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Florence ROCKS grant now available for Shoals entertainment industry Florence ROCKS applications open March 18, 2021 (Source: Florence City Council) By Anna Mahan | March 15, 2021 at 9:01 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 9:04 PM FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - A new program in the Shoals is hoping to help Florence business owners in the entertainment industry with some much needed financial assistance. “Florence Rocks” will provide cost reimbursement grants to help professionals in the growing entertainment industry. It’s a new program funded by the CARES Act. The Shoals area is known for i...

The peace and quiet of this gilroy festival just shattered. gilroy calls itself the garlic capitol of the world. routinely some 80 to 100,000 people will attend this event over a weekend. we now understand that one of the victims, a 6-year-old boy. back to you now, dave. >> heartbreaking. paul live for us in la this morning. thank you. thousands were still enjoying the gilroy garlic fefstive val as it wrapped up when the shots rang out triggering panic, confusion and a desperate run for cover. the first man you'll hear was a stage hand for the final musical act of the day. >> the bullets wer...

Also all of it very tragic and now we hear that one of the victims, a 6-year-old boy. back to you now, christine, dave. >> thank you so much for that. keep us updated with information. thanks. thousands were still enjoying the gilroy garlic festival as it began to wrap up sunday when shots rang out. the first man you'll hear was a stage hand in the final music act of the day. >> bullets were hitting the ground. you could see them going up. that's when i called out, it's a real gun. the crew and the band ran and hid underneath the stage. we were hiding underneath the stage. we could hear more...

Underneath. and then eventually it stopped. there were people calling out looking for people. eventually we came out and i could see there was someone down. and they were performing cpr on them. and later i heard it was the gunman. >> how quickly was all this happening? we got a few things we've got to dissect in that situation there. how quickly was all this going on? >> i think the whole thing took maybe 15 minutes. it was very fast. >> very fast. and you said you saw bullets that were dropping from a gun? from a person? >> yeah. it sounded like fire crackers going off. but then there was di...

For the very, very quick response time. >> smithee says witnesses reported a second attacker but he said it's unclear what role that person might have played. thousands were still enjoying the gilroy garlic festival as it was wrapping up. the first man you're going to hear here was a stage hand for the final musical act of the day. >> the bullets were hitting the grouped. you could see them going up. that's why i called out, it's a real gun. the crew and the band ran and hid underneath the stage. so we were hiding underneath the stage. we could hear more gunfire happening. eventually some gu...