The board governing 911 operations at the St. Francois County Joint Communications Center heard about finances, year-end call totals and the Simms Mountain Tower project during its virtual meeting last Wednesday.

Board member and finance committee chairwoman Ginger Taylor announced there was a surplus of $1,148,000 at the end of the year.

“So that’s exciting. I think that’s probably the largest surplus we’ve seen on the board since we’ve been here. So I was really thrilled about that,” she said. “I’m very appreciative of that sales tax initiative and the fact that our citizens in our county, saw fit to make this happen… READ MORE