WENTWORTH — Highlights from the April 4 monthly meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners included a salute to emergency telecommunications staff for their performance during a recent fatal fire.

Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates honored the staff that operated the 911 call switchboard and pointed out their excellence in handling a highly stressful call in March involving a structure fire in which a child was trapped.

Those workers include: shift supervisor Jennifer Baughn, senior telecommunicator Angie Gourley and telecommunicators April Poole, Tabitha Farmer, Keith Dunn and Frank Fix… READ MORE