It also meant there was plenty to do go out and see outside, especially during Mardi Gras. After I accepted my new job as a breaking and trending reporter for The Times-Picayune at the end ...

It was Mardi Gras weekend in New Orleans and popular LSU ... Dunne described the experience as “one of the most fun nights of ...

Betcha’ I’ll see more parades than you this Mardi Gras,” I said, or something to that effect. There was no prize to the ...

Watch as Mardi Gras celebrations take place throughout New Orleans on Tuesday, March 4, otherwise known as Fat Tuesday.

Two floats caught fire during Mardi Gras parades in Houma ... "I don't want anything that is capable of causing a flame on a float in my district," Himel said. Speaking by phone about the ...

There were a lot of bad places in my mind that would happen, you know, and I'm just not one to take that chance." The Elks Krewe of Jefferson truck parade was also canceled on Mardi Gras.

The name comes from the literal English translation of the French phrase "Mardi Gras". In New Orleans and all across the country, the day is celebrated with parades, balls and festivities.