Category Archives: News

July 2, 2021 - Dr. Juanita Morris joined Byers & Co to talk about the Dawson Civic Leadership Institute progress and programs, and students Jayden Elliott, Traymar Brown and Alexandria Hickman tal...

July 2, 2021- Pride Month may be over, but the local LGBTQ+ community is far from finished celebrating. Several people came out to Central Park yesterday afternoon draped in pride flags, rainbows, and...

July 1, 2021 - The gas tax in Illinois is set to increase once again, two years after lawmakers doubled the motor vehicle fuel tax to pay for a six-year infrastructure plan. Each gallon of gas in Illi...

July 1, 2021 - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, for the Independence Day holiday to minimize tra...

July 1, 2021 - Read Abraham Lincoln's 1854 letter to a friend, and it seems mundane. Lincoln simply says he has decided not to serve as a state representative again. But what it meant was that the lit...

July 1, 2021 - Fully vaccinated is defined as a procedure date of at least two weeks after a single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine or two weeks after a second dose of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine....

July 1, 2021 - James Keith of the United Way joined Byers & Co to talk about his military background, problem-solving, and coordinating with other social agencies to help.

June 30, 2021 - The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police are joining with law enforcement statewide to drive down injuries and death at a time when traffic fatalities contin...

June 30, 2021 - Many animals have ways to defend themselves from predators, including special toxins like poison and venom. Explore the difference between the two at Rock Springs Nature Center, during...

June 30, 2021 - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports on average, 180 people go to the emergency room every day with fireworks-related injuries in the month around the Fourth of July hol...