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Local Nonprofits Work Together To Give Children Fighting Cancer A Reason To Smile Volunteers and Tulsa Fire Department firefighters packed aisles to purchase toys, bikes and electronics for 43 children fighting cancer. It's part of a "Spring Fling" shopping event put on by Tulsa Metro Women on Fire and Hydrants of Hope. The event was created by firefighter Mark Meyer, who died of cancer in 2019. Meyer’s daughter, Kinsey Blunt, knows how hard it can be to see a loved one battle cancer. "It was just a relief to have an outlet and have people who kind of took our mind off of things and fun thi...

Huge wildfire rages on Table Mountain forcing hundreds of University of Cape Town students to evacuate - as academic library burns and historic 300-year-old mill is destroyed More than 100 firefighters were sent to battle a blaze that broke out on Table Mountain early on Sunday morning The fire destroyed part of a memorial to Cecil Rhodes, located on Devils Peak, before spreading rapidly up the slopes Hundreds of students from the University of Cape Town were evacuated as runaway flames set several of the university's buildings ablaze  Residents have not been evacuated but have been cautione...

Print Maya’s Cookies, a vegan cookie business launched five years ago by San Diego resident Maya Madsen, has partnered with the international plant-based restaurant chain By Chloe, to offer a specialty cookie at the restaurants during the month of March in honor of International Women’s Day, which was Monday. The Raspberry Double Chip cookie is being sold exclusively at By Chloe locations and on Maya’s cookie website, mayascookies.com. The cookies are made with brown sugar dough, semisweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chunks and fresh raspberries. Maya Madsen of Maya’s Cookies i...

By Matt Reese Farmers and trees have a contentious relationship. While livestock on pasture can benefit from their summer shade, there are few other practical benefits of trees on farm ground. They persistently plague fence rows, rob yields from surrounding crops and serve as highly inconvenient obstacles for farm equipment of every kind.  With this reality in mind, I always marvel when I see a lone tree standing out in the middle of a farm field. Why is it there? Each one has a different story, I’m sure. In every case, though, a striking tree standing out in the middle of a farm field is ...

Print La Taverna, a new Italian restaurant with dishes inspired by the cuisines of Rome and Sicily, opened in late February in Hillcrest. Taking over the space formerly occupied by Malandrino Ristorante, La Taverna serves an all-organic menu of house-made pastas, wood-fired pizzas and classic Southern Italian dishes. The restaurant serves a wide menu of Italian wines. Diners can build their own pasta dishes with choices of six sauces, 12 pasta noodles and seven proteins. There are also antipasti dishes, salads, soup, risotto, plated entrees and nearly two dozen varieties of pizza. Open from...