WDSU REPORTER ARIELLE BRUMFIELD LIVE AT TEN. ARIELLE. THE MAYOR’S MARDI GRAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND TODAY. YES, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NOTABLE CHANGES THIS YEAR AFTER THAT ...

In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is particularly stark, as member station WWNO's Rosemary Westwood reports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC ...

It’s 72 and sunny on Mardi Gras Indian Uptown Super Sunday in New Orleans, and A.L. Davis Park is overflowing. Snakes and lizards drape across shoulders and around biceps. Leather body suits ...

There’s a new “Big Chief” in town. On Tuesday, Mardi Gras Records released "I'm Feeling Good! (Big Chief Remix)," a wholesale reinvention of Professor Longhair’s timeless 1965 Carnival cla ...

The report also calls for a permanent federal SEAR 1 threat designation for Mardi Gras, the highest federal event threat rating, to ensure additional security resources are allocated to the city.

The krewe customarily selects and designs next year’s throws soon after Mardi Gras ends. The krewe then enters into contracts with an importer to buy them by “summer at the latest,” he said.

The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team supported the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) support during the busiest week of Mardi Gras. The NOPD requested ...

Being one of the largest and most well-known festivals in the world, Mardi Gras has been celebrated since the 16th century and contributes more than $1 billion to the local economy each year.

THAT’S WHEN VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS BLOCK ROADWAYS. STATE POLICE SAY ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON MARDI GRAS DAY ON CHEF MENTEUR HIGHWAY. THEY ALSO SAY SOME OF THE ARRESTS ESCALATED INTO ...

All one has to do is look at what the Mardi Gras Pass has done and continues to do. It has destroyed fisheries, estuaries and accelerated land loss. There was a study done (I believe around 2012 ...

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