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MATTOON — Interim Champaign Police Chief Matt Henson, who is a past officer in Arcola and Charleston, has been appointed as the new director of the emergency communications system for Coles and Moultrie counties.

The system’s Emergency Telephone System Board voted 6-1 to appoint Henson, an Arcola native, during its regular meeting in the Coles County Emergency Communications Center. Henson will fill the director position previously held by James Calvert, who stepped down from this post in mid-September…