Medical experts warn about July 4th health hazards, as ERs see peak visits from fireworks injuries, alcohol accidents, burns, heat exhaustion and drowning.

UPDATE: The holiday weekend’s drownings rose to 11, with the death of an infant in Mount Pleasant on Friday, July 4, police said. It was a deadly holiday weekend on the water, with the bodies of ...

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office says it responded to two drownings within 12 hours during the Fourth of July weekend. At about 7 p.m. on July 5, authorities received a call about 49-year-old ...

Amid declining crime rates reported across the state, the Fourth of July was marked with shootings, fatal fireworks incidents, drownings and burned buildings.

In total, the DNR reported three drownings, three deaths, 47 total BUIs, 21 boating incidents, and 23 injuries. The DNR reported two boat explosions on July 4 that led to 14 of the injuries. Lake ...

History from The News Journal archives from the week of July 6-12 includes five water-related deaths over the Fourth of July weekend in 1925. Businesses booming in Wilmington's 12th Ward in 1950 ...