Two well-known celebrities who call the Crescent City home are also in attendance as events kick-off Thursday.

Here's what you need to know about Mardi Gras in Mississippi, where to find family fun events around the state during Carnival, when to get king cake.

WASHINGTON – Louisiana had only begun to reopen airports Thursday morning after a blizzard, but Washington Mardi Gras was in full swing.

Mobile isn’t the only place to celebrate Mardi Gras in Alabama. Gulf Shores, one hour south by car, has some of the USA’s prettiest white-sand beaches and this year hosts the 46th Annual Mardi Gras ...

Southern cities largely unfamiliar with snow and ice are getting creative in their efforts to clean up from this week's winter storm.

While the residents of southeast Louisiana have been celebrating the snow, Carnival is celebrated in the nation’s capitol.

New Orleans has received more snowfall since the start of meteorological winter than many cold-weather cities across the country.

Major Anthony Washington with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office says there will be safeguards in place for the Twin City ...

Temperatures were gradually rising across the U.S. South, bringing hopes that the remaining snow and ice would melt away.

The sixth edition of Prospect New Orleans, co-curated by Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson, finds artists looking to the distant past, urgent present and possible futures for archetypes of resilienc ...