Newsmaker: @BKDLLP promotes Lauren Smith to senior associate ow.ly/4vkB30iHqNR

Newsmaker: Tractor Supply donates 38 bags of pet food to shelter ow.ly/Y6Lm30iHreu

Newsmaker: Public Service Co. crews return after work in Puerto Rico in effort to restore power after Hurricane Maria ow.ly/WiD430iHrpn

Newsmaker: Hideaway Pizza 🍕 Hideaway Pizza television campaign wins Best of Show-Broadcast at state advertising awards ceremony ow.ly/ZdMn30iHruu

Newsmaker: BTC Broadband, OneNet announce deal in Okmulgee to bring fiber-fast speeds to schools, libraries and businesses in Okmulgee area, including OSUT ow.ly/IfVX30iHrAF

Did you catch our news last month? Tulsa Business & Legal News and the Tulsa World will merge March 31. All legal notices will be published in the Tulsa World. March 30 will be the final issue of the Tulsa Business & Legal News.

Newsmaker: Cherokee Nation Businesses Cherokee Nation Businesses has committed an increase in volunteer efforts and donations to Iron Gate’s soup kitchen and grocery pantry. ow.ly/NsHV30iHrPA

Newsmaker: Leadership Oklahoma honors area volunteers Adrienne Watt Nesser, Molly Jarvis, Brian West and Hayley Rose at Helping Oklahoma Recognition. ow.ly/DoVY30iHrS6

Newsmaker: Call center Connexions Loyalty @CxLoyalty celebrates opening of Tulsa office at Eastgate Metroplex ow.ly/6IUs30iHs5x

Newsmaker: Tulsa Job Corps names Carl Hilliard new director, improvements for North Lewis Avenue facility ow.ly/L2zO30iHsgl

Harold Dorsey spent 24 years on the first floor of the Tulsa County Courthouse shining shoes. Thursday was his last day. ow.ly/49Fe30iJEWX

Workforce Perspective with Dr. Michele Neil-Sherwood: Easy ways to fit in more movement at work ow.ly/j34c30iPRoM

Newsmaker: Hideaway Pizza 🍕 introduces new pizza, The Pollinator, that will go toward saving monarch butterflies ow.ly/dYSy30iQcjq

Newsmaker: Hogan Assessments names Ryne Sherman chief science officer ow.ly/W5V830iS9Jy

Newsmaker: BKD CPAs hires Siera Estes as consultant ow.ly/htUE30j5sbr

Newsmaker: Kendall Whittier (Kendall Whittier ) , Tulsa Route 66 locations among Main Street Oklahoma award finalists ow.ly/bbHS30j5sfO

Immigration attorney Lorena Rivas named winner of Fern Holland Award ow.ly/7PXz30jbPwO

In a year's time, Lynn Flinn of has compiled some of the best quotes from business leaders. She shares them here: ow.ly/1pYL30je34J

#Law school spotlight: All 3 of state's law schools (TU College of Law OU College of Law OCU School of Law ) reporting drops in enrollment since 2011 but say trend is starting to reverse itself ow.ly/h7nJ30je41L

Tomorrow you can pick up the final edition of the Tulsa Business & Legal News before it mergers into the . You can read about the history of the 109-year-old publication and more.