toledo Rockets. It’s his fourth school in six years.
Trayanum had a ton of potential as a Blue Chip recruit. After all, that’s how he got the nickname “Chip.” Some schools wanted him to play linebacker, but he had his mind set on playing offense. That’s why he left the Midwest to play for Arizona State. After tallying 691 yards and 10 touchdowns over two seasons, he decided it was time to try out playing defense.
He returned to Ohio to play linebacker for Ohio State. When injuries hit the Buckeyes’ running back room, he moved back to offense. He performed well vs. Michigan, finding a new permanent home in Columbus. Trayanum’s best moment happened in the final moments against Notre Dame, punching in the game-winning touchdown as time expired.
Looking for a larger role as a bell-cow back, Trayanum transferred to Kentucky. He was poised to be RB1 until he suffered a broken hand during fall camp. Complications forced him to miss an extensive amount of time. He appeared in only three games and carried the ball 19 times for 101 yards.
Chip will finish his career by playing for the most consistent program in MAC. Jason Candle has led Toledo to four straight winning seasons, including an 11-win campaign in 2023. Hopefully, Trayanum can finally find the consistency that’s eluded him throughout his college career, just not in week one. The Rockets are traveling to Kroger Field to open the season.
There have been 21 transfer portal departures this offseason. There is still time for that number to grow. The transfer portal officially closes on Dec. 28.
- DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
- DB Avery Stuart
- LB Jayvant Brown
- TE Tanner Lemaster (Committed to Eastern Michigan on Dec. 22)
- TE Khamari Anderson (Committed to Arizona State on Dec. 22)
- TE Jordan Dingle (Committed to South Carolina on Dec. 18)
- OL Courtland Ford (Committed to UCLA on Dec. 17)
- OL Ben Christman
- OL Dylan Ray (Committed to Minnesota on Dec. 21)
- OL Koby Keenum (Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 22)
- DL Tommy Ziesmer (Committed to EKU on Dec. 15)
- WR Dane Key
- WR Barion Brown (Committed to LSU on Dec. 14)
- WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
- WR Brandon White
- EDGE Tyreese Fearbry (Committed to Wisconsin on Dec. 22)
- EDGE Noah Matthews
- EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
- RB Chip Trayanum (Committed to Toledo on Dec. 24)
- QB Gavin Wimsatt
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with our staff-only sticky thread on KSBoard, which will have updates on departures and targets throughout the offseason. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.
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