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 ...

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 ...

Edward Singh and Martha Cardenas-Singh were crowned the 2025 Mardi Gras King and Queen on Thursday evening, Jan. 16, at the ...

New Orleans Souvenirs range from Mardi Gras Beads to fun t-shirts. These are some of our favorite souvenirs from New Orl ...

Rain in New Orleans doesn’t mean the vibrant city loses its charm. On the contrary, it offers a great opportunity to explore ...

According to Campbell, the Mardi Gras tree concept got started when someone removed all of their Christmas tree ornaments but kept the artificial tree up. The reason is a mystery. After returning home ...

Around the Gulf Coast, there’s also a pretty good reason to keep it up: Mardi Gras. Given the close proximity to Christmas and the start of the Mardi Gras season, Mardi Gras trees are another ...

Whether or not you should rinse chicken before cooking has been long debated, and you might have your own ideas about whether or not it's necessary. Some prefer to rinse chicken before cooking it, to ...

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 ...