Tag: MARDI GRAS

Another Mardi Gras is on the verge of wrapping up, and as per tradition, the Comic Cowboys take the stage in downtown Mobile on Fat Tuesday, the last day of the Carnival season.

The Mobile Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting in downtown on Sunday.

As Mobile prepares for the 2026 Carnival season, the City is updating policies to ensure the safety and well-being of horses, riders, and spectators.

Amtrak's new "Mardi Gras Service" route will begin on August 18.

It's a long way from being Mardi Gras Queen in Mobile to U.S. Secretary of Labor. That's the journey of Alexis Herman, who died Friday at 77.

It won’t be long before Amtrak resumes its route between Mobile and New Orleans. The new name for the route is "Amtrak Mardi Gras Service."

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson announced Tuesday that 300 tons of trash and garbage was collected during Mardi Gras this year.

Even though it's not an election year, the waters of the national, state and local current affairs are still choppy, and Mobile's Comic Cowboys did not pull any punches with their biting commentary on this Fat Tuesday.

An anti-violence group in Mobile is calling on those attending Mardi Gras parades to turn their backs when groups of young children dancing sexually suggestive go by.

The local group Prattville Pride is boasting of its participation in the city’s Mardi Gras parade after receiving a federal judge’s injunction to access the city’s Christmas parade last month.

The streets of Mobile will have an added hedge of protection for Mardi Gras parades this year.

It's coming real soon. The Mardi Gras season starts Jan. 9 in Mobile with a tree lighting at Mardi Gras Park.

The search is on for a lost crown of a past Mardi Gras queen from a parade in Mobile.

A giant billboard in Tuesday’s Mobile Mardi Gras parade read: “Jimmy Buffett’s last hit. Changes in Altitude.”

This year's Mardi Gras festivities marked the 140th anniversary for the Comic Cowboys, the mystic society operating under the slogan "without malice." 

Even though their existence was threatened by some busybody-concerned citizens inspired by a progressive woke culture, the Comic Cowboys have been a fixture in Mobile's Mardi Gras celebration since the late 1800s.

The city of Mobile is preparing to bring back the New Year’s Eve party and Mardi Gras celebrations. The events are expected to be a...