ATLANTA -- Verizon’s “How Sweet the Sound” tour returned to Atlanta for the 5th year, Monday, September 10 at Philips Arena.

ATLANTA -- Fireworks are the pièce de résistance for any Independence Day celebration. Find out where you can see them in Cobb County this Fourth of July.

(You can watch fireworks in Atlanta too!)

Celebrate July 4 on the Marietta Square
The fun in Marietta begins at 10 a.m. with a parade that marches from Roswell Street Baptist Church to the Marietta Square. Afterward, there will be concerts, arts and crafts, food, games and plenty more family fun, all culminating in a fireworks display that will begin at 9:30 p.m.

ATLANTA -- The 11 talented local students who participated in this year's Atlanta Opera High School Opera Institute will give a special concert next month.

The institute, which is one of only a few programs of its kind in the U.S., puts high school students through a rigorous audition process and offers eight months of workshops, vocal coaching and other courses for young people who are interested in pursuing music careers.

In the three years the Atlanta Opera has offered the program, 11 of its graduates have gone on to study music at universities and conservatories across the country.