New Orleans Moves Forward With Hosting Super Bowl LIX And Mardi Gras With SEAR-1 Security
The SEAR-1 rating is granted based on national security importance. While New Orleans typically receives a SEAR-2 designation ...
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Mobile Mask owner, editor and publisher Steve Joynt talks 2025 Mardi Gras season
Mobile Mask owner, editor and publisher Steve Joynt, who is also known as Mr. Mask, joined News 5’s Cherish Lombard Tuesday ...
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Here are the new rules, changes and schedule for 2025 Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans
January 6 marks the return of Carnival in New Orleans. While many of the classic Mardi Gras fixtures in the Crescent City will be the same for the 2025 season, revelers can expect to see a few ...
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All that shimmers, sparkles and shines: Mardi Gras fashions hit the shelves in Lafayette
Mardi Gras is not the time to go for neutrals. This time of year in Louisiana calls for standing out — whether in yelling, leaping and lunging for the best throws at the parade, or in finding ...
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Sac Town Mardi Gras kicks off Kings Day celebration in Sacramento
MIGRATING WHALES. WELL, TODAY ALSO MARKS THE KICKOFF OF MARDI GRAS SEASON. IT’S KNOWN AS KINGS DAY. SO MUCH FUN. AND THE COMMUNITY IN KCRA 3’S MIKE TESELLE IS LIVE INSIDE THE OAK PARK BREWERY ...
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Carnival season in Lafayette officially begins. Here are the krewes with upcoming balls.
On Monday morning, Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet, along with the Greater Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association, proudly raised the Mardi Gras flag at Lafayette ...
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T-Pain, Joe Jonas, Kool & The Gang to headline Universal Orlando's Mardi Gras celebration
Universal Orlando is getting ready to celebrate 30 years of Mardi Gras with new floats and an energetic concert lineup.Running Feb. 1 through March 30, Universal Orlando Resorts's Mardi Gras ...
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New federal security help for Mardi Gras in New Orleans raises concerns over local control
For the first time, Mardi Gras in New Orleans is set to receive a level of federal security normally reserved for presidential visits or the Super Bowl. What that means for parade routes and other ...
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Baldwin 2025 Mardi Gras parade canceled, police chief says
BALDWIN, La. (KLFY) — The 2025 Carnival season will be a little less festive in St. Mary Parish, after Baldwin officials have announced its Mardi Gras parade, scheduled for March 1, has been ...
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Louisiana AG orders investigation after New Year’s Day massacre as New Orleans gets heightened security status for Mardi Gras
During Harrison’s time as police chief, a drunken driver plowed into Mardi Gras parade-goers in 2017, injuring 28 people. New Orleans hosted multiple Super Bowls during Harrison’s career at ...
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New Orleans ramps up security as Mardi Gras season begins and Super Bowl approaches
Cantrell also said she had submitted a federal request for Mardi Gras to be upgraded in federal security tier, from SEAR 2 to SEAR 1 – something she had been pushing for many years.The Special ...
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The King Cake Tradition, Explained
Some associate it with Mardi Gras, others with a celebration known as Epiphany. King cake is eaten on January 6 in honor of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, which historically marks the arrival of the ...