• Mayor John Cooper says that nine people in Davidson County have died and released a “heat map” graphic to show areas of the city with concentrations of cases.
• Nashville’s leaders are looking at converting downtown hotels to temporary apartments for doctors and nurses that cannot return home safely because of possible exposure to COVID-19.
• Surprising nobody, package alcohol sales are up as much as 55 percent in the mid-state, and it’s not just for drinking.
• The one-two punch of a destructive tornado and the coronavirus public health crisis has made an already difficult budget cycle that much harder, with a combination of cuts and property taxes increases all but inevitable.
• Legendary singer/songwriter John Prine died Tuesday following complications associated with COVID-19. Prine was 73.
• Many Nashvillians are tackling those home improvement projects, and that is putting a strain on area hospitals when accidents happen.
• The owners of several lower Broadway bars have furloughed all of their employees Wednesday as the public health crisis enters its fourth week.
• The state of Tennessee expects to pay out more than 100,000 unemployment claims this week, with as many as 250,000 applying over the last three weeks.
• Rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill have donated face masks to inmates and staff at Tennessee’s prisons in hopes of limiting exposure to the virus.
• Police say a 39 year-old Nashville man broke into a Church street bar to steal alcohol Monday night. He has similar prior convictions.
• A pair of siblings gave out free toilet paper in Donelson Wednesday for those unable to find any in stores.
• Rep. Jim Cooper’s chief of staff says that her COVID-19 test sample was lost on two separate occasions, highlighting the struggle to complete the tests in the state.
• A longstanding Passover tradition between the West End Synagogue and the Metro Nashville Police Department took place Wednesday, with  Chief Steve Anderson purchasing the synagogue’s leavened products. The chief will “sell” them back once the holiday is over.
• Brentwood-based Tractor Supply announced Monday that it is hiring 5,000 full and part-time employees.
• TPAC announced that shows will remain canceled through May 13 and launched the “Forward! Recovery Fund” for theater supporters to help offset the losses from the COVID-19 crisis.
• Season ticket holders for the Nashville Predators have been given options for what to do with the un-played portion of the season and will work with those that need assistance.
• Bridgestone Arena says they are working to reschedule spring shows that have already been canceled because of the coronavirus.
• The Tennessean has a roundup of how several Nashville-area folks are planning to spend their stimulus checks. The first round of those is expected by the end of this week.
• Nashville SC’s CEO Ian Ayre told fans in a letter that the team expects to begin play at the new Fairgrounds Nashville soccer stadium in May of 2022.

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