In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is particularly stark, as member station WWNO's Rosemary Westwood reports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC ...

Drug smugglers who used foie gras and duck breast to hide £8million worth of cocaine in the back of a van have been jailed. Michael Keating, 56; his brother Matthew, 49; Tanvir Hussain ...

The Spirit Lake Fire Community Department has a few things down to a science – one of those things is making pancakes. They should know what they are doing – they’ve been perfecting their technique ...

New Orleans' most famous street could soon see sweeping changes if city leaders follow through on bold new safety recommendations after a New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 and injured dozens.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE. The New Orleans Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a homicide investigation on Mardi Gras Day. According to police, NOPD arrested a 15-year-old in connection ...

Lafayette Louisiana Restaurants have great authentic Cajun cooking without New Orleans' crowds and prices. Here 7 kid-friendly places to authentic local food.

All one has to do is look at what the Mardi Gras Pass has done and continues to do. It has destroyed fisheries, estuaries and accelerated land loss. There was a study done (I believe around 2012 ...

South Africans are seething over scenes of a “Zulu” parade spotted during New Orleans’s annual Mardi Gras in the United States. The colourful carnival season ended last week on the eve of ...

The report also calls for a permanent federal SEAR 1 threat designation for Mardi Gras, the highest federal event threat rating, to ensure additional security resources are allocated to the city.

MARDI GRAS UPDATE: The Captain of the Krewe of Oceanus sent out a statement today clarifying our story about the dissolution of the Krewe: While no longer a member of the NWLA Mardi Gras ...