Investigators are learning more about the pilot of the hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing all 16 people aboard. Court records show Alfred Skip Nichols had at least four prior drunk-driving ...

SAN DIEGO – As the third victim of Friday’s deadly hot air balloon crash in Virginia was found, San Diego County’s Balloon Association sent their condolences and offered insight into the crash. “Our ...

Ron Oppold casts a long silhouette against a technicolor backdrop. Oppold, a hot air balloon pilot, is focused on the task at hand: filling up his 90,000-cubic-foot balloon with air. Nearly 10 years ...

If you were in grade school again, what would you do to get the change to launch a water balloon at your teacher? For Esko students, that dream became a reality Friday night. On the playground ...