AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Five 9-1-1 operators have been awarded by the Amarillo Police Department for going above and beyond during the winter storm last month.

Some staff members left their families to spend the night at the Amarillo Emergency Communications Center to make sure they could be there when the calls came.

Many slept on cots around the building and another member who commutes from Tulia, paid for four nights at a nearby hotel to make sure she would make it to work… READ MORE