A few years ago, she crossed paths with a man named Cecil Roebuck, who hired her to create some foam float flowers—work she says he paid for. But she says the next project didn’t go so smoothly.

Musicians and Fat Tuesday marchers have made their way through 18th & Vine, the Crossroads, and the Westside neighborhood for decades — rain, sleet or snow. The colorfully-dressed revelers ...

Livvy Dunne is the — unofficial — queen of Mardi Gras. On Sunday, March 2, the 22-year-old Louisiana State University gymnastics team member posted an Instagram carousel highlighting her Mardi ...

Nocona resident Bob Ferguson, the owner of the Red River Station Inn, sits in his remote controlled ‘parade float’ prior to the parade for the 15th Annual Mardi Gras Nocona Style on Clay ...

Livvy Dunne certainly made quite the entrance for the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Louisiana, as Grand Marshal of Endymion with not only her outfit, but her crazy parade float. Mardi Gras was ...

Blaine Kern, a notorious float building and Mardi Gras mastermind, was inspired by the movie King Kong. This idea would birth what we now know today as parade themes.

When people visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras this year, there will be additional tactical teams and overall a larger police presence than in years past, according to the lead federal coordinator ...

Here are a few things that make Mobile's Mardi Gras stand out from other Carnival celebrations--from a New Orleanian-turned-Mobilian.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Mardi Gras float created a traffic headache Tuesday (Feb. 25) afternoon. A tractor pulling the float was tipped onto its side on US 90 West at the Tchoupitoulas Exit.

One strand of Mardi Gras beads can cost less than 25 cents. Meanwhile, throws like lab-created biodegradable beads and the flowers that the Krewe of Iris use now cost over twice as much. 1 of 3 ...

A float rider shoots a bubble gun during the Ocean Springs Elks Club Mardi Gras Parade in Ocean Springs on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald ...

Ja’Marr Chase, Lucky Blue Smith, Leon Bridges, CeeDee Lamb, SZA, Taylor Hill, and more brought a taste of fashion week to the Big Easy.