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• Traditional Cajun Mardi Gras continues in Mamou Play Video

  March 1, 2022 6:02 PM

  MAMOU- In Evangeline Parish, the traditional Cajun Mardi Gras is a bit different than New Orleans. Instead of riding around on floats, revelers ride from house to house on horseback in colorful homemade costumes. "We're like the old-time Mardi Gras, that first started," said Gary Brignac, one of several... 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 »

• Report: Firefighters battling large fire in Mamou

  March 20, 2017 4:33 PM

  MAMOU – Firefighters in Mamou, Louisiana are responded to a large fire Monday afternoon, local media reports. According to KATC, fire crews are working to extinguish a fire on 6 th Street. First responders have closed the road near the fire and several nearby alleys. Details about the... more »

• LSP find missing kid from Mamou, mother in custody

  April 26, 2016 11:43 PM

  MAMOU - Louisiana State Police have located a twelve-year-old boy safely after he went missing Tuesday afternoon. Investigators issued an alert Tuesday night that Jalon Bradley, 12, was taken from Mamou High School Tuesday afternoon after he was taken by his mother, 34-year-old Elaine Freemean. Both Bradley and... more »

• Police identify suspect connected to Walker credit card fraud

  August 20, 2015 12:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Police in McComb, Miss. have identified one of the suspects who police say stole credit card information from a Walker man and made fraudulent purchases at a Mississippi Walmart. Investigators identified Bradley J Boudreaux, 32, of Mamou, La., as the suspect shown in security footage wearing... more »