Photo: The Houstonian Facebook The last memory friends and family have of Bailee Ackerman is how stunning she looked on her wedding day. The blushing bride wore a striking beaded and feather gown to walk down the aisle to proud husband Will Byler. Tragically, just hours after saying “I do”, the newlyweds were killed after their helicopter crashed outside of Uvdale, Texas. They were both 24 years old. Bridesmaid Madey Pipkin paid tribute to her friends, writing on social media about the couple’s nuptials....

A newlywed was killed, and her groom seriously injured, just minutes after leaving their South Carolina wedding reception when an alleged drunk driver slammed into the back of the golf cart they were in, according to theAssociated Press. The alleged drunk driver, Jamie Lee Komoroski, is charged with one count of reckless homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily harm, according toonline court records. Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller....

In addition to saying “I do” to her husband, this bride went above and beyond to show her new stepson how much she cares. Vanessa Lynch, a Minnesota nurse, planned a special surprise for husband Craig Lynch and his 9-year-old son Henry at theirweddingearlier this month, according to SWNS. “At first I wasn’t going to do it, because I didn’t want Henry to feel uncomfortable in front of everyone,” Vanessa, 30, explained....

Stock image of vineyard wedding.Photo:Kevin Trimmer/Getty Kevin Trimmer/Getty A bride-to-be is seeking input online after she revealed that she and her fiancé decided to have their wedding at a vineyard in Italy — something her sister has always dreamed of doing on her own big day. The bride shared a post on Reddit’s popularAITAforum revealing she and her fiancé, Nick, had been considering three locations for their wedding: New York City, London and Tuscany, where her groom-to-be is from....

Stock image of little boy at a wedding.Photo:Getty Getty A bride is causing a stir online after revealing she won’t make an exception at her wedding to allow her sister to bring her child. In a post on Reddit’s popular"Am I the A——?" subreddit, the bride-to-be, 24, shared that she has always dreamed of having a child-free wedding. This desire was so strong that she explicitly stated on her wedding invitations that children wouldn’t be allowed....

Photo: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty, Katie Demko A canceledSouthwest Airlines flightspoiled a bride’s destination wedding. Katie Demko of St. Louis was set to get married in Belize on Friday, but missed her own wedding after her Southwest Airlines flight became one of thousands canceled across the U.S. Demko tells PEOPLE what she felt the moment she found out she would miss her wedding. “Please let this not be true. This can’t be happening....

Stock photo of a wedding invitation.Photo:GettyA Massachusetts woman is wondering what exactly happened to her wedding invitations after she mailed them out.Gillian Shea, a soon-to-be bride based near Boston, is claiming that the United States Postal Service lost 82 of the 85 total invitations she send out for her upcoming wedding, and she told local ABC affiliateWCVBall about the apparent mishap.In August, Shea visited the Roslindale Post Office, weighed her invitations, made sure they had proper postage and shipped them out to their respective destinations, she said....

Briana Keith (left) and Tracy Keith photographed together.Photo:EventSmith Productions EventSmith Productions This bride is honoring her mother! While some ladies can’t wait to take part in wedding traditions, like tossing the bouquet, Briana Keith didn’t mind tossing that custom out of the window so she could appreciate her mother on her wedding day. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Photo:RHC JO/Youtube RHC JO/Youtube Princess Rajwa of Jordanlooked picture-perfect during her walk down the aisle — thanks in part to her new sisters-in-law. Crown Prince Hussein’s three younger siblings played a big part during his and Princess Rajwa’s wedding day on Thursday, accompanying the bride for her arrival at the wedding ceremony and as she made her way to see her groom. While Prince Hashem, 18, escorted Rajwa,Princess Imanandrecent University of Southern California graduatePrincess Salma followed behind the bride, fixing her dress train and veil as she made her way through the stunning gardens at Zahran Palace to the ceremony’s venue....

Chris and Jacque Ford.Photo:Raven Berlin Photography Raven Berlin Photography One bride decided to gift her parents something extra special on her wedding day: a first dance. “As some of you may or may not know, my parents ran away when they were eighteen and got married in secret, and they never got their own first dance,” the bride said in the video. “So, we would like to give that to you guys as a thank you for always being there for us and supporting us....

Photo:Liz BrownMemories fade, but a photo lasts forever.WriterLiz Brownnever dreamed of her wedding day, but when she did eventually get married, and the photographer forgot to capture a portrait with her groom, Brown realized it was more important to her than she thought. A decade later, she set out to take the wedding photos she always wanted.“I felt like I’d missed out,” Brown wrote in apersonal essay forTODAY.com. “I saw how people did it now....

Photo: Loving Life Photography Like many women, Jessica Padgett couldn’t have been more excited about getting married but tragically, an alleged drunk driver robbed her of her dream day and her dream man. Padgett’s fiancé, 27-year-old volunteer firefighter Kendall Murphy was helping a car accident victim in southwest Indiana in November last year when another firefighter, who was allegedly under the influence, plowed into him. “I remember that day like it was yesterday,” Padgett, 25, tells PEOPLE about her late fiancé’s death....

Ryan Borkowsky and Brianna Seewald (left); Brianna Seewald’s mother, Brianna Seewald and Brianna Seewald’s father.Photo:Oats and Honey Photography Oats and Honey Photography A bride in Canada is celebrating her first dance with her husband — and walking down the aisle at her wedding — after three years of “surviving the toughest battles” together. In August 2020, TikTok star Brianna Seewald, 30, broke her neck and suffered other injuries in a car accident, leaving her partially paralyzed from the neck down, she tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview....