Krewe of Les Minous, which in French means “The Kitties,” kicked off its inaugural Mardi Gras season with its first ...

During Harrison’s time as police chief, a drunken driver plowed into Mardi Gras parade-goers in 2017, injuring 28 people. New Orleans hosted multiple Super Bowls during Harrison’s career at ...

The Mardi Gras season, also known as Carnival, begins on January 6th and ends on March 4th, 2025. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily ...

Each year on Jan. 6, as other Americans are taking down their Christmas decorations, residents in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf South start hanging Mardi Gras beads and ordering their ...

(WGNO) – Parish leaders say water conservation efforts are working to help restore water pressure, but some people are still urged to continue conserving it.

While folks in New Orleans claim they started the tradition of Mardi Gras in the U.S., historians say French colonists began celebrating the festival not long after first spotting Mobile Bay in 1699.

The Jester Sponsored by Mardi Gras World float at Allstate Sugar Bowl Parade in New Orleans World's oldest woman who credited long life to two simple things dies aged 116 The tests that tell how ...

Pensacon and Mardi Gras will be here before we know it, and the Blue Angels' 2025 air show season will follow soon after. Here's a look at all of Pensacola's biggest events of 2025. Need a break?

The very first parade of the Carnival season is also one of the very best. On Jan. 6, the 17th annual Joan of Arc parade will march through the French Quarter, celebrating the birthday of the ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Carnival, is a deeply interesting celebration that contrasts excessive eating and drinking starting in January with 40 days of fasting and penance starting on Ash ...