Bomb threat forces lockdowns at 2 Springfield hospitals; nothing found during investigation

A bomb threat forced two Springfield area hospitals to lock down early Saturday morning.

News Center 7 first reported that Kettering Health Springfield went into lockdown this morning after receiving information regarding a bomb threat. Now, Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical Center officials say they also received reports of a bomb threat Saturday morning and were forced into lockdown.

Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical Center got word of a bomb threat shortly after 6 a.m.

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