Mardi Gras events in Mobile. Fairhope, Alabama: A ball is dropped. The event was cancelled in 2010, but resumed in time to ring in 2011. Wetumpka, Alabama: A meteorite is dropped at the Old Courthouse at 11pm Central Time in honor of the meteorite that hit the River City. At the stroke of midnight, a big fireworks display takes place over the river. Dothan, Alabama: Nicknamed "The Peanut Capital of the World", this city has an annual "Peanut Drop". The Peanut Drop consisted of a giant peanut shaped balloon bag (not to be mistaken as a massive phallus) that has also drawn controversial attention to news organizations around the word such as Russia Today Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas: A hog is dropped. Fort Smith, Arkansas: KISR sponsors a ball drop. Florida Panhandle Destin, Florida: A ball is pulled over Destin Harbor. Fort Walton Beach, Florida: A ball is dropped. Panama City, Florida: An illuminated, 800-pound beach ball descends from a tower 12 stories high at midnight. At 8:30pm there is a fireworks celebration and a "family ball drop" with 7,000 beach balls. Pensacola, Florida: A pelican is dropped. Illinois Chicago, Illinois: A star was (formerly) raised. Des Plaines, Illinois: A diamond is dropped. Rockford, Illinois: A ball is lowered towards the Discovery Center building. Indiana (Northwest & Southwest) Hammond / Whiting, Indiana (Outside Chicago): A 10-foot Illuminated Pierogi will be lowered 90 feet during a countdown to Midnight. The Pierogi Drop is sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 1696 and has been occurring since 2016. Whiting is known for the annual Pierogi Fest which occurs the last weekend of July. Tell City, Indiana: An apple with an arrow through it (symbolizing Tell City's namesake, William Tell) is dropped at City Hall Park. Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa: A large cedar is lowered by a chain. Kansas Manhattan, Kansas: "The Little Apple", an apple-shaped aluminum ball (a replica of the 1980s era Times Square Ball), is dropped, with the events televised by WIBW-TV in Topeka until 2013–14. Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana: A fleur-de-lis is lowered at Jackson Square. Until 2008, a gumbo pot was dropped. Since 2017, the television special Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve has televised the drop and concert acts from the city as part of a Central Time segment of the special. Mississippi Columbus: An illuminated 10-foot wide by 10-foot tall lit aluminum ball is hoisted over College Street