The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch that includes New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas until 7 p.m.

The queens who wore the crown of the Mistick Krewe of Comus ball on Mardi Gras in years past gathered recently for a luncheon ...

Route: The parade will begin at 25th Street and Santa Fe Place, and head south on 25th Street. The parade will turn at 25th and Mechanic, and loop twice around Strand/Mechanic. Mardi Gras!

After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans, shimmery beads tossed ...

LA CRESCENT, Minn. (WKBT) -- Students at La Crescent's Crucifixion School celebrated Mardi Gras at their annual carnival fundraiser on Monday. Each year they turn the gymnasium into a carnival.

This year's parade saw about 140 officers coming from more than 20 agencies, including Louisiana State Police.

(Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File) FILE - The Krewe of Zulu takes the turn onto Canal Street from St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, Feb. 17 ...

FILE - Mardi Gras revelers greet a float from the Zulu parade at the corner of St. Charles and Canal Streets in New Orleans, La., on Mardi Gras day Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997. Andrew J. Cohoon - AP ...

Authorities in Franklinton, Louisiana, have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with a shooting that injured five people following the Pepe Mardi Gras parade on Sunday. Police said they ...

When the fictional Wild Tchoupitoulas beast makes its way down Main Street, towering eight feet tall and carrying the worries of Red River locals and visitors, it’s clear Mardi Gras in the ...

The Junior Board of Rock Island held its 86th annual Mardi Gras Ball fundraiser on Saturday, March 1, at the Waterfront ...

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 ...