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Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said Monday that it won’t be long before the new emergency communications center will be up and running.

Newman said if all goes as planned dispatchers will move to the new building and began to receive and dispatch emergency calls there.

In addition to having new dispatch consoles, radios and panels, the facility which is located on Lela Street, behind the Jasper County Jail, will have a small kitchen along with showers and other provisions for long stays during hurricanes, storms and other disaster…