For the first time since World War Two, Louisville is not hosting the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, The 146th Running of the Roses has been postponed until September at the earliest.

In the few days since its release, the song “Lift Up Louisville” has had more than 29,000 views on YouTube. Nearly 30 artists with ties to the city created the song. The creators think this could be a model for other cities and a new way for artists to work together.

When Donn Adams left for a trip to Mexico in early March, he felt like he was getting a cold. He returned to Louisville in a wheelchair, and soon after would become the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Jefferson County.

Now nearly two months later, Donn and Marky Adams invited the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting onto their back porch to reflect on their experience in the early days of the pandemic.

The museum has been essentially on “lockdown” since it closed to the public in mid-March. But just because the lights are dimmed, that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing happening inside.

As teachers have moved their instruction online during the coronavirus pandemic, music classes have become challenging. One middle school orchestra director has found a way to help his students make music together.

The state reports that there have been more than 521,500 unemployment claims filed in Kentucky since March 16. That unprecedented flood of applicants includes newly eligible workers, independent contractors, self-employed, freelancers, substitute teachers and others who were able to apply for benefits after Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's executive order on March 25.

More than a half million people in Kentucky have filed unemployment claims as a result of the pandemic. That number includes lots of workers who weren’t previously eligible, including self-employed artists. WFPL arts reporter Stephanie Wolf spoke with some of them.

With public gatherings off the table during the pandemic, people are finding safe ways to celebrate events and milestones. Things like virtual baby showers or family reunions. WFPL arts reporter Stephanie Wolf met a family celebrating a 12th birthday in the age of coronavirus.

The Kentucky history museum has launched the Coronavirus Capsule, crowdsourcing stories and artwork that capture how we’re all experiencing this unprecedented crisis.

Ronald Nelson wants out of jail.

For seven months, he’s been serving time for drug charges in the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He’s got just four months left on his sentence. But as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, Nelson, 38, said every day he’s locked up seems like an unnecessary risk to his well-being.

“We’re scared,” he said in a recent interview via video call. “We’re all scared to death.”