Allen County Regional Hospital continues to move toward a possible lease agreement with Saint Luke’s Health System. According to the Register, the hospital continues to share financial information. ACRH Board of Trustees chairman Loren Korte said that he expects the hospital could receive a lease proposal from Saint Luke’s by June or July. The hospital’s current contract with Hospital Corporation of America expires June 2020. The hospital board also received an update on its mammography accreditation. The American College of Radiation approved the hospital’s action plan to restore the accredidation it lost in May 2017.
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Garnett police and emergency responders reponded to an armed subject held up in a home on the west side of US 59 Wednesday morning. According to The Anderson County Review, the subject came out of the house peacefully. No word on what caused the standoff.