Five people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, four of them by a single blast that rocked Ocracoke Island, a remote village along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Police say the fifth died after an explosion at a fireworks show in Pennsylvania. UPDATE: The fireworks company that employed the four dead workers in the NC accident has been cited before.

Washington, Georgia invites everyone to come there this weekend for their annual July 4th Parade and Fireworks Show.

Fireworks are synonymous with the Fourth of July. Unfortunately, so are fireworks-related injuries. Melissa Long has some tips on staying safe…in a WJBF News Channel 6 Consumer Alert.

National Museum of Patriotism will mark its fifth anniversary this Independence Day.

You can celebrate the holiday with us…the annual Independence Day celebration at Patriots Park begins at 4:00 p.m.on the Fourth of July.

Celebrate your independence a little early, at Fort Gordon. An event on post Thursday will start at 5:00 p.m., and continue until 11:00 p.m.

AAA Carolinas says it expects fewer people in South Carolina and North Carolina to travel by road for the July 4th holiday, in part because of the economy, high unemployment and financial uncertainty.