When I was hired almost three years ago to work for AL.com in Mobile, I knew comparisons between Mobile’s Mardi Gras and New Orleans’ Mardi Gras were inevitable. I grew up in New Orleans and ...

Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico ...

Cities under threat included Baton Rouge and Shreveport in Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama. The New Orleans area was also preparing for strong storms, though Fat Tuesday's ...

The storms will also be one of the first big tests for meteorologists at the National Weather Service after hundreds of forecasters were fired under President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the size of ...

in the U.S. although it is celebrated in other cities like Mobile, Alabama, St. Louis, Missouri, Galveston, Texas and cities throughout Louisiana, it's most famously celebrated in New Orleans ...

Stretching from Houston to Mobile, Alabama, the Bayou Country played ... In fact, there would be no New Orleans without the bayous, so you owe it to yourself to take a swamp tour.

Cities under threat included Baton Rouge and Shreveport in Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama. The New Orleans area was also preparing for strong storms, though Fat Tuesday's ...

in the U.S. although it is celebrated in other cities like Mobile, Alabama, St. Louis, Missouri, Gavelston, Texas and cities throughout Louisiana, it's most famously celebrated in New Orleans ...

Cities under threat include Baton Rouge and Shreveport in Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama. The New Orleans area is also bracing for strong storms, though Fat Tuesday’s ...