Author Archives: Michelle Mitchell
Illinois Retail Merchants Association Launches Advertising Campaign Promoting Healthy Habits to Keep People Safe
April 15, 2020- Illinois retailers are asking customers to take precautions, including wearing masks, to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The Illinois Retail Merchants Association launched an advertisin...
Apr 15, 2020
Officials Announce Two Additional Deaths Associated with Fair Havens Senior Living
April 15, 2020 – The Macon County Joint Crisis Communication Team held a press conference today to announced two additional deaths associated with Fair Havens Senior Living. With the addition of...
Apr 15, 2020
IDHS to Close Remaining Local Office Lobbies
April 15, 2020- The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is taking another step to protect its staff and residents of Illinois by temporarily closing 11 Family Community Resource Centers (FCRC...
Apr 15, 2020
Comptroller Mendoza Establishes Online Portal Showing State’s COVID-19 Purchases
April 15, 2020- The Office of Illinois Comptroller has established an online portal showing the state's COVID-19 coronavirus-related purchases and amounts spent on necessary supplies for the ongoing f...
Apr 15, 2020
2019 Macon County Final Multiplier Announced
April 15th, 2020- Macon County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property assess...
Apr 15, 2020
LISTEN: Lauren Young of Dale's Southlake Pharmacy, Colee's Corner Drugs and Colee's Community Pharmacy
April 15th, 2020- Lauren Young of Dale’s Southlake Pharmacy, Colee’s Corner Drugs, and Colee’s Community Pharmacy talks about how their locations are serving customers throughout the...
Apr 15, 2020
LISTEN: Building Support for Lockhart's Barber Shop and Barber College, Presented by Romano Company
April 15th, 2020- This Building Support for Small Business Spotlight features Lockhart’s Barber Shop and Barber College. Listen to the podcast as Brandon Kraus talks about their barbershop being...
Apr 15, 2020
LISTEN: School Board Update with Beth Nolan- April 15th
April 15th, 2020- Beth Nolan joins Byers & Co. to bring you the School Board Update. Nolan recaps the latest school board meeting and talks about some new hirings in the district, a swap of princi...
Apr 15, 2020
Protections and Guidance for Illinois Residents Receiving Federal Stimulus Checks
April 15th, 2020- Governor Pritzker is suspending laws that permit the service of a garnishment summons, wage deduction summons, or a citation to discover assets as part of consumer debt collection pr...
Apr 15, 2020
LISTEN: The New Normal with DMH's Drew Early
April 15th, 2020- Drew Early of DMH joins Byers & Co. to talk about how nothing is normal at the hospital right now. From food service to extra cleaning and restructuring of food service, all to k...
Apr 15, 2020