Mardi Gras

A 29-year-old New Orleans man has reportedly been arrested in the non-fatal shooting of his 1-year-old step-grandson, according to Nola.com. Damien Randolph, 29, was arrested on Feb. 28 for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, domestic abuse battery, aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated battery, according to Orleans Parish Jail records. He […]

People from all over the world love to travel to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, but just how much do you know about it? Masks are required by law for those who are riding the floats, and the parades are planned by Krewes (social clubs). The very fist Mardi Gras was in 1703 in Mobile, […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Revelers dressed in costumes and reaching for beads thrown from floats took to the streets as Carnival season reached its peak, their celebration tinged with grief after two paradegoers in New Orleans were hit and killed by floats in the run-up to Fat Tuesday. In the Central City neighborhood, dozens of […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is mourning the death of a woman who was run over by a parade float as the city celebrates the season leading up to Mardi Gras. Police are still investigating the accident, spokesman Juan Barnes said Thursday. The woman apparently tried to cross between two parts of a tandem […]

Mardi Gras, which means Fat Tuesday in French, is largely associated with New Orleans in the United States, although it originally began in the U.S. in the city of Mobile, Ala. The annual celebration that predates the Lent season is held globally, however, keeping true to its European roots. As recorded by the Library of […]

  What cruise do you know of that has the best theme nights? None because the Fantastic Voyage Cruise is where it’s at. This year the line up is on point! Sunday:Represent Night Monday:Sneaker Ball (Formal Night) Tuesday: Mardi Gras Night Wednesday: All White Night (Anita Baker concert) Thursday: 70’s Night Friday: Pop of Color […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The driver accused of plowing into a crowd enjoying a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, police said. The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement identifying the man as 25-year-old Neilson Rizzuto. He’s being held at the city’s jail […]

  Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his role on, NCIS: New Orleans, airing Tuesday nights on CBS. Most known for his roles in House Party, House Party 2 and Boomerang, the actor stars as Investigative Computer Specialist Patton Plame on the famed franchise. “We shot the episode a couple weeks ago. […]

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) — A shooting after a Mardi Gras parade in Pass Christian killed two men and wounded four other people Sunday, south Mississippi authorities said. Carlos Bates, 29, of Gulfport, and Isiah Major III, 43, of Bay St. Louis both died at the scene, Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove told local news […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Solange Knowles lost her wedding ring while riding in a New Orleans parade an as honorary member of the Krewe of Muses.   Staci Rosenberg is captain of the all-female group. She says in an email that the singer-songwriter and younger sister to Beyonce lost the ring Thursday night along St. […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A stubborn six-alarm fire blanketed part of downtown New Orleans in eye-stinging smoke early Wednesday and forced the closure of historic Canal Street between the city’s central business district and the French Quarter. The blaze broke out in a largely empty four-story building and damaged an adjacent building. Flames were no […]

As the city of St. Louis celebrates Mardi Gras, the lighthearted celebration can’t change the somber tone in the area following the death of Michael…