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• Police: Suspect in Chewbacca costume wanted for stabbing in New Orleans

  April 26, 2021 3:03 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Police are looking for an unidentified street performer in a Star Wars costume who allegedly stabbed a person in the French Quarter. WWL-TV reported the confrontation happened around 9 p.m. Saturday on Toulouse Street near Royal Street. The suspect was dressed as Chewbacca, a character... more »

• Chasing chickens in Mamou on Mardi Gras Play Video

  February 25, 2020 5:48 PM

  MAMOU - The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition lives on in Evangeline Parish. Men in colorful costumes and masks travel around town on horseback making stops where they collect ingredients for the gumbo. The Mardi Gras event has been happening for decades passed on from family to family.... more »