MILWAUKEE - Communities across southeast Wisconsin will light up the sky with fireworks for the Fourth of July.

Drones or fireworks? Cities weigh cost, safety and audience reactions for holiday shows for celebrations such as Fourth of July.

Riverside police said they issued over 60 citations on July Fourth for the use of illegal fireworks, more than double the number compared to the previous Independence Day holiday.

Redwood City is the latest city to replace its traditional Independence Day fireworks show with a drone display this year.

So-called drone entertainment offers cities like Aspen and Parker a diverting but less flammable option to Fourth of July fireworks displays. The latter may have the “boom factor,” but could ...

The city of Riverside has issued dozens of citations for the use of illegal fireworks that were spotted by police drones patrolling the skies over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

The show's pyrotechnic moments include a lightning strike to a haunted house and a rocket-shaped drone formation that erupts with fireworks.

The city of Riverside is now using drones to patrol the skies during the Fourth of July holiday to enforce the use of illegal fireworks.