Tag: resignation

Jill Hartman, Iola Area Chamber of Commerce executive director, has resigned. In an email to the Chamber’s members Friday, Hartman said her resignation was due to personal reasons. She has held the post for the…

TOPEKA — The head of the agency that’s overseeing Kansas’ response to historic unemployment rates during the coronavirus pandemic resigned Monday. Governor Laura Kelly said in a statement that Kansas Department of Labor Secretary Delía…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Embattled Lawrence Police Chief Gregory Burns Jr. is stepping down from his position just months after the police union approved a vote of no confidence in him. Burns’ employment will officially…

Iola City Administrator Sid Fleming will leave his post in March. Fleming’s resignation announcement was given last week in a private meeting with Iola City Council members. Fleming, who has been in Iola for the…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The resignation email the gunman sent hours before the shooting at a municipal building was brief, unremarkable and didn’t contain anything that foreshadowed the bloody rampage to come, a city…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas National Guard captain has submitted her resignation out of frustration over what she perceived as a lack of concern by guard leadership after a series of people associated with…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid President Donald Trump’s growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border. Trump announced on Sunday in…

A half-dozen Iola High School band students defended their band teacher, Ranie Wahlmeier, before the USD 257 Board of Education Monday night. Wahlmeier is resigning, effective at the end of the school year.  Wahlmeier has…

WASHINGTON (TNS) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is resigning, ending a tenure at the agency where he approved a flood of new drugs and cheaper copycat pills, and pushed for sharp…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State Rep. Greg Lewis is resigning to concentrate on his battle with a cancerous brain tumor. Lewis, a Republican from St. John, said Monday it is becoming apparent that he…