TEXARKANA, Texas -- LifeShare Blood Center is encouraging people to donate blood with a Mardi Gras promotion. Donors can give blood at the Texarkana donation center Thursday or Friday and receive a ...

Mardi Gras in the Port City dates back to 1703 (New Orleans’ version became popular in the 1730s), when New World French explorers had a celebration at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement in ...

Reservations have opened for Universal Orlando Annual Passholders (UOAP) to reserve a spot to ride on a Mardi Gras parade float. UPDATE – 01/16/25: As of 12:44 p.m., UOAP reservations for Mardi Gras ...

Jesters and other characters dressed in the familiar purple, green and yellow tones of Mardi Gras and a float reminiscent of those at New Orleans Carnival parades can be seen passing by in the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile invested in 18 portable bollards ahead of the 2025 Mardi Gras season. The $167,371 investment was made in hopes of preventing a copycat of the New ...

The FBI said that “as late as mid-November,” Jabbar looked up how to access a balcony on Bourbon Street, researched Mardi Gras and looked up information about several shootings in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras in Mobile is a time for revelry, tradition, and celebration—but this year, it will also be marked by heightened security. In a move aimed at protecting crowds, the city is installing ...

WE ALSO LEARNED FROM THE FBI THAT THE SUSPECT’S ONLINE HISTORY INCLUDED LOOKING UP HOW TO ACCESS A BALCONY IN NEW ORLEANS, THINGS ABOUT MARDI GRAS AND PREVIOUS SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE CITY.

If you know of any events not on this list, please send them to [email protected]. Sunday, Feb. 2 – Bayou Mardi Gras Parade – New Iberia, 2 p.m. Family-styled Mardi Gras celebration on the banks ...

Mike Graves pulled his Kia Sedona minivan towing a U-Haul trailer full of king cakes, some jiggling between between purple, green and gold beads, in a Midtown parking lot last year just ahead of ...

Luckily, they've been here before. Mardi Gras is just the first in a series of annual festivals and special events on the island, and "in the lead up to each event we do comprehensive security and ...