Police close Hobby Lobby stores that reopened amid coronavirus

Police in Wisconsin and Indiana had to step in and close multiple Hobby Lobby arts-and-crafts stores this week after they reopened in violation of restrictions on non-essential businesses that have been imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A Hobby Lobby store in Jeffersonville, Indiana, was closed by police on Monday, just hours after it reopened after a brief hiatus amid the coronavirus crisis The Indiana store is one of several locations in the Midwest that were shuttered by police for flouting stay-at-home orders A sign on the door reads: 'To our customers, Based on guidance from public health officials, we are closed effective 03/24/2020 due to the Covid 19 coronavirus. We will reopen when the situation improves, and look forward to returning to normalcy' These latest developments come a week after DailyMail.com obtained a letter sent to Hobby Lobby stores by CEO David Green, who wrote that his wife Barbara had had a heavenly vision from God telling the chain to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic. Hobby Lobby leadership reportedly sent a letter to its employees last week saying it planned to keep its stores open amid the coronavirus pandemic and 'continue to make every effort to work the employees.' Evangelical couple running Hobby Lobby's $6billion arts-and-crafts empire claim they got a message from God to keep stores open amid coronavirus outbreak following string of controversies Forbes rates CEO David Green and wife Barbara as the 70th richest family in the United States, with a net worth of $6 billion.