Mardi Gras 2012
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Mardi Gras complaints prompt council action
Posted 8:35 AM 4/6/2012 by AP
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Public indecency - and some dogs - will now be prohibited from parades and other events in Pascagoula. The Mississippi Press reports that Mardi Gras shenanigans prompted action by the city council. The separate ordinances (More)
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Contents of Mardi Gras Museum to be auctioned
Posted 9:03 AM 3/8/2012 by AP
KENNER, La. (AP) - The glitter, the glitz, the pageantry and history of Mardi Gras is up for sale to the highest bidder. The once thriving Mardi Gras Museum, which closed last year as the budget crunch hit Kenner, is putting its varied collection of Mardi Gras memorabilia up for (More)
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Kick-off of LARC's annual bead drive
Posted 5:13 PM 2/22/2012 by Herbie Smith
Mardi Gras is officially over, which means the kickoff of Lafayette Association for Retarded Citizens' annual bead drive.
It's the perfect time to put unwanted beads to good use! "We collect thousands of beads." Susan Nini with L.A.R.C. says the tons of beads (More)
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With Mardi Gras a memory, New Orleans sobers up
Posted 2:12 PM 2/22/2012 by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - By dawn on Wednesday, stately St. Charles Avenue, where tens of thousands spent Mardi Gras feasting, drinking and scrambling for beads, was cleared of mountains of trash left behind by revelers. New Orleans' iconic green streetcars again clacked along the tracks (More)
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Rider falls from float in New Roads after parade ends, pronounced dead at scene
Posted 9:12 AM 2/22/2012 by AP
NEW ROADS (AP) - In Pointe Coupee Parish, Mardi Gras revelry turned deadly after a rider fell from a float that had participated in the New Roads parade. State police say 58-year-old James Lee, of New Roads, was riding on the tongue of a float that was being pulled by a Ford F-250 (More)
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3 Charged in Fight that Knocks Out Woman
Posted 12:34 AM 2/22/2012 by Chris Welty
Before the Independent Parade even rolled Tuesday, a fight sent a woman to the hospital.
The daughter of the Independent Weekly Publishers Steve May and Cherry Fisher May was punched and knocked unconscious. She is among three people Tuesday charged after a fight broke out over a (More) • Video (1)
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Iberia
Iberia Parish celebrates with 3 parades
Posted 8:22 PM 2/21/2012 by Elizabeth Hill
Three parades rolled through Iberia Parish. Grand Marais kicked things off in Jeanerette, followed by Krewe of Coteau and the Family Affair Parade in Loreauville. All the parade goers we talked to say they don't need to go to far to enjoy the festivities.
"We don't have the big city of New (More) • Video (1)
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"Courir de Mardi Gras" in Tee-Mamou
Posted 3:49 PM 2/21/2012 by Jenise Fernandez
Tee-Mamou is one of the few places celebrating a traditional Mardi Gras. No parades and no one catching beads, in Tee-Mamou, Mardi Gras is all about the "chase."
"It's been going on for years and years and we'll keep doing it!" said John McCory.
John McCory has been chasing chickens (More) • Video (1)
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Family Fun Day
Posted 11:22 AM 2/21/2012 by Lauren Wilson
Family Fun Day is taking place in Lafayette for Mardi Gras!
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Mardi Gras revelry, parades take over New Orleans
Posted 10:01 AM 2/21/2012 by MARY FOSTER
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Revelers hit the streets Tuesday to celebrate Mardi Gras, lured to the French Quarter and stately oak-lined avenues by the chance to snag beads and baubles from seemingly endless parades in the final unfettered party before the somber season of Lent. The French Quarter (More)
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