We may all be recovering from the holidays and New Year’s, but Mardi Gras is just around the corner. And unfortunately, the season of king cakes and rare parade throws will be shorter this year ...

Slice the king cake, sort the beads, and select a costume, Tuesday morning marked the traditional start of the Carnival season in New Orleans. Down at Mardi Gras World, outgoing mayor LaToya Cantrell ...

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Mardi Gras season officially kicks off Tuesday with Twelfth Night, a celebration that marks the beginning of weeks of festivities leading up to the grand parade weekend in ...

BATON ROUGE, La (Louisiana First) — Mardi Gras 2026 is shaping up to be one for the record books, with Louisiana preparing to welcome thousands of first-time revelers too eager to experience the state ...

If you want to unearth the history and origins of Mardi Gras, the iconic Mardi Gras colors are a good place to start ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The good times are rolling earlier this year in South Mississippi, with Fat Tuesday landing on February 17. Get in the carnival spirit with tons of events and parades rolling in ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is ready for Mardi Gras 2026, with weeks of parades set to roll through the city as Carnival season builds toward Fat Tuesday. From early January walking krewes to the city’s ...

IS $2.47. THE HOLIDAY SEASON, OF COURSE, NOW COMING TO AN END, BUT PREPARATIONS FOR CARNIVAL SEASON ARE JUST STARTING TO RAMP UP. WDSU REPORTER JASMINE FRANKLIN IS LIVE, EXPLAINING WHY YOU MAY SEE A ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 2, 2026 PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — As Carnival Season nears, the City of Pensacola is getting prepared with a kick-off event on Saturday night. The ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - It's that time of year again for colorful beads, delicious king cake, and of course, the annual Mardi Gras parades. Events are already lined up around the region. We've put together ...

The Pentagon on Tuesday said it deployed 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted an immigration operation in the city earlier this month. The ...

The Pentagon is deploying 350 National Guard troops in New Orleans through Mardi Gras in an effort to curb crime in the city. The troops will support federal authorities, including the Department of ...