Category Archives: COVID-19
LISTEN: How to Incorporate Masks Into Daily Life with Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe
April 30th, 2020- Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe talks about relying on people to do the right thing as restrictions are loosened, how to incorporate a mask into daily life, what she is seeing in communities...
Apr 30, 2020
HUD Announces Additional CARES Funding For Public Housing
April 29, 2020 – The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded CARES Act funding for local public housing authorities in the amount of $2.68 million. The CARES Act Supplem...
Apr 30, 2020
Healthcare Workers File Brief Against Legal Challenges To Stay At Home Order
April 29, 2020 – Groups representing Doctors and Hospitals in Illinois are fighting back against a legal case challenging Governor JB Pritzker’s stay at home order. The American Nurses Ass...
Apr 29, 2020
National School Lunch Hero Day
April 29th, 2020- - National School Lunch Hero Day is Friday, May 1, 2020. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 health crisis, Aramark's nutrition staff have safely delivered more than 65,000 free meal...
Apr 29, 2020
ADM Partners with Sazerac to Increase Hand Sanitizer Production
April 29th, 2020- ADM has partnered with Sazerac Company, the largest producer of distilled spirits in North America, to help increase Sazerac's production of hand sanitizer and support efforts to fig...
Apr 29, 2020
Limited Meat Supplies In Illinois
April 29th, 2020- Meat options at Illinois grocery stores could be limited after plant closures prompted by the spread of COVID-19. Illinois Farm Bureau officials said consumers can expect to see fewe...
Apr 29, 2020
LISTEN: The Boys and Girls Club Expand After Hours Meal Plan
April 29th, 2020- Shamika Bond of the Boys and Girls Club joins Byers & Co. to talk about how they have expanded their after-hours meal plan to all members of the community, how they are adding vi...
Apr 29, 2020
LISTEN: Separation of Church and State with Wayne Kent
April 29th, 2020- Direct Line’s Wayne Kent joins Byers & Co. to discuss the wide range of behavior from churches during the pandemic, his belief that most are doing the right thing, his thou...
Apr 29, 2020
LISTEN: School Board Update with Beth Nolan
April 29th, 2020- Beth Nolan joins Byers & Co. to talk about how the workers working to provide meals are embracing the role in a fun way, gives an update on the bus contract situation, how they a...
Apr 29, 2020
LISTEN: City Daily Update with Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe - April 29th
April 29th, 2020- Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe joins Byers & Co. to talk about the current state of the pandemic in the city, enforcement of the governor’s orders, and the incremental reopening o...
Apr 29, 2020