A 36-year-old Metairie man was wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon (Feb. 25) near the Uptown New Orleans parade route at St. Charles Avenue and Napoleon Avenue, a heavily crowded ...

The Tucks parade rolls on the Uptown Route in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Tucks rolled with 37 floats to the theme "Tucks Hits the Sweet Spot." ...

NEW ORLEANS — City Council is considering amending a coming ban on throwing toilet paper during parades for the Krewe of Tucks. The bathroom-themed krewe has been slinging its signature throw ...

New Orleans city leaders met Wednesday to discuss Mardi Gras throws for the 2025 season. One throw, toilet paper, happens to be a signature throw for the Krewe of Tucks.

The New Orleans City Council discussed a ban on toilet paper as a parade throw during a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 10.

Tossing rolls of toilet paper during Carnival and Mardi Gras parades has been a longtime tradition in New Orleans that was started by the Krewe of Tucks pictured above with a float in the Uptown ...

NEW ORLEANS — There may be toilet paper remnants and beads in the trees on St. Charles Avenue and some other popular parading streets but the Krewe of Tucks says most of whatever remains of the ...

Sunday, Jan. 30. 1:00 PM - Krewe of Nefertiti Now in its second year as the parade that rolls in New Orleans East, this all-female krewe begins its 1990s-themed parade at the corner of Bullard ...

CORRECTS MARDI GRAS DAY IS FEB. 21, 2023, NOT 2022 - Children on ladders vie for beads as the group rolls during the Krewe of Iris Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023.

Throws, as the parade trinkets are known, date back to the late 1800s, when candy, peanuts and sweets were tossed from floats, Mr. Hardy said.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans City Council discussed a ban on toilet paper as a parade throw during a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The ordinance would stop any krewe other than Tucks ...