Mardi Gras parades are known for featuring colorful plastic bead necklaces, but here's the surprisingly deep meaning behind ...

The celebrations this year were dampened due to weather concerns, but people still came out in New Orleans to party.

The beads. So many beads. Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition ... Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't ...

Over the course of the 10-day Carnival parade season, there were 106 total arrests at the OPSO's French Quarter booking unit.

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

The main events last night were the parades from the Krewe (pronounced “crew”) of Proteus and the Krewe of Orpheus. And ...

The city’s two biggest parades are set to go on with earlier start times, shorter routes, and no marching bands, New Orleans ...

There was never any question that Mardi Gras would go forward after the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans. But some ...

The promise from authorities for more security threatened to conflict with the city’s anything-goes sensibilities, and some ...

Recycle Dat! mobilizes hundreds of volunteers, both locals and visitors, to collect as much as 10,000 pounds of cans left by ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes are filling the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day ...

Webber, a New Orleans native, said Mardi Gras isn’t just a party but a cultural ... organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.