There won’t be a balloon release at this year’s Indianapolis 500 in May, officials told IndyStar in an exclusive interview. For those keeping track, this actually will be the third year in a row that ...

Family members and friends of people who die young often remember their loved ones with a balloon release. After WRAL’s latest documentary “UnSafe: North Carolina kids dying from gun violence,” ...

In the past, we did not always know that releasing helium balloons was harmful to the environment. Large-scale balloon ...

Balloon releases are often a common sight at vigils and memorials as families say goodbye to loved ones who have passed. However, some experts say the balloons are causing harm miles away once they ...

Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans’ love of balloons be deflated? The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who ...

The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who say the pieces that fall back to earth can be deadly to seabirds and turtles that eat them. So as ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The tradition of releasing balloons at weddings, birthdays and memorials may soon get deflated by lawmakers in more than half a dozen states. Critics say the helium-filled balloons ...

The aisles of Party Time Supplies LLC in Monroe are lined with party decorations and balloons. There are a few tanks of helium behind the counter, and net corrals hang from the ceiling to wrangle ...

As part of a service for an infant last year, the Sproles Family Funeral Home in New Castle, Indiana, attached a card with information about the deceased child to balloons and unleashed them – asking ...