In celebration of Fat Tuesday, Cobb Water invited the community to parade through the Northwest Water Reclamation Facility and learn about the wastewater treatment process and the issues that Fats, ...

As the shine of Mardi Gras fades for another year, queer First Nations people reflect on the prejudice they can face, even ...

Two floats caught fire during Mardi Gras parades in Houma, Louisiana, prompting safety concerns and calls for stricter regulations. The fires, potentially caused by pyrotechnic machines or ...

Two Houma parade floats caught fire during the 2025 Mardi Gras season in the Bayou Cane Fire District. The incidents are causing officials to revisit Terrebonne fire safety ordinances. Roughly ...

It was ‘rolling good time’ Friday morning as the Escambia Westgate Center held its annual Mardi Gras parade complete with floats, beads, moon pies, stuffed animals and more. Nearly 30 units ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras ... project.” A positive sign, he says, is that “throws” — the trinkets that ...

“High profile vehicles, including Mardi Gras floats, could become unstable at times,” the agency said. “Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.” Famous parades, Zulu and ...

Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald A float rider throws a teddy bear to the crowd during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald ...

In neighboring Jefferson Parish, officials canceled parades. Video above: The Krewe of Bacchus made beautiful floats for 1980 Mardi Gras The city’s two biggest parades — hosted by the social ...