New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing for decades and involve a ...

Masking was a competitive business in the 1920 and '30s, when Carnival contests gave winners cash, merchandise, and even gold ...

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, marks the final day of the Carnival season before Lent begins. Taking place on March 4 this year, ...

With Carnival season in full swing and thousands of visitors expected, medical professionals are growing more concerned about the increasing measles outbreak.

Fat Tuesday is just a week away, but what is it and where is it celebrated? Here's everything you need to know about Mardi ...

It originated from French tradition and began as an annual carnival celebration in Louisiana in the 1700s. Today, it has become a month-long event in New Orleans with parades through the French ...

A “cultural revolution on wheels.” That's how the Krewe of ALLA describes its Mardi Gras parade this year. Named in honor of ...

The students are well beyond their years in the music they play and how they present themselves thanks to their band directors.

At Grace by Nia in Boston, blackened jumbo shrimp, beef sausage, roasted chicken, crawfish, long grain rice, tomato, peppers, ...

A Dense Fog Advisory for all of Southeast Louisiana means another WDSU First Warning Weather Impact Day Wednesday morning in your New Orleans weather forecast. A Dense Fog Advisory has been issued for ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, also known as Carnival, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a grand, final celebration on March 4, better known as Fat Tuesday. Originating from ...

GRETNA, La. ( WGNO) — On a sweet-tooth-tour of bakeries on the West Bank, a superhero with an appetite for Mardi Gras just flew in. He’s here to take a bite out of Carnival Season. He’s the King Cake ...