Glasgow Fire Department Chief announces retirement [Video]

GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) – One of Glasgow’s city leaders has announced his retirement and will pick up a new, lighter job this coming fall.

Glasgow Fire Department Chief William Rock said he is retiring on Oct. 1 as his daughter is expecting a grandson. She lives in Louisville, and Rock told her, “wherever she lived…we’d follow.”

He and his wife Sharon already bought a house in northern Bullitt County and plan to pick up the job of babysitter when his daughter and son-in-law return to work.

“I’ve got a wonderful grandson, even though I haven’t seen him yet,” he said. “Of course he’s going to be spoiled rotten if I have anything to do with it.”

Rock has grown with this community for decades. He grew up in Hart County and after joining the Marine Corp for six years and working around the states delivering drinks, he and his wife …