After returning home from attending the first Mardi Gras parade of the season, they decided to throw all of the gold, green and purple beads on the tree. Despite the mysterious origins of the idea ...

Despite a massive daily cleanup operation that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like ... catching beads at Mardi Gras parades.

Abby Roniger’s “Carnival Time in My Mind,” which tells in verse form the traditions of family-friendly Mardi Gras. The young ...

You have your beads on and you’re ready? – I am ready for Mardi Gras. Yes ... With the big Christmas tree now transitioned to purple & gold — Mayor Sandy Stimpson flipping the big ...

Equipment normally used to clear New Orleans streets during Mardi Gras season have been enlisted to clear snow after Winter Storm Enzo ...

The Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans will feature Carnival books for little readers and listeners during story times ...

The first-ever blizzard warnings were issued near the Texas-Louisiana border Tuesday as Winter Storm Enzo blew through, ...

SHREVEPORT, LA - A Shreveport Mardi Gras Krewe is urging riders not to throw Mardi Gras beads. In fact, the founder of the ...