Enhanced 911 coming to Columbiana County in September

LISBON — Columbiana County has picked a date to start its new emergency telephone service: 9:11 a.m. Sept. 11, 2008.

“It’s a date that no American should forget,” said Gary Williams, a former county commissioner who is on the committee overseeing the project.

Williams said the start was selected as an appropriate response to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. in 2001. He said he and other committee members came up with the idea.

The new “enhanced” system will affect only land lines. It will show the location where a call was made and information about the residents.

Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com