Crawdaddy's Cajun opened in Medford last year and serves authentic New Orleans-style food. Specialties include jambalaya, ...

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give up habits for 40 days.

At that point in 2006, hardly anything seemed worthy of celebrating. Except everyone wanted and needed the kind of emotional ...

In cities across the United States someone or something is almost always watching you. On Tuesday, as Mardi Gras revelers ...

New Orleans police have arrested three suspects accused of pickpocketing people on Bourbon Street this weekend.

The promise from authorities for more security threatened to conflict with the city’s anything-goes sensibilities, and some ...

More cops than confetti are expected to be prevalent on parade routes when Mardi Gras goes into full swing in New Orleans this weekend.

Local authorities have established the French Quarter Enhanced Security Zone Friday through Ash Wednesday in an attempt to ...

The Louisiana State Police are holding a news conference Friday ahead of the Mardi Gras weekend. Troopers will be assisting ...

Greasing of the Poles in New Orleans kicks off Mardi Gras weekend. The ritual consists of community members greasing poles of the Royal Sonesta hotel in the French Quarter to deter revelers from ...

The rooftop snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs and armored vehicles seen during the Super Bowl will be back in the French Quarter on ...