In Allen Parish, Mardi Gras starts off with a 15 mile trail ride to pick up ingredients for the big gumbo. The traditional ride includes horses and colorful costumes from way back as they scour the ...

Severe weather alerts caused Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans and other cities throughout the U.S. to be moved up or canceled ...

After the Civil War, the city’s economy struggled, and in 1872, Mardi Gras organizers in New Orleans posted flyers at train stations around the country to encourage tourism. The successful ...

The winter storm could impact up to 170 million people across more than 20 states from the southern Plains to the Midwest and ...

A major cross-country storm is moving east, bringing thunderstorms to the South from Texas to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day ...

However, the most authentic Louisiana Mardi Gras traditions and celebrations can be found in Cajun Country during Courir de Mardi Gras. Cajun Country, or Acadiana, is a region in South Central ...

Two shootings at Mamou’s Mardi Gras concerts left a total of two teenagers dead and 14 wounded. It has been learned that one of those ...

Mardi Gras is Tuesday, March 4, and while it is widely known that the holiday is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana, the day is marked in communities around the country and worldwide.

In downtown Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle, organizers were planning a Big Easy-style Mardi Gras festival that included food trucks, dancing, live entertainment and a low country seafood boil.