People often ask me why I love Mardi Gras so much. They want to know why my husband and I spend hundreds of dollars on trinkets and plastic beads to throw off a float into the hands of people we don’t ...

Whitford said nearly 1,000 vehicle barriers are proposed to keep people across New Orleans safe for Mardi Gras. Whitford said he will be in New Orleans this week to meet with city officials to ...