COVID-19 Pressures As Outbreak Worsens, Food Insecurity | Indiana Newsdesk

WFIU | By Joe Hren

Published November 20, 2020 at 10:40 PM EST

Local food banks will receive $75,000 through the grant program.

Across the state, local officials are rethinking their operations as the coronavirus pandemic worsens… closing schools, limiting social gatherings, and imposing fines on businesses that don’t enforce the state’s mask mandate. Coming up, the latest on the coronavirus and the pressure communities are under as the outbreak continues to get worse.

Many food banks around the area have already smashed their yearly records for output… and with Thanksgiving less than a week away, we’re just now heading into their busiest time of the year.

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