SPRINGFIELD — Organizers of the city’s annual Parade of Big Balloons were hoping to lift off this November after being canceled the last two years, but a worldwide shortage of helium is keeping the ...

The 1859 Balloon Voyage at Conner Prairie, one of only five tethered helium balloons in the U.S., survived a weekend ...

BEND, Ore. — Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho. With instruments ...

A six-year-old Illinois boy died after inhaling helium from a large, “child-size” Mylar balloon just days after his birthday, according to officials. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated and died after ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – There will be no Parade of the Big Balloons in Springfield for the third consecutive year. According to a news release sent to 22News from a Spirit of Springfield ...