The Thursday filing deadline also saw 14 confirmed candidates in the statewide Republican primary for U.S. Senate and five in the companion Democratic primary for the open seat.

A recap of the fields in the five Shelby County Schools board races and 16 races for the Tennessee Legislature.

Memphis Oral School for the Deaf and Madonna Learning Center are confronting unique online learning challenges.

The funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that became law.

Isabella, a 4-year-old patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, sailed into hospital history with her decidedly-of-the-times No More Chemo party.

Nearly 4,500 people logged on to QuarantineCon, an online professional development conference co-founded by Memphis native Scooter Taylor. 

If you have been tested for COVID-19, isolate as if you are positive.

The faithful are attending Sunday school, Bible study and choir practice on YouTube and Twitter, and turning Facebook into a fellowship hall. 

The head of Memphis Tourism said on "Behind The Headlines" that the recovery of the tourism sector in the city could stretch into 2022. Kevin Kane was appointed recently to a state task force on the economic recovery from COVID-19.

Frayser church volunteers its property to become needed testing site in the neighborhood. 

Gov. Bill Lee issued a “shelter at home” order Thursday, April 2, but said it was based on traffic data rather than the urging of physicians who asked him more than a week ago to take extra steps to restrict the transmission of COVID-19 with a surge approaching.

State lawmakers say schools likely won't reopen this year amid the COVID-19 threat, and some are questioning the state Department of Education for rolling out applications for education savings accounts during an emergency.

The state plans to build a temporary hospital of non-acute care beds at the Gateway Shopping Center on Jackson Avenue. Other sites are being evaluated.

City braces for surge in COVID-19 cases. An announcement is expected Friday, April 3, on the site of a 1,000-bed temporary hospital to accommodate the coming surge, local leaders announced Thursday. 

Daily Memphian photographers Jim Weber, Mark Weber and Patrick Lantrip, along with a number of regular contributors, document the impact as citizens, businesses and government deal with the novel coronavirus in Memphis and Shelby County. To view our full coverage, check out The Daily Memphian’s coronavirus landing page.

View images in the March photo gallery here. 

It's Thursday, April 2. The state is looking for temporary medical facilities and the county is looking for new voting machines. Plus, words of wisdom for parents who are suddenly teachers. 

“This is not just a recommendation but a requirement supported in law,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, health department medical officer.

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

Governor Bill Lee will sign Executive Order 23 requiring that Tennesseans stay home unless they are carrying out essential activities as data shows an increase in citizen movement across the state.

Five incumbents could effectively win re-election at Thursday's noon deadline, but that's not a sure thing for most of them. And eight of the 16 seats in the Shelby County delegation to Nashville on the Aug. 6 ballot will likely be decided with the primaries as the winners run unopposed in the November general election.

Dan Spector died Tuesday of COVID-19. He loved the Tigers, Judaism, politics, Midtown, newspapers, the arts — and a brilliant white flower that bloomed just one night a year.

Projecting an April 19-20 COVID-19 peak, Gov. Bill Lee predicts the state will need 7,000 more hospital beds to handle the worst scenario of patient demand.

Shelby County employees would be able to deposit and withdraw paid sick days from a sick leave bank.

County purchasing officials won’t make bid documents on a new voting system public until after the Election Commission makes a final decision. 

Expanded testing and continued social distancing are necessary to slow the spread of the coronavirus, experts told Shelby County Commissioners.