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Tulsan develops app to promote local black business owners Tulsan develops app to promote local black business owners and last updated 2021-04-17 01:03:57-04 TULSA, Okla. — The Historic Greenwood District was once a thriving hub in Tulsa, torn down in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. A Tulsan is taking it upon himself to restore prosperous business in Black Wall Street in the form of an app. "When you are actually trying to support you just don’t know where they’re at, you know, that’s the hardest part,” Daniel Rogers said. Rogers launched his app 'Black Dais' this week...

River Valley animal advocates push for spay, neuter law Fort Smith Times Record Officials at local animal shelters said having a law that requires people to spay and neuter their pets would solve the overpopulation problem within the area.  Spaying and neutering pets prevents unwanted litters and prolongs the lives of the animals, said Jo Ellen Banhart, president of the board at Almost Home Shelter in Van Buren. Both Banhart and Steph Ostrin — who runs Deserving Dogs Foster And Rescue, which facilitates dog adoptions in the Booneville area — agreed that having a law that calls for p...

Fort Smith Times Record The room was filled with gray hair and wrinkled smiles. The walls were white but sprinkled with paintings to cheer the room.  People shuffled into the Fort Smith Senior Activity Center, eagerly awaiting the day's lunch special: lasagna. The seniors sat two to a table to keep social distancing practices and donned their masks when they weren't eating. Amid the meal, people chatted among themselves, occasionally hollering a joke to another table.  These people are a part of the nation's fastest-growing age group. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as baby boomers ag...

Booneville Democrat The city of Paris buys energy from a solar farm located in town, and the power accounts for 5% to 10% of all the electricity that the town uses.  “It’s using what God gave us to power our community," Mayor Daniel Rogers said.  Approximately 70% of the power that Paris uses comes from hydroelectricity and solar energy. “I just think that’s amazing," Rogers said.  The city has been using solar energy since about July with Today's Power, a subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperative, said Randy Hatcher, the city's electric superintendent.  Today's Power spent appr...

The city of Paris buys energy from a solar farm located in town, and the power accounts for 5% to 10% of all the electricity that the town uses. "It's using what God gave us to power our community," Mayor Daniel Rogers said. Paris uses comes from hydroelectricity and solar energy. "I just think that's amazing," Rogers said. The city has been using solar energy since about July with Today's Power, a subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperative, said Today's Power spent approximately $250,000 building the site, which included replacing old power line poles from the city, Rogers said. Today'...