Legions of laid-off residents, from restaurant and hotel workers to self-employed, freelancers and participants in the gig economy, await Tennessee's processing of enhanced unemployment benefits funded by Uncle Sam.

There have been 546 COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the metro area that comprises Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties in Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas; and DeSoto and Marshall counties in Mississippi.

You want to know why you should take social distancing seriously? Meet a nurse I know. She lives in Memphis. She tested positive for COVID-19. And y'all just might have crossed paths before the test results came back. 

Two brothers in Memphis made a bet around six years ago. It continues today, and shows exactly how sports bring us together. 

Community development corporations in Memphis are having to adjust strategies on the fly to continue serving the communities they serve in often economically distressed areas. 

Great things have come of being home and self-quarantined. For example, I’ve started reading again – reading voraciously. It started when my mom cleaned out the attic a week ago and found a box of my dad’s old books, including Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series.

U.S. Reps. David Kustoff and Steve Cohen join Tennessee Congressional delegation in calling for more federal assistance to battle COVID-19.

Germantown addressed letting go 209 employees due to the burden it would cause on the general fund. However, other suburbs have not made drastic changes yet.

As COVID-19 cases hit nearly 400 in Shelby County and reached into 77 of 95 counties, Gov. Bill Lee ordered all nonessential businesses to close Monday, March 30, and introduced a statewide “safer at home” measure.

The Memphis mayor also announced he is closing access roads to and in city parks, including Riverside Drive by Tom Lee Park, to discourage large crowds like those that gathered last week during two sunny days. The move stops short of closing city parks outright, but Strickland said he is willing to consider that too.

Shelby County courts have pushed back hearings, trials and court cases for a second time.

Memphis area nursing, like others across the state, are doing what they can to protect the most vulnerable from COVID-19.

Memphis Police say they have seen a slight increase in car thefts, larcenies and robberies during the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Nick Cloud is one of nearly 400 people in Shelby County who’ve contracted the coronavirus COVID-19 infection, but his may be a special case. Cloud, an assistant Shelby County Public Defender, has been in and out of the Shelby County Jail meeting with clients.

The beeping of horns, thank you signs, cheers and applause were loud in the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville parking lot Sunday night as residents thanked health care workers for their service in the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an online press conference Monday, Cohen says matching state standards for gatherings and travel already adopted in Shelby County could ease the strain on Memphis hospitals from the surrounding region once the pandemic reaches its peak here.

An entire nation washing its collective hands for 20 seconds each, numerous times a day, burns through a lot of soap.

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office is investigating a video posted on social media over the weekend showing a Cordova woman being arrested while walking. 

There's no lunch table with classes canceled, unless a group of friends gather via technology to debate sports, dating and the winner of a fight between a gorilla and a bear.

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.