Chicago? Backyard use of fireworks and related injuries are increasing nationwide, according to industry and government data, and researchers say thousands of children each year are among the victims.

Long, Garrett and others say fireworks sales in Douglas County took a hit in 2003 when the city of Lawrence banned them. Sales have since rebounded considerably, they said. Nationwide, backyard ...

The contentious and lengthy debate around backyard fireworks seemingly came to a close at city hall Tuesday night after a majority of the council rubber-stamped a new fireworks bylaw. Last August ...

Matthew Sellars, 35, and two others were handling fireworks at a backyard gathering in Greenback when one exploded into his chest on Thursday evening, witnesses told the Blount County Sheriff’s ...