Anxiety and the coronavirus challenge, Dallas developers press on, photos of our changing streets: Your Monday evening roundup

Comments return  [Evening roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 03/30/2020 By Todd Davis Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Lauren Stroh, who is both a counselor and musician, deals with clinical anxiety and depression. "I'm trying to allow myself to sleep when I'm tired," she said. "And to have a bad day." She is photographed here with her emotional support dog, Murphy. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) CORONAVIRUS [How a Dallas musician and therapist who copes with anxiety and depression is walking through the COVID-19 crisis]( Metro columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: In what’s surely been the longest month since the Gregorian calendar’s invention, few of us have been able to budge our internal perpetual-worry channels. But for Dallas musical artist and counselor Lauren Stroh, living this way is a thousand times worse because she is sheltering in place in the company of clinical anxiety and depression. I met 32-year-old Stroh through my recent mental-health reporting, and after COVID-19 first struck North Texas, she promised to stay in touch on how things were going. [Excerpts from her daily journal the last two weeks were telling](. Also: [Dallas County]( reports 61 more coronavirus cases and an 11th death. And: [Evictions in Texas are halted]( but what happens to renters when the suspension lifts? ADVERTISEMENT  BUSINESS [Dallas developers with new projects say they’ll press on through the uncertainties]( Developers who recently kicked off new Dallas-area projects are pushing ahead. They aren’t canceling projects but may face some delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mill Creek Residential is just starting work on its 14-story apartment tower on North Central Expressway south of Mockingbird Lane. [The good news is that the building isn’t set for completion until the end of 2021 or early 2022](. "In that and similar cases with new starts, the delivery time frame is so far out, we remain optimistic this unforeseen health crisis will have subsided and major construction delays will not materialize," said Michael Blackwell, Mill Creek senior managing director.  Also: [Neiman Marcus]( expects to furlough most of its 14,000 employees.   And: [Southwest Airlines' CEO]( says the company is parking more planes and cutting spending as the COVID-19 challenge grows.  FOOD AND DRINK [Is the takeout model sustainable? Lucia and others are regrouping, temporarily closing]( For the past decade, Lucia has been a fixture in the Dallas dining scene. The intimate 36-seat restaurant nestled inside Bishop Arts’ cluster of brick buildings, where reservations are hard to come by and the menu offers inventive takes on Italian classics, is a destination in its own right. [But Lucia’s windows have now gone dark]( ― a brick and mortar casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another business cut down in its prime by an enemy too small to see but far too dangerous to ignore.  National Doctors’ Day: [Dallas-area restaurants]( are offering free meals and discounts to frontline healthcare workers.   Also: Here are [100-plus Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants]( offering drive-thru, delivery and to-go options as dining rooms forced to close.  ADVERTISEMENT (Ashley Landis and Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographers) PHOTO OF THE DAY Last week, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson issued shelter-in-place orders. [Here are scenes from recognizable Dallas locations]( both before and after the stay-at-home orders took effect. EDITORS' PICKS - Courts: [A federal judge]( temporarily blocked Texas’ ban on abortions during the coronavirus pandemic. - Gardening: To keep pests out of your new garden, it’s all about maintaining [a natural balance](. - Gromer Jeffers: [President Trump’s reelection bid]( hinges on his handling of coronavirus pandemic. ADVERTISEMENT FINALLY... [Your voice matters: We’re reintroducing comments on DallasNews.com]( Comments are returning to DallasNews.com. You can now connect with other readers via the comments section in featured articles. You’ll also see Dallas Morning News journalists posting there often. We value your opinions, so feel free to ask questions or share your thoughts openly. [Here's how to join the conversation.]( 👋 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](