Officials are rushing to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations as powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to ...

Powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday ...

Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition, filled with fun, families and often, a lot of booze. But there's something really ...

A major cross-country storm is moving east, bringing thunderstorms to the South from Texas to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day ...

By the 1850s, a group of men in New Orleans established a secret society to help celebrate the holiday. The city’s first ...

Beginning as a religious holiday observed prior to the Christian Lenten season, Mardi Gras has since expanded from a single ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give up habits for 40 days.

Palmerton resident and contributing writer Lynn Shupp brings us a firsthand look from Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, which ...