What is Mardi Gras season all about and what’s it like to experience it? Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent starts. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and that date floats ...

Kane Smith, 26, of Morgan City, is charged with aggravated flight from an officer, three counts of aggravated obstruction of ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Disappointment has now given way to excitement for the Krewe of Argus. Jefferson Parish officially announced the krewe will roll on St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday.

Mardi Gras Day: Thousands of revelers sporting beads and outlandish costumes filled the streets as New Orleans prepared to celebrate just ahead of bad weather. People donning skeleton masks and ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Carnival season has come to a close. While some of you may still be recovering, plenty are likely already thinking ahead to next year's festivities. With 12th Night on Jan. 6 marking the start ...

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER, La. (KSLA) - Families and friends from across the ArkLaTex joined in on the last day of Mardi Gras celebrations Tuesday (March 4). “This is our fourth annual here on the lake. We ...

Chief Slacabamorinico, known as the alter ego of Joe Cain — the man credited for reviving Mardi Gras after the Civil War — is a strictly Mobile tradition.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Other cities along the Gulf Coast, such as Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, hold their own Mardi Gras Day parades.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New Orleans‘ historic Treme neighborhood as the sun rose Tuesday, determined to beat an expected storm ...