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WHEELING — Some recently retired or retiring first responders might soon get a call, as there is an immediate need to hire experienced dispatchers for the Ohio County 911 system, county commissioners learned this week.
Recent departures and expected retirements in the coming months have the department looking to fill slots, according to County Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo.
It has reached the point where County 911 Director Theresa Russell “is taking a couple of the shifts,” he told commissioners.
Russell was out of the office on Friday after working a 12-hour dispatch shift on Thursday into Friday morning…
