How do you bring electricity and light to children who live half their lives in complete darkness, and their entire lives in abject poverty? Empower Playgrounds is a nonprofit that has come up with an ...

At first glance, a merry-go-round that generates electricity appears to be a charming idea. But Empower Playgrounds President, Ben Markham, came up with the idea in 2006 during an 18-month stint ...

(WHTM) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced several hundred playground merry-go-rounds have been recalled due to a crush hazard. According to CPSC, BCI Burke Company, Inc.

Most children in Essam, Ghana, had never seen a merry-go-round until a Brigham Young University-led team arrived to install the curious device in their village. For ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — An inclusive playground on Richmond’s northside is now home to the city’s first wheelchair-accessible merry-go-round. Thanks to nonprofit SOAR365, the unique new merry-go-round ...

Voters and lawmakers are weighing in on the redistricting battle in Virginia. New townhome development opens in Rustburg, 23 more in the works A new housing community is now open in Rustburg. Virginia ...

Trips to the park are still a treasured part of childhood, but today’s playgrounds have changed a lot since you were a kid. Safety concerns have made a lot of old favorites, from merry-go-rounds to ...

DELAND, Fla. — City officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to unveil the newly built Jackson Lane Memorial Playground in DeLand. The playground, which was built with accessibility in ...