{"id":349067,"date":"2026-06-24T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/349067\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:06:09","slug":"firework-stands-open-across-texas-ahead-of-july-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/349067\/","title":{"rendered":"Firework stands open across Texas ahead of July 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Firework stands across Texas are open for business as the state&#8217;s firework selling season begins.<\/p>\n<p>Texas law allows firework stands to operate from June 24th through midnight on July 4th. During that window, retailers can sell a range of products, from sparklers and fountains to larger aerial displays.<\/p>\n<p>Residents who witness illegal fireworks activity are asked to report it by calling the non-emergency line at 361-886-COPS (2677), rather than 911.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone planning to use fireworks legally outside city limits is encouraged to follow basic safety precautions to avoid injury or property damage.<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/firework-stands-open-across-texas-ahead-of-july-4th\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Firework stands across Texas are open for business as the state&#8217;s firework selling season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-349067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}