If you think you know Mardi Gras, you don't . . . well, not unless you know that the first celebration in the United States happened in . . . Mobile, Alabama, not New Orleans. It has been an ...

A Mobile woman arrested on a reckless manslaughter charge in connection with a 2024 crash that killed a Mobile Area Mardi ...

Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, located about 140 miles east of the Big Easy. “By virtue of being established prior to ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Michelle Locklier lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose in 2024 while she was a college student at the University of ...

While today New Orleans is the nexus of Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S., it actually started around 140 miles east of the Big Easy in Mobile, Alabama. It was observed for the first time in the ...

Mobile, Alabama, lays claim to the nation’s oldest Mardi Gras celebration. And other lavish Carnival celebrations in Brazil and Europe are world-renowned.

Officials are rushing to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations and warning revelers against brining umbrellas and tents as powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to strike Louisiana and ...