A consulting firm will present recommendations on closing Bourbon Street to cars to New Orleans officials this week.

A consultant who formerly headed the New York Police Department is ready to make his security recommendations for New Orleans ...

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Crescent city captain Kim Mercadal says she first learned that her krewe would not be riding on a Zoom meeting with NOPD chief Anne Kirkpatrick the Monday before Mardi Gras.

As New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick briefed reporters on the changing plans Monday, she said firmly that she would cancel the parades entirely if the National Weather ...

Police were also expected to keep the hundreds of participants and dozens of floats moving quickly so they finished before winds were predicted to pick up, according to New Orleans Police ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of revelers adorned in beads and outlandish costumes will fill the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day despite anticipated severe storms.

Powerful storms bearing a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told reporters Monday. The parades will be required to wrap up by 11:30 a.m. local time to avoid diminishing weather. “Bottom line, they gonna ...

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said. The parades wrapped up by the afternoon to avoid worsening weather. The National Weather Service forecasted thunderstorms and winds up to ...