The clock has struck midnight, which means that the New Orleans Police Department ... Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick and Louisiana State Police on Bourbon Street, where a news conference was ...

Bourbon Street was born in 1722, after a September hurricane wiped away four years of development in the original city of New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate ... but follow the rules Photos: A look at Louisiana’s Mardi Gras festivities through the ...

This year's theme is "Louisiana Fairs and Festivals." (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com) The Krewe of Bacchus rolls through the streets of New Orleans on Sunday, March 2 ...

Float #8, Louisiana fishing ... Thousands of revelers sporting beads and outlandish costumes filled the streets as New Orleans prepared to celebrate just ahead of bad weather.

(Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) "Louisiana Fairs and Festivals" is the theme as the Krewe of Bacchus rolls through the streets of New Orleans, Sunday, March 2 ...

NEW ORLEANS ... through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday just as costumed revelers celebrate Mardi Gras with huge parades and partying in the streets of New Orleans and other ...