BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you’re just passing through North Baton Rouge, you might think Dougherty Drive looks like all the others, until you get close enough to see Kerry Haynes home dubbed the ...

Aside from parties and politicking, each year's Washington Mardi Gras has a mission. Here's what this year's event is trying ...

The name “King Cake” is a reference to the Biblical story of the three kings or wisemen who brought gifts when Jesus was born ...

Krewe of Les Minous, which in French means “The Kitties,” kicked off its inaugural Mardi Gras season with its first ...

The big crowds always demand a big public safety effort and that's especially true this year after a New Year’s Day attack in ...

The annual takeover of Washington D.C. involved Drew Brees and Roger Goodell talking about the NFL and Hakeem Jeffries, the ...

The City of Mobile invested in 18 portable bollards ahead of the 2025 Mardi Gras season. The $167,371 investment was made in ...

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 ...

The Mardi Gras season, also known as Carnival, begins on January 6th and ends on March 4th, 2025. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily ...

St. Louis, named after French royalty and once dubbed 'The Paris of the West,' celebrates Mardi Gras with grandeur, especially in the Soulard neighborhood, named after the city's founder, Antoine ...

King’s Mardi Gras Parade rolls at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, and Biloxi’s 12th Night celebration will roll at 5 p.m. on Sunday. After the New Orleans attack that killed 14 people — including ...

The beloved pastry is a staple of Mardi Gras festivities and the Christian holiday of Epiphany. In the Christian tradition, the Feast of the Epiphany commemorates the visit of the Magi to the ...