What is Mardi Gras season all about and what’s it like to experience ... Some of these Krewes spend up to $200,000 on their floats and everyone on the float must wear costumes and masks. The masks are ...

Spring Hill Elementary speech students got a festive lesson when they crafted their own Mardi Gras masks. Jill Shedd is one of two speech language pathologists who teaches upper grade level ...

You can count on Long Islanders to pay attention to Louisiana cooking at least once a year: On Mardi Gras — this year, March 4 — everyone seems to want to let the good times roll. French for ...

Apparently these are the sorts of shenanigans that are taking place at the Sydney mardi gras - at the expense of tax payers? Any other religion, this would be called a ‘hate crime’.” ...

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 ...

The multi-week-long Mardi Gras celebration has come to an end in Pensacola. Fat Tuesday has arrived, marking the conclusion of the purple, green and gold festivities that began on the Twelfth ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Following the Jan. 1 truck attack that killed 14 people in the heart of New Orleans, extra barricades have ...

NEW ORLEANS — 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 and celebrate ...

JAMESTOWN, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s Fat Tuesday and people in New Orleans are feasting for Mardi Gras. Every big meal needs a big dessert, so we are stirring up a classic on this Teach Me Tuesday in ...

Officials in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, are canceling Mardi Gras parades this week due to weather concerns, particularly strong winds that have the potential to fling potentially harmful objects ...

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on a modified parade route to avoid anticipated severe weather. Stay here for all the live updates from ...