There’s much more to the annual tradition of Mardi Gras than partying. Check out our sampling of Mardi Gras history, trivia, ...

Mardi Gras parades are known for featuring colorful plastic bead necklaces, but here's the surprisingly deep meaning behind ...

Mardi Gras is a blast, but its origins and even its current celebrations are wrapped in a bit of mystery—masks, anyone? While ...

Krispy Kreme is offering customers a free doughnut on Fat Tuesday this year. Here's how you can redeem the offer.

Mardi Gras spans weeks, ending with Lent. Despite windy conditions, KATC captured the spirit of the King Gabriel Parade in ...

But the magic of Mardi Gras — the one we know and love — is that it transcends the mean arithmetic of means and ends, the ...

Krewes of all kinds paraded down the streets in decked-out floats and revelers caught beads thrown by the krewes, drank, danced and ate traditional Mardi Gras foods like king cakes. On Saturday ...

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

FILE - In this March 2, 2014 file photo, parade-goers cheer for beads and trinkets from float riders as a Mardi Gras parade ...

Beads of gold, green, and purple that represent power, faith, and justice are also distributed. Mardi Gras celebrates the sugary, sweet and colorful king cake. Originally part of a Christian ...

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

The Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade, Biloxi’s only parade on Fat Tuesday, rolled at its usual time of 1 p.m ...