Starkville anticipating future changeover
Starkville aldermen created a new city position last week, a move that reflects the city’s anticipation of high turnover associated with numerous employees reaching state retirement-eligible statuses through 2017.
Our view: Outside firm needed in chief search
The news that Columbus Police Chief Selvain McQueen has filed retirement papers with the city means that another police chief search is soon to come. It will be the third search for a chief since 2008.
CPD Chief McQueen files for retirement
Chief of Police Selvain McQueen has put in his retirement papers, according to multiple city officials, including human resources director Pat Mitchell.
Current, former administrators vying for vacant Oktibbeha job
From current and former government administrators to doctoral student and fast food restaurant manager, Oktibbeha County’s current list of county administrator applicants is comprised of people with a wide array of backgrounds.
Thirty-two people have applied for the vacant position.
Board approves disciplinary action against police department master sergeant
The Starkville Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved a disciplinary action against Starkville Police Department Master Sgt. Shawn Word after a closed-door meeting with police officials.
Posey to retire as county administrator
County Administrator Don Posey will retire from his post Dec. 20, leaving behind a career serving Oktibbeha County residents under five different boards of supervisors.
Pension results in Miss. mixed based on accounting
JACKSON — Mississippi’s public employee pension fund saw its financial position improve last year. Or it didn’t. It’s all in the accounting. And depending on
A career spent in the stacks
She always loved reading.
So much so that when she was a child her father, a Methodist minister, would make jokes about how impossible it was to get her nose out of books. Despite that teasing, Mary Helen Waggoner never left books behind. She grew up and became a librarian.
Mississippi’s workforce aging, numbers flat
JACKSON — One-third of Mississippi state government’s workforce will be eligible for retirement in the next five years. Deanne Mosley, executive director of the state
Poll: Half of older workers delay retirement plans
CHICAGO — Stung by a recession that sapped investments and home values, but expressing widespread job satisfaction, older Americans appear to have accepted the reality
E-911 board seeks new director
Columbus and Lowndes County Emergency 911 is seeking a new director to replace Sheri Fancher, who will retire from her post in January.
Monday profile: Mississippi State team physician closes lengthy career
The doctor is no longer in.
When longtime Mississippi State University team physician and Longest Student Health Center director Robert C. “Bob” Collins first came to the MSU campus it was 1977 and he planned on staying three to five years.
Study: Later retirement may help prevent dementia
New research boosts the “use it or lose it” theory about brainpower and staying mentally sharp. People who delay retirement have less risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia, a study of nearly half a million people in France found.
Community coordinator’s exit won’t interrupt programs
County officials say community service programs will continue as normal this summer despite the retirement of coordinator and 29-year employee Sylvester Harris.
End of an era: Stansbury retires
Bulldog coach leaves after 22 seasons, 293 victories