Fort Bend County has approved the sale of fireworks for Diwali for the next five years. The extended approval comes two years after the Texas Legislature passed a bill allowing counties to authorize ...

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Fort Bend County will allow the sale of fireworks for Diwali, or the "Festival of Lights," for the next five years after approval from commissioners court. The approval will ...

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Diwali, known as the “Festival of Lights,” is being celebrated in South Asian communities across Houston and around the world. A major fireworks display at a Hindu temple in ...

Fort Bend County has enacted a 90-day outdoor burn ban for unincorporated areas as drought conditions and wildfire risks intensify across the region, but Diwali celebrations will still be permitted.

Harris County Commissioners Court voted to extend authorization for fireworks sales and celebrations during Diwali for five years. The approval builds upon House Bill 608, enacted on Sept. 1, 2023, ...

Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated with enthusiasm, joy, and tradition across India and many parts of the world. The twinkling lamps, vibrant decorations, family gatherings, and delicious ...

Observed by more than a billion people across faiths, this five-day festival of lights brings prayer, feasts, fireworks and, for some, a new year. Students light earthen oil lamps on rangoli, a ...

Illegal Diwali fireworks sparked major house fires in both the United States and Canada this week, leaving families homeless and prompting renewed calls for tougher enforcement of fireworks bans. In ...

Aerial fireworks set off on a Queens street to celebrate Diwali that caused two homes to catch fire were wildly zigzagging in the air, striking front porches and flying down alleyways into parked cars ...