NEW ORLEANS (AP) — You just can’t keep a good city down, especially when Mardi Gras is coming. All around New Orleans, thousands of houses are being decorated as floats because the coronavirus ...

NEW ORLEANS - Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all were expected to prevent what the city usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season — ...

With Fat Tuesday a week in our rearview mirror, the Mardi Gras funk that gripped the city has abated. Attention now is focused on next year’s celebration. With Fat Tuesday set for a late March 1, we ...

Earlier this week I personally emailed each captain of the 34 parading krewes in Orleans Parish asking about their plans for the 2021 Carnival season. Twenty-six responded. Not surprisingly, the ...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- This year, the familiar phrase down south will have to change from "Laissez le bon temps rouler" to "Que les bons moments roulent malgré la pandémie." Let the good times roll ...

Mardi Gras might look a bit different in 2021. Due to it being a religious holiday, the city cannot cancel Mardi Gras, but celebrating it safely amid the coronavirus pandemic is a different matter.

NEW ORLEANS - Ahead of Mardi Gras this year, New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell announced on Friday that all bars, both indoor and outdoor, will be closed citywide to help combat the spread of COVID-19 ...