fireworks

Saturday fireworks and nightly trapeze performances offer new reasons to attend this week's fair.

We're mere hours away from the 2025 Fire in the Sky event at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia! Parks and Rec specialist Moira Theis tells us everything we need to know before we leave the house. July 4, 2025

"Sparklers are still not totally safe. They burn at about 1,200 degrees and they account for, I want to say 28% of most firework injuries," Fire Marshal Michael Bauer, Columbia Fire Department. "Leave the fireworks up to the professionals and everybody will have a safe 4th of July." July 2, 2025

Last year, 81% of firework-related injuries in Missouri occurred during the three-week summer window around July 4.

Senate Bill 81 encompasses several aspects of public safety in Missouri.

Stephens Lake Park will have fireworks to celebrate July 4th.

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About 40% of July 4 structure fires are the result of fireworks, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

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