Developers are nervous, restaurant owners face tough call, Byron Nelson called off: Your Tuesday evening roundup

Cowboys fans see Sean Lee remain and Jason Witten leave on busy day.  [Evening roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 03/17/2020 By Todd Davis Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Erin Willis, owner and operator of RM 12:20 Bistro in Lake Highlands, prepares her upcoming inventory list Monday. (Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) CORONAVIRUS [‘If we all close, they literally have nothing’: Dallas restaurant owner faces tall order]( columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: Lake Highlands restaurant owner Erin Willis marked time Monday morning in a waiting room while an oral surgeon removed her daughter’s wisdom teeth. It seemed like a reasonable plan two months ago — before the coronavirus turned the world upside down. She feels confident about her own family’s safety; [it’s her work family]( — and the Lake Highlands community — she’s most worried about. Also: Dallas County reports 9 new COVID-19 cases, [bringing total to 28]( governor activates National Guard. Editorial: Here’s [the most important thing]( you can do to beat COVID-19. ADVERTISEMENT  SPORTS [PGA Tour cancels four more tournaments, including the AT&T Byron Nelson]( The 2020 AT&T Byron Nelson was scheduled to be the final Nelson played at Trinity Forest Golf Club. Turns out, it won’t even happen at all. The Nelson, along with three other PGA events announced on Tuesday, became the latest casualties of a sports world littered with cancellations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. [The Nelson becomes one of eight PGA Tour events to get canceled this month]( with three other events - the Masters, the PGA Championship and the Punta Cana Corales Resort & Club Championship - have been postponed.  Goodbye, again: Source says Cowboys tight end [Jason Witten]( agreed to a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders.   Welcome back: Veteran linebacker [Sean Lee]( re-signed with the Cowboys on a 1-year deal.  BUSINESS [D-FW builders and developers hope construction continues despite coronavirus]( Developers and builders who make Dallas-Fort Worth one of the country’s top construction markets are watching businesses across the country shut down. But local building executives are hoping that the growing pandemic won’t force them to halt construction on projects worth [billions of dollars across North Texas](. "We are talking to contractors on projects in process that are telling us they still plan to stay on schedule," developer Bill Cawley said. "On projects about to start, we have asked for a pause for a few weeks to see how all this plays out."  More stores close: Nordstrom, Macy’s, family-operated [retailers cut hours](.   Also: [American Airlines]( is asking workers to take unpaid leave and early retirement.  ADVERTISEMENT (Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Oil and Cotton instructors Abby Whitworth (left) and Shannon Driscoll (right) speak with their virtual students with Katy Cusick (center) on a desktop computer at their storefront location in Bishop Arts in Dallas on Tuesday. Oil and Cotton have taken their classes online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and students and instructors participate in daily instruction over video calls. [Click here for all of our coronavirus coverage](. EDITORS' PICKS - Dang: [Dallas culture]( is canceled. - Politics: [Former Republican state Rep. Jason Villalba]( said there’s a need for objective data-driven information on Texas Latinos to help lawmakers' decisions. - Crime: [North Texas feds]( say a crime ring traveled the U.S. to steal retail goods and sell them on Amazon. ADVERTISEMENT FINALLY... [Love in the time of coronavirus: Proposal planned for Costa Rica diverted to Uptown]( Tom Fleming of Dallas had the perfect moment to propose to his girlfriend of six years: on a Costa Rican beach, surrounded by family, during spring break this week. He had a screen-printed towel with the words, "Future Mrs. Fleming, March 16, 2020, Costa Rica." He had a classic ring that he redesigned with Melissa Kalvin’s blessing, assuring her a proposal was coming — but not for at least another year. And he had a message in a bottle, purchased by his mother, that he planned to give Kalvin as the sun set on Monday, March 16. But as the coronavirus began spreading across North Texas, [Fleming’s family called off their 21-person trip, and with it, his perfect proposal](. 👋 That's all for this afternoon! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](