Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday,” the culmination of a festive season in New Orleans which begins on Jan. 6. Also known as Carnival or Carnaval, it’s celebrated in many countries ...

It was a crowded Mardi Gras weekend in Mamou — a town of a little under 3,000 people that receives thousands of additional visitors during one of the busiest seasons in south Louisiana.

MAMOU, La. (NEWS 15) — The names have been released of the two teenagers killed in the Mamou Mardi Gras concert shootings. Bryson Green was a student at Cecilia High School and the second-youngest of ...