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 ...

He was born in an age before most homes had refrigerators. Instead, blocks of ice were delivered by a horse and wagon to keep the ice box chilled. When he died, 90 years later, men had walked on the ...

My mom takes things literally, like laboring on Labor Day (my birthday), and, more recently, naming riding in a bucket as her top bucket-list item. It was more like a basket, I guess, attached to a ...

The balloon glow at last year’s Champaign County Balloon Festival at Dodds Park in Champaign. The balloon glow at last year’s Champaign County Balloon Festival at Dodds Park in Champaign. A number of ...

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 ...