“Gates are gonna open at 6:30. The actual concert will start at 8, 8:15 p.m. We’ll have bounce houses for the kids early on, and concessions will be open. So I would encourage people to get here early, and just enjoy all the atmosphere. You’ll get to hear the musicians tune up and get everything ready to go, which is kind of fun too,” Shank says.
According to Richland County’s website, the ordinance makes it unlawful for anyone to use, discharge, shoot, or ignite fireworks or similar explosives within unincorporated Richland County between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. However, exceptions are being made for the night of the Fourth of July as well as New Year’s Eve.
If you’re traveling this weekend, expect to see an increased presence of law enforcement.
Monica Rivers is seeing who she calls her angel again, for the first time since her accident.
That angel, is ABC Columbia News anchor Curtis Wilson. “He means the world to me. Had it not been for him at that time, the angel that god sent to me. I know we all have angels. God has ones assigned to us. And if it was just for that moment on that date, Curtis Wilson was the angel assigned to Monica Rivers,” Rivers says.
Prosecutors say the suspected gunman at a Fourth of July parade admitted to opening fire on spectators in Highland Park, killing seven and injuring dozens more. They also say he contemplated a second attack at another holiday gathering in another state the same day.
City of Columbia offices are closed today, July 4.
Kids are invited to showcase their patriotic spirit by decorating their bicycles, scooters and wagons, and wearing their red, white and blue for the sixth annual Kids’ Fourth of July Parade.
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Whether on the roads or in the skies, 48 million Americans are expected to travel this weekend. It’s clear this holiday travel period may be unlike any other before, with airlines battling staff shortages and cancelations.
Fourth of July sales are hitting stores this weekend, with super summer savings being advertised. It’s complicated by Amazon Prime Day coming up a bit later in the month too.
