Even TV events with built-in dramatic explosions get a bigger boom with a returning star. NBC's 49th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks viewing party on July 4 (8 ET/PT, and streaming live on Peacock ...

J&M Displays employee Callie Williams works on wiring fireworks for the Freedom Festival fireworks on the Second Avenue bridge in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo CEDAR ...

With the 4 th of July upon us, towns big and small across the US will once again engage in an almost never-ending round of pyrotechnic displays that will draw plenty of oohs and aahs. The largest, ...

But how do fireworks shows come together, and what all goes into setting up? Melissa Tackitt with Pyro Shows, a company that specializes in fireworks and special effects displays, says it’s more than ...

Gary Souza learned how to play with fire when he was 12. His father, who ran the family’s California-based fireworks business, would drive out to the countryside to test new shells, taking young Gary ...

In 2019, the Cox family Fourth of July celebration was underway when Harlee, then 7, lay down beside her mom, Kayla Cox, to watch partygoers set off fireworks from the road below. When someone lit a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Preparations for the annual “Let Freedom Sing!” fireworks show in downtown Nashville are ramping up as we approach Independence Day. Crews were outside Nissan Stadium on ...

Matt Shea has photos of himself at age 9 during a bicentennial celebration in 1976, wearing a tricorn hat. “Fifty years ago, a fireworks company would visit the fire department. They shot the ...

A new fireworks company will use smaller shells and a bigger safety zone for Thursday’s Independence Day celebration on Lackawanna County Courthouse Square in Scranton, following injuries at an event ...