Consultants will determine which areas to fix first, with crews taking on more projects at once to "expedite the bidding ...

There was never any question that Mardi Gras would go forward after the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans. But some ...

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said another security measure being taken as a result of the attack is erecting hundreds of barricades on a nearly 3-mile stretch of St. Charles ...

Bexar County Commissioners approved the purchase of eight new safety barriers to protect crowds at large gatherings. The ...

The city of New Orleans is currently preparing to make Mardi Gras safe and secure by enacting higher levels of security. In order to ensure public safety, additional law enforcement, barricades ...

Here are a few things that make Mobile's Mardi Gras stand out from other Carnival celebrations--from a New Orleanian-turned-Mobilian.

NEW ORLEANS — Stepped-up security measures are now in place in New Orleans ahead of the big Mardi Gras celebration. Public safety officials spent the day installing concrete barricades and wedge ...

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes are filling the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day ...

“By virtue of being established prior to New Orleans, Mobile was the first Gulf Coast settlement ... is seeing children ...

Many adjacent streets leading to the Uptown parade route were blocked by police or military vehicles or wooden barricades. Last week, New Orleans officials installed a weaving “serpentine ...