Bright Spot: Family welcomes baby girl on St. Patrick's Day


URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — One family had the luck of the Irish when they welcomed a new addition to their family on St. Patrick’s Day.

The new addition, a baby girl, was born in the Blessed Beginnings Birthing Center at OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana. She was born at 6:35 a.m. and weighed just over six pounds.


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