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MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A big technology upgradeg is coming to the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center in Decatur.
A press release says people in Macon County are now able to directly text 9-1-1 from their cell phones. The service is available for the following four major carriers: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint.
If the service is not available for a particular carrier or experiencing an outage, a bounce-back message will be sent, instructing the recipient to make a voice call instead…
