The Everybody’s Essential 5K and 1K raises funds and awareness for the Tor Store, a partnership between Ball High School’s special education department and the entrepreneurship program.

Despite being cut short by a few hours because of the threat of severe weather, Mardi Gras 2025 was significantly bigger than last year’s Carnival celebration, according to local hoteliers ...

FILE - In this March 2, 2014 file photo, parade-goers cheer for beads and trinkets from float riders as a Mardi Gras parade rolls down Napoleon Ave. in New Orleans. Lent has begun. King cake ...

MAMOU, La. (KLFY) — Tragedy in Mamou continues as the community mourns the loss of loved ones and many people injured during Mardi Gras festivities. Fat Tuesday was about having a good time 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 ...

Why isn't Mardi Gras on the same day? Mardi Gras falls on a different date each year because it is based on a system that revolves around Easter, which also doesn't occur on the same day every year.

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 ...

Severe weather alerts caused Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans and other cities throughout the U.S. to be moved up or canceled Erika Goldring/Getty Severe weather systems are threatening Mardi ...

Apparently the trucks did not leave New Orleans unscathed, either, as many parade goers threw beads and other projectiles at the trucks driving down the parade route. Again, from jobles 95, the ...

Laissez les bons temps rouler! “Let the good times roll!” is the official approach to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. There’s much more to this annual tradition than partying. Read on for our ...

“Due to the forecasted high winds and potential threat to public safety, we have made the difficult decision to cancel parades on Mardi Gras Day,” Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng ...