Trump calls for reopening economy in phases, Paycheck protection on pause and more. Your Thursday evening news roundup

Also, PGA Tour will come to Fort Worth in June, but no fans will be in attendance.  [Evening roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 04/16/2020 By Emily Dunn and Angel Franco Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus at the White House on April 16, 2020.(Alex Brandon) PUBLIC HEALTH [Trump calls for reopening economy in phases, names 2/3 of Senate to huge advisory panel on when and how]( The White House issued guidelines Thursday for states to ease stay-home restrictions that have slowed the COVID-19 outbreak at the cost of widespread unemployment, as President Donald Trump declared that the crisis has crested and [it’s soon time to reopened much of the economy](. “Now that we have passed the peak in new cases, we’re starting life again,” Trump said. “Instead of a blanket shutdown, we will pursue focusing on sheltering the highest-risk individuals.” And: A mosquito sample in Cedar Hill has tested positive for [West Nile virus](. Also: Stimulus checks hit accounts this week, but [your bank could withdraw it]( before you get the chance. ADVERTISEMENT  BUSINESS [Paycheck protection program hits the pause button after reaching $349 billion limit]( Jennifer McMahon spent a decade growing her small business in North Texas and now its future could rest entirely on her ability to secure a loan under the government's overwhelmed Paycheck Protection Program. McMahon, owner and CEO of Diet Solution Centers and its three Dallas-Fort Worth locations, said her company lost roughly 75% of its income when shelter-in-place-orders designed to slow the spread of coronavirus took effect. On Thursday, she learned [the lending program to keep small businesses afloat through the pandemic had hit its $349 billion cap.]( A short time later, Regions Bank notified her she missed out.  And: [DFW and Love Field airports are seeing drastic changes]( similar to those instituted after 2001.   Also: How will your workplace adapt to [social distancing in a post-pandemic world?](  SPORTS [PGA Tour will return to action in June with Fort Worth’s Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial. But no fans are allowed.]( The PGA Tour announced its revised schedule Thursday. The Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, originally scheduled to take place May 18-24, will be the first tournament on the shortened schedule. But it will be occurring three weeks later than originally planned, taking the spot originally occupied by the RBC Canadian Open from June 8-14. [Just don’t plan on heading out there to watch it in person.](  And: 50 players representing all 30 MLB teams have partnered with [Big League Impact, raising more than $900,000 to help feed school children]( impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.   Also: Is ex-Cowboy [Dez Bryant ready to make his NFL comeback?]( trainer of star wide receivers thinks so.  ADVERTISEMENT Aerial view of cars lined up for a North Texas Food Bank free food distribution at Fair Park on Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News) PHOTO OF THE DAY [With National Guard’s help, North Texas Food Bank feeds thousands in 2nd major distribution at Fair Park]( With assistance from the Texas National Guard, the North Texas Food Bank handed out some 6,500 free boxes of food staples in Fair Park on Thursday [in one of the largest distributions]( conducted by the nonprofit during the pandemic to date. The giveaway was the second of its kind in Fair Park and the food bank’s 28th drive-through event since the start of the coronavirus crisis. Thursday’s distribution was hosted by the food bank in partnership with Fair Park First, Spectra and In the City for Good. Thousands of people were lined up when distribution began at 9 a.m. Valerie Hawthorne, director of government relations for the food bank, said some people got to Fair Park in the morning’s wee hours to claim spots up front. EDITORS' PICKS - Entertainment: [The Rustic holds their annual Selena celebration]( with a drive-through look-alike contest on the singer's birthday. - Arts: The arts are under siege, and [we want to hear your stories.]( - Food: Texas growers are finding new ways to get [food directly to customers.]( ADVERTISEMENT FINALLY... [In quarantine, this grandfather mourns the murder of his two beloved grandsons, but he thinks positive]( From Watchdog columnist [Dave Lieber]( People sit in their houses and complain. People complain about being stuck inside. People complain about wearing medical masks to the store and not seeing their friends and family for days, even weeks. People complain about the news being so negative. But if anybody has a right to complain it’s Lonny Schonfeld. More than you or I, Lonny Schonfeld should be in heavy-duty complaint mode every minute of every day. For you see, on March 10 his two beloved grandchildren, Charlie, 12, and Noah, 9, were [shot and killed]( in a Dallas hotel room by their father, police say. That tragedy left Lonny and the boys’ surviving mother Bethy to spend the five weeks since then in their Dallas house under quarantine in what could easily become an emotional prison for them. [If only the grandfather let it be that way. 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