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Where to watch the fireworks: 26 July 4 celebrations across Northeast Ohio
The Fourth of July is quickly approaching, and many Northeast Ohio counties, cities and organizations have different events planned to celebrate Independence Day.
This year, there are a wide variety of celebrations across Northeast Ohio. From wiffleball tournaments to cultural festivals to the classic barbecue and fireworks, Northeast Ohio has many unique festivities to offer this week.
See the list below for different celebrations planned across the region.
Ashland County:
Wifflefest XXV
Location: Southview Grace Brethren Church (810 Katherine Avenue, Ashland, OH)
Compete in a wiffleball tournament at the adult, high school, middle school or elementary level during July 4-6 (registration required).
Ashtabula County:
Red, White, & Boom Over Lake Erie
Location: Lakeview Park (340 Erie Street, Conneaut, OH).
Watch musical performances and participate in festive activities during July 4-6. A fireworks show over Lake Erie will begin at 10 p.m. on July 6th.
Carroll County:
Carroll County Fireworks Show
Location: Carroll County Fairgrounds (160 Kensington Road NE, Carrollton, OH).
Enjoy a variety of food trucks, vendors and kids activities on July 5 beginning at 4 p.m. A fireworks show will begin at 10 p.m.
Columbiana County:
East Palestine Firefighters Association Annual 4th of July Celebration
Location: East Palestine City Park (31 Park Avenue, East Palestine, OH).
Activities will begin at 8 a.m. on July 4, and there will be a fireworks display in the evening.
Coshocton County:
Coshocton Fireworks
Location: Coshocton County Fairgrounds (707 Kenilworth Avenue, Coshocton, OH).
Enjoy a fireworks display beginning at dusk on July 3.
Cuyahoga County:
Grindstone Festival
Location: Coe Lake Park (Coe Lake, Berea, OH)
Spend July 4 participating in lake activities, enjoying live entertainment and watching a fireworks display later into the evening. This event runs from 4-10 p.m.
Independence Day Parade and Fireworks
Location: Clague Park (Clague Park, Westlake, OH)
Spend July 4 in Westlake with activities, including a car show, face-painting, and food vendors and a fireworks show at dusk.
Light Up the Lake: 4th of July Fireworks
Location: Multiple viewing locations throughout Cleveland.
Watch a 20-minute fireworks display launched from the Port of Cleveland at dusk on July 4.
Solon Community Band Concert and Fireworks
Location: Solon Community Park (6679 SOM Center Rd., Solon, OH).
Enjoy an evening of live music on July 3 beginning at 7:30 followed by a fireworks display.
Erie County:
Light Up the Point
Location: Cedar Point (1 Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky, OH).
In addition to Cedar Point’s coasters and other activities, there will be a fireworks display at night on July 4 and July 5.
Geauga County:
Community Fourth of July Celebration
Location: Kenston High School (95000 Bainbridge Road, Chagrin Falls, OH).
This event will take place on July 5 from 6-10:30 p.m., and there will be a fireworks display at dusk.
Fourth of July Fireworks
Location: Geauga County Fairgrounds (14373 N. Cheshire St., Burton, OH)
Gates open for cars, motorcycles and walk ins at 6 p.m., and fireworks begin at dusk.
Holmes County:
Loudonville Fireworks
Location: Riverside Park (131 W. Main St., Loudonville, OH).
Enjoy a fireworks display beginning at dusk on July 4.
Huron County:
4th of July Fireworks
Location: Huron County Fairgrounds (940 Fair Rd., Norwalk, OH)
Enjoy a fireworks display beginning at dusk on July 4 at the county fairgrounds. A Fourth of July parade will run through the city of Norwalk at 10:30 a.m. that day.
Lake County:
Independence Day Celebration
Location: Mentor Civic Amphitheater (8600 Munson Rd., Mentor, OH).
Watch a free concert at the Mentor Civic Amphitheater at 7:45 p.m. on July 4, followed by a 25-minute fireworks display. There will also be food trucks and beverage sales in the surrounding area that evening.
Lorain County:
Avon Lake’s Fireworks Celebration
Location: Weiss Field (33401 Webber Rd., Avon Lake, OH)
Enjoy a variety of food trucks starting at 5 p.m. on July 3 followed by fireworks at 10.
Mahoning County:
Fireworks and Food Trucks
Location: Wean Park (201 S. Phelps St., Youngstown, OH).
The city of Youngstown will host a variety of food trucks on July 4 from 6-10 p.m., and a fireworks display will be held immediately after.
Medina County:
Independence Day Parade, Music and Fireworks
Location: Mill Stream Park (1200 Maple St., Valley City, OH).
From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on July 4, this event consists of a parade, a car show, food trucks and fireworks at dusk.
Portage County:
Hiram 4th of July Celebration
Location: Hiram College (11715 Garfield Rd., Hiram, OH).
Beginning in the evening of July 3 with food vendors, this celebration consists of a softball game, a potluck, a pie contest and much more through July 4. A fireworks display will begin at 9:30 p.m. on July 3.
Richland County:
Charles Mill Red, White, and Blue Celebration
Location: Charles Mill Lake Park (1277A State Route 430, Mansfield, OH).
Various events, consisting of arts and crafts, parades and games during July 4-6. A fireworks show over Charles Mill Lake will begin at dusk on the 6th.
Stark County:
North Canton Chamber of Commerce July 4 Fireworks Show
Location: North Canton Hoover High School (525 7 St. NW, North Canton, OH).
This event will take place on July 4 and will consist of food trucks opening at 6 p.m. and a fireworks show at 10 p.m.
Stark County Italian American Festival
Location: Cultural Center for the Arts (1001 Market Ave. N., Canton OH).
Enjoy a weekend of bocce, food and live entertainment from July 5 through July 7.
Summit County:
Rib White & Blue Festival
Location: Lock 3 (200 S. Main St., Akron, OH).
Enjoy plenty of barbecue food, as well as nightly concerts at 7 p.m., starting July 3 through July 6. A fireworks display will take place at 9:45 p.m. on July 6.
Trumbull County:
4th of July Homecoming and Parade
Location: Gustavus Township Park (8867 Youngstown Kingsville Rd., Farmdale, OH).
This festival includes food vendors, a parade, kids activities and more on July 4 beginning at 10 a.m.
Tuscarawas County:
City of New Philadelphia Gigantic Fireworks Display
Location: Tuscora Park Practice Field (161 Tuscora Ave. NW, New Philadelphia, OH)
Enjoy a firework display beginning at 10 p.m. on July 6.
Wayne County:
Wooster 4th of July Fireworks
Location: Burbank/Oldman Road Soccer Field (100 Oldman Rd., Wooster, OH).
This July 4th celebration begins at 5 p.m. on Thursday with food and family entertainment and concludes with a fireworks show at 10 p.m.
LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WOIO) – A power outage stretching into its second day left roughly 1,200 customers without electricity across Lakewood’s southwest side, forcing small businesses to operate on bare-bones staffing and sending at least one diabetic resident scrambling to keep insulin refrigerated.
Businesses push through with cash and calculators
At the Lakewood Garden Center, manager Isabella Dombrowski kept the doors open despite sweltering conditions inside the shop — no power, no fans.
“It is swampy and it’s disgusting and I’m pissed the power is out,” Dombrowski said.
With no electronic registers, staff switched to cash-only transactions, counting back change by hand and using phone calculators to process sales.
“We try to service people how we can, even if it’s running with bare-bones staff and our phone calculator — we will work with you,” Dombrowski said.
Resident forced to relocate insulin amid outage
For Hunter Duseau, the outage created a medical emergency.
“For me the most frustrating thing is I’m diabetic and I have to keep my insulin refrigerated, so I had to scramble to get it to my friend’s house,” Duseau said.
Mayor points to Lauderdale substation, calls out FirstEnergy
Lakewood Mayor Meghan George said the outages trace back to the Lauderdale substation, which knocked out power to much of the city’s southwest side. She visited Haze Elementary Friday morning, where FirstEnergy crews were installing a backup generator for that substation.
“I was just at Haze Elementary this morning, where FirstEnergy is installing a backup generator for this Lauderdale substation,” George said.
The mayor did not hold back in her criticism of the utility.
“For FirstEnergy to continue to fail us is completely unacceptable,” George said.
FirstEnergy responds, cites heat wave and infrastructure investment
In a statement to 19 News, FirstEnergy acknowledged the impact of the outages and attributed the strain to an extreme heat wave driving elevated electricity demand across the region.
“We understand the frustration and hardship these outages have caused for Lakewood residents, especially during this period of extreme heat,” the statement read. “Our crews, engineers and system operators have been working around the clock to restore service safely and as quickly as possible for affected customers.”
FirstEnergy said it is investing millions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades and reliability improvements for Lakewood and surrounding communities and said it appreciates Mayor George’s advocacy for residents.
Power has since been restored. Power had been flickering on and off since Wednesday.
Free water available at area Giant Eagle locations
FirstEnergy said free water is available for customers beginning Thursday at 4 p.m. through Sunday evening, or while supplies last, at the following Giant Eagle locations:
- 14100 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
- 3050 W. 117th St., Cleveland, OH 44111
- 22160 Center Ridge Rd., Rocky River, OH 44116
Residents are also encouraged to use available cooling centers and community resources during the ongoing heat event.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A woman was found dead in the backyard of a home on the city’s West side Friday morning.
Officers responded to the 3400 block of Bosworth Rd. around 9 a.m. for a welfare check.
This is in the city’s West Boulevard neighborhood.
When officers arrived at the home, they found the victim.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Officer will now determine the victim’s name and cause of death.
A child connected to the woman has been located and confirmed safe, said Cleveland police.
Police added the circumstances regarding the death remain under investigation.
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This forecast is outdated and inaccurate. Get the latest forecast here.
CLEVELAND (WJW) — (WJW) — The National Weather Service has extended its EXTREME HEAT WARNING for all of Northeast Ohio.
It will remain in effect until 8 p.m. on Friday, July 3, in Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning Medina, Ottawa, Portage, Richland, Sandusky, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne counties; and until 10 p.m. Friday, July 3, in Carroll, Coshocton and Tuscarawas counties.
The heat waves continues! An EXTREME HEAT WARNING will remain in effect through 8 p.m. Friday. Heat indices could top 105 degrees during the hottest time of day on Friday.
Once again, there will not be much relief from the heat and humidity overnight. Tonight lows will be in the mid to upper 70s again. Feeling warmer with the higher humidity. Mostly clear skies.
Friday will be the last sweltering summer day before the heat starts to back off for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. There is the chance of rain and storms Friday evening, around 7pm that could go through the late evening. This may impact some 4th of July celebrations on Friday. Any storm that pops up we’ll have to watch for the potential of gusty winds, heavy downpours and large hail.
This is what the radar could look like by the time some Fireworks celebrations are expected Friday evening. We have a level 2 out of 5 chance of any storm turning severe, meaning that 1 or 2 have the chance.
The upper-level ridge, or heat dome, will start to breakdown on Friday. This means two things. The first is it will go from being very hot and humid to being very warm and humid. The second thing is the chance of rain and threat of storms will return.
The Fourth of July holiday weekend will be far from a washout! There will be more dry time than time with downpours and storms. However, clusters of downpours and storms will move through Northeast Ohio at times. This means some Fourth of July events, backyard BBQs, pool parties, and firework shows could be impacted by rain and storms.
With all the heat and humidity around, any downpours or storms that develop could be strong and produce gusty winds, small hail, torrential rain, and lightning. Here’s the latest 8 Day Forecast:
Keep up with FOX 8 News for the latest weather updates.
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