This time of year — with graduations, weddings, birthday parties and other outdoor gatherings — people sometimes release balloons into the air as part of the celebration. A new Illinois House bill ...

I once assisted a family after the loss of a loved one to overdose. At the time, the cause of death was unknown and no funeral had been arranged. Swelled with emotion and nowhere to put it, the day ...

Let’s talk about balloon releases. Balloons are released into the air all the time for memorials and other celebrations. Often, people organize balloon releases after the death of a friend or loved ...

IN 1783, the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier wowed the crowd gathered at Annonay, France with their invention. A year before, they had discovered that when heated air is ...

Over the past year, I have been dismayed to hear about several balloon releases in our region. I would like to urge our city, county and state to take steps to forbid future balloon releases, for a ...