Eight people were killed in a Brazilian hot-air balloon disaster when a fire broke out during the flight. Thirteen people ...

There’s something magical about watching dozens of colorful hot air balloons defy gravity in a beautiful spot, and you’ve got hundreds of chances to experience a hot air balloon festival in the coming ...

A hot air balloon festival that left ticket holders empty-handed and wondering if they'll get their money back. This was after the festival was canceled with little notice.

The two-day festival will include live music, food trucks, craft vendors, a bounce house, balloon animals and mass hot air balloon flights.

Hot air balloon victim Chayton Wiescholek sent his girlfriend, Kinsey Taylor, a final heartbreaking message, “I love you, goodbye,” before he died along with three other people.

The balloon is seen in video gliding along a sunny, bright blue sky when the desperate man, just a black dot from the vast distance, lets go and plummets many feet to Earth.

Chayton Wiescholek, one of the four people killed in a hot air balloon crash in Arizona on Sunday, texted his girlfriend to say goodbye moments before the deadly accident.

The Sikeston Hot Air Balloon Festival is back for a third summer. Gates open at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 20-21 at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds at 1220 N. Ingram Rd.

The hot air balloon, created by Cameron Balloons, based out of Dexter, and a long-standing manufacturing company in the industry, was made specifically for the skydiving mission, said Andrew Baird ...

The balloon crashed in Eloy, Ariz., on Sunday morning during a skydiving excursion, officials said. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

A local military veteran and former hot air balloon pilot had one wish: to take one last hot air balloon ride. His wish was granted thanks to some local businesses.