Chairman of ATRS Board of Trustees resigns post

Robin Nichols, head of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System board of trustees, resigned her chairmanship yesterday after defending her travel to conferences and meetings last week. The board also voted yesterday to accept the resignation of Executive Director Paul Doane, appoint Chief Operating Officer Gail Bolden as interim executive director, and begin advertising for a permanent executive director.

Also on the resignation front today, Miller County Sheriff Linda Rambo was told earlier this week to resign by Friday or face criminal charges for misfeasance in office. She's accused of allowing a county truck and an Arkansas Department of Correction inmate to be used to move the sister of a jail official (also a relative of the sheriff's). 8th Judicial District South Prosecuting Attorney Brent Haltom tells the Texarkana Gazette that if she resigns today, he won't file criminal charges.