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Vaccine comes to Monroe County
Monroe County received its first shipment of the novel coronavirus vaccine this week, with the first 100 doses arriving Wednesday. It began administering the first doses of the vaccine at…
Read MoreSteady rise in COVID cases locally
Monroe County has had 1,110 total coronavirus cases since the pandemic begin, with 185 of them active at last count. There have been 218 new cases here since Oct. 20.…
Read MoreRed Bud Regional Hospital parent files bankruptcy
Quorum Health Corporation, which owns Red Bud Regional Hospital and 22 other community hospitals across the country, announced Tuesday it has entered into a financial restructuring agreement that will protect…
Read MoreSchools, churches, bars and restaurants closed as coronavirus closes in on area
(For the latest article that appeared in the March 18 Republic-Times, click here.) Local churches are the latest to close amid COVID-19 concerns. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville announced…
Read MoreDoctors leave local practice
A trio of longtime doctors in Monroe County will no longer be practicing medicine here, the public learned Monday. Drs. Michael Kirk, Sean Lattimore and Kenneth Hawn are no longer…
Read MoreWPD responds to incident at Lakeview Park
A Waterloo police officer responding to a report of an unresponsive male subject at Lakeview Park on Tuesday evening was apparently struck by the man he was trying to help.…
Read MoreControversy over ambulance services comes to forefront
The Monroe County Board meeting Monday morning was a scene of irony. On one hand, the commissioners endorsed a proclamation observing May 17-23 as Emergency Medical Services Week. The same…
Read MoreRBRH investing in surgical center
Red Bud Regional Hospital is making a play to own a majority stake in the Monroe County Surgical Center located on the Southern Illinois Center for Health campus in Waterloo.…
Read MoreRBRH parent company in $98 million settlement
One of the largest publicly-traded hospital companies in the country will pay more than $98 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into “medically unnecessary” inpatient admissions of Medicare…
Read MoreRed Bud Regional Hospital honored for blood drive efforts
The mission of American Red Cross Biomedical Services is to provide Americans with the safest, most reliable, most cost-effective blood possible through voluntary donations. The Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region of…
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