Tag: retirement

Roger Carswell is ready for adventure. After serving as library director for almost 29 years, the 64-year-old Quenemo native is retiring, especially so as to pursue his passion for travel. Before hitting the road, however,…

Jack Ellis has taken his last ride. Friday afternoon, the 79-year-old climbed out of his bright yellow Humboldt school bus and into retirement. Ellis has spent an impressive 48 years behind the wheel, and logged…

Rhonda Fulton is ready to take it easy. The 62-year-old Iola native has retired from the Iola Police Department after 37 eventful years of service. As the announcement was made on April Fools’ Day it…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are bringing back quarterback Jameis Winston on a one-year contract. The move announced by Saints general manager Mickey Loomis comes on the heels of Drew Brees’ decision…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Drew Brees era with the New Orleans Saints — marked by a Super Bowl celebration, raucous record-setting nights in the rebuilt Superdome and the undersized quarterback’s outsized role in a…

President John Masterson is ready to ride into the sunset. Masterson recently announced his retirement to ACC faculty and staff via email, saying he’d “thought long and hard about this decision.” Masterson added that he…

Most often financial preparedness comes to mind when we think about retirement. There are a lot of variables that can create a big gray area in knowing if you have put enough back to live…

Chase D. Waggoner, formerly a fire chief in Girard, has been hired as Iola’s next fire chief. Waggoner’s hiring was announced Tuesday by Interim City Administrator Corey Schinstock. Waggoner also has worked in Missouri and…

Iola Fire Chief Tim Thyer has seen a lot of changes over the 33 years he’s worked for the department, but the basic mantra remains the same: “Put the wet stuff on the red stuff.”…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Clint Bowyer will retire at the end of the NASCAR season and join the Fox Sports booth as an analyst. Bowyer, in his 15th full season, heads into Sunday’s race at…