WELLINGTON ? A south-central Kansas hospital has reopened after a bomb threat forced it to evacuate.

Wellington police said hospital staff were beginning to return around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday after no threats were found.

Police Chief Tracy Heath says a clerk at Sumner Regional Medical Center received a threatening phone call around 9 a.m. Wednesday about a device near the emergency room.

Staff at the 80-bed hospital called law enforcement, who started a voluntary evacuation.

Twenty-four patients were transferred to different facilities.