bowed out<\/a> Friday as WGN\u2019s 5, 6, 9 and 10 p.m. weekday news anchor.<\/p>\nHere is the text of Lyons\u2019s email to staff:<\/strong><\/p>\nAll,<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m doing this again \u2026 but I have more retirement news to share with you.<\/em>
\nJim Ramsey has decided it\u2019s time to enjoy life after TV! He is ready to spend more time with his wife and to have weekends to himself again.\u00a0<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nJim has been with WGN for 30 years. \u00a0Let that sink in for a minute:\u00a030 years of being part of the highly-respected WGN Weather Team. He has been a trusted forecaster, guiding Chicagoans through many brutal winters, crazy spring rains, tornadoes, and blistering hot summers.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nJim came to me several months ago and told me about his decision, but asked that I not say anything. Because in true Jim Ramsey fashion, he doesn\u2019t want any pomp and circumstance.<\/em><\/p>\nHis last day with us will be December 30th.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nPlease join me in wishing him all the best in retirement!<\/em><\/p>\nJennifer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran Chicago weatherman Jim Ramsey will retire at the end of the year, wrapping up a 42-year career in broadcasting, WGN-Channel 9 announced Tuesday. Following his wishes, Ramsey is going out the same way he did his job at the Tribune Broadcasting station for three decades \u2014 with quiet professionalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16235"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16241,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235\/revisions\/16241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}