Every year, cities across the United States pause in March to celebrate an annual festival known as Mardi Gras. The celebrations are most concentrated in areas such as New Orleans, Mobile, and ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - With Mardi Gras just around the corner and offering a Splahin good time, St. Louis will be seeing an unabundant amount of Mardi Gras beads all over the city.

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.