Sheriff's Sgt.Toni Poffenroth retires after 30-year career

After 30 years as a corrections officer with the Whitman County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Toni Poffenroth retired Jan. 16.

"Today I am officially retired!" she said."I thank everyone that has been on this sometimes crazy ride and all of those that are not with us anymore, for without all of you, my journey would not have been possible."

Poffenroth lives in Spokane, where she and her husband raised their family.

Her husband, Harold 'Hal' Poffenroth, was considerably older, and came into their marriage with three grown children, some even older than herself. Together the couple had two more kids. T...