Historic steps saved, moved
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The steps of historic significance at the corner of Miami and Russell streets in Urbana are shown prior to their dismantling and removal for preservation.
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Work crews remove the steps from the corner of Miami and Russell streets in Urbana. The steps are being saved and moved to Oak Dale Cemetery due to their historical significance.
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Work crews remove the steps from the corner of Miami and Russell streets in Urbana. The steps are being saved and moved to Oak Dale Cemetery due to their historical significance.
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People who travel Miami Street frequently will find something missing from the corner of Miami and Russell streets. Gone are the “Roosevelt Steps.” Rumor has it, President Theodore Roosevelt spoke from these steps during a campaign stop in 1912. There is no historical proof of this claim. What did happen is crowds of onlookers greeted President Theodore Roosevelt from t
Urbana Hospital teams up with UFD
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Urbana Hospital Emergency Department nurse Cheryl Wears and Emergency Department Medical Director Wade Smith, DO, are working with Urbana Fire and EMS to provide primary and preventive care to patients in their homes.
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SPRINGFIELD – Mercy Health-Urbana Hospital, in close collaboration with Urbana Fire and EMS, launched its Community Paramedicine (CP) program on February 1. The program is funded by a three-year, $225,000 grant the hospitals secured through the Ohio Department of Health’s Community Paramedicine Rural Health Pilot Program last year.
Urbana Hospital Emergency Department nurse Cheryl Wears, RN, BSN, EMT-p, Emergency Department Medical Director Wade Smith, DO, and Urbana Fire and EMS are working together to care for a community of patients who can receive the treatment they need at home instead of at the emergency department.
Flora named Urbana firefighter of the year
The Urbana Fire Division has announced John Flora is the 2020 Firefighter of the Year.
Flora was awarded this honor for his work as the division’s EMS coordinator and assistance in creating Emergency Temporary Measures that have driven policies in helping keep the community and personnel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even while dealing with these pandemic-related tasks, Flora also found the time to lead the charge to secure the division’s first video laryngoscope devices, which is a tool that will help take the Division’s EMS program to the next level with regard to technology. In addition, Flora secured funding through an EMS grant at no cost to the city.