Around the Gulf Coast, there’s also a pretty good reason to keep it up: Mardi Gras. Given the close proximity to Christmas and the start of the Mardi Gras season, Mardi Gras trees are another ...

January 6 marks the return of Carnival in New Orleans. While many of the classic Mardi Gras fixtures in the Crescent City will be the same for the 2025 season, revelers can expect to see a few ...

WELL, TODAY ALSO MARKS THE KICKOFF OF MARDI ... yellow, green and gold highlighted a choreographed event inside the Oak Park Brewing Company along Broadway to raise awareness and highlight Mardi ...

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 ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) said security measures would be in place through Mardi Gras celebrations in March after a deadly New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans. “I think that ...

NEW ORLEANS — After the deadly attack on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day left 14 people dead, officials are making sure Mardi Gras 2025 will have the highest level of security ever.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - We’re just six days from the 26th Annual 68 Ventures Bowl. The bowl festivities kicked off Sunday evening with a press conference and parade through downtown Mobile.

Cantrell also said she had submitted a federal request for Mardi Gras to be upgraded in federal security tier, from SEAR 2 to SEAR 1 – something she had been pushing for many years.The Special ...