Some meals were distributed at St. Patrick Community Outreach Center, St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen and St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Mission.

The city is in the midst of gathering public input for its public arts master plan. While guidelines prohibit large gatherings, public input will look slightly different than originally planned.

As we shelter at home, new methods of conducting business and social activities may lead to vocal fatigue.

In Memphis, 75% of the fatal cases have been African Americans. The underlying health disparities that make them vulnerable aren't new; coronavirus reveals the repercussions.

The EDGE board on Wednesday approved a $1 million fund for Neighborhood Emergency Economic Development grants to coronavirus-impacted businesses in distressed neighborhoods. EDGE immediately began accepting applications.

Remainder of state basketball tournaments, all spring sports canceled.

Twelve more Downtown businesses have applied for forgivable loans totaling $79,900 and which are designed to help them survive the effects of COVID-19.

Online classes for seniors at risk of not graduating because of failing grades are scheduled to begin April 20 and run through May 22.

Gov. Bill Lee calls for schools to shut down for remainder of academic year, plan for fall reopening with precautions.

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings said Wednesday, April 15, that violent crime is up slightly in the city since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the police department has launched a sting operation to combat the uptick.

The Memphis airport has gone from 6,000-plus passengers and 80-90 flights a day to 20 or fewer flights and a few hundred passengers as COVID-19 hammers air travel.

Gov. Bill Lee is admitting Tennessee runs the risk of a COVID-19 surge when the state starts to reopen the economy in May, but he argued an economic shutdown can’t continue for months, and he hopes to quell a surge with more testing and hospital capacity.

COVID-19 testing will ramp up Friday, April 17, as the city moves into more areas with mobile testing, Mayor Jim Strickland said Wednesday, April 15.

Shelby County is reporting 1,432 cases of coronavirus and 31 deaths as of Wednesday, April 15. 

For 62-year-old Hans Guenther of Germantown, the retired life was the good life — until the so-called invisible enemy paid a visit. 

Coronavirus has thrown off everything in sports, including the local WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Reports of a revamped schedule have the local PGA stop moving to the end of July.

Cherokee Health Systems is offering COVID-19 testing to new and current patients at its Frayser location, 2574 Frayser Boulevard. 

Shelby County Commission has approved spending $2.5 million for coronavirus testing and other expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some local chiropractors have stayed open, while others have closed due to coronavirus concerns. The balance of safety and pain relief make the decision extremely difficult. 

COVID-19 has changed the Shelby County's fiscal landscape, and responding to that is now the budget priority, county Mayor Lee Harris says.

This is usually a good time of year for Memphis Airbnb hosts to be booked for months, but they are losings thousands of dollars in income until travel resumes.

University of Memphis president David Rudd told The Daily Memphian that "current indicators would suggest" students will be back on campus in the fall. He's hopeful football will be back, too. 

House Education Committee Chairman Mark White is skeptical about the safety of reopening schools this year because of the need to maintain social distancing.

When researchers see a lull in new cases, they look to how well social distancing was going two weeks earlier.

The Fresh Market, following CDC recommendations to cover your face, is the first grocery in town asking that shoppers put on face masks before coming in the store.