Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.

Gov. Bill Lee has ordered all nonessential businesses to close and Mayor Jim Strickland announces access to Memphis parks will be limited, starting Tuesday.

It's Monday, March 30, and Virtual Chalkfest begins today. We've also got guardsmen in Gallatin, high schools looking at esports and a Downtown diamond hitting a milestone. 

Midsouth Makers is scaled up to continue production for as long as it's needed, members say. Their only worry is that the supply chain for 3-D printer filament may break down.

As COVID-19 impacts tax revenues and creates other demands for Shelby County government, funding MATA will probably have to wait.

Nearly 60 nursing home residents and more than 30 staffers at a nursing home northeast of Nashville test positive for COVID-19.

Managing the coronavirus pandemic will be an uncertain process that takes more than a year to navigate. Are big public festivals compatible with this new reality? 

The City of Memphis is now reporting 379 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County.

No visits are permitted at any Shelby County jail facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Dozens of students are hunkered down in deserted residence halls here, socializing the same way they are going to class – entirely online.

• Shelby County Health Department confirms a death; Mississippi Department of Health reports one
• Businesses can apply for both available relief loans
• Germantown lays off all part-time city employees
• Jail visitations via video only

Folks across Shelby County are making the best of challenging times with generosity and kindness.

Some local golf courses are open but imposing social-distancing precautions. 

Local professionals give advice for small businesses hurt by coronavirus plague and steps businesses can take to get needed capital.

Abuses of social-distancing restrictions at city parks could force the city to close them.

A crisis brings out the good in Memphians, from restaurateurs to anonymous donors to business owners and nonprofit organizations.

Shelby County Election Commissioners will meet electronically Wednesday, April 1, to discuss a new voting system for county elections.

The number of 2,218 tested in Shelby County comes with no details unlike state numbers that reveal testing by types of labs and age ranges. And because it's a total over a period of time in which the response and other measure to the virus have changed, it is still difficult to tell what the number means.

Gov. Bill Lee's second year in office morphs into crisis mode, forcing him to make decisions on the fly, many of which he is reversing in a matter of days to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 200 inmates have been released from the county jail and several cases dismissed in an effort to reduce the jail population amid fears over COVID-19.

Tennessee could sidestep a days-long lag time for COVID-19 through new testing equipment expected to be introduced during the coming week, enabling results to be shown in an hour or less.

Lee commented as he moved the state's daily briefing on the pandemic to Memphis and met with local leaders. State officials announced the death toll from the virus in the state has now risen to six.

Across-the-street neighbors Melinda Henson and Laura Allen realized they weren't seeing as much of each other as they should. So they took it upon themselves to connect as only two elementary school teachers could. In the process, they taught a lesson to us all.

Elliot Perry and Justise Winslow make two food distribution events possible for Memphis Athletic Ministries.

The FedEx Express hub in Memphis has added no-touch thermal imaging and forehead temperature testing for workers, vendors and visitors to its precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.