Mobile celebrates Juneteenth with parade and other activities at Mardi Gras Park by: Theresa Grundman Posted: Jun 18, 2025 / 10:10 PM CDT Updated: Jun 19, 2025 / 03:45 PM CDT ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG News 5 is your guide for all things Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast. Three organizations are scheduled to parade in the News 5 area Friday. WKRG News 5 will livestream ...

Service will begin on Aug. 18, with fares starting at $15 for a one-way trip to New Orleans, officials closely aligned with the long-planned project announced Tuesday. “One word we can use to describe ...

Morse said his career as an offshore captain took a one-two punch in 2005: Hurricane Katrina shut down the work he was doing in Mississippi that August. After that, he worked Cameron, La., but ...

As New Orleans begins preparing for next year’s Mardi Gras season, city leaders are reflecting on what worked in 2025, and what might need to change moving forward.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — News 5’s own Simone Sharod is helping the City of Mobile celebrate Juneteenth as she leads the 2025 Miss Juneteenth America Second Line Parade. According to a City of ...

The service will feature intercity passenger trains twice-daily between Mobile and New Orleans, with four stops along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Struggling Krewe of Oshun was granted a temporary restraining order against Mardi Gras float builder who is owed thousands for producing the 2025 procession.

BOSSIER CITY, La. — “The Greatest Show” has been announced as the theme for the Krewe of Gemini’s 37th annual parade for the 2026 Mardi Gras season.

In the early 1900s, the Black social group Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club began marching in Mardi Gras parades The documentary A King Like Me reveals that the group decided to wear blackface ...

The massive Bengal Tiger is appropriately called Mardi Gras Mike. “It’s the thing, it’s the tiger, he’s the number 1 fan. Mardi Gras Mike is the number one fan,” LSU fan Carl Livermore said.