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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of joyful revelers, many without masks, competed for...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of joyful revelers, many without masks, competed for plastic beads and trinkets tossed from floats as Alabama's port city threw a Mardi Gras-style parade Friday

Parade during COVID; Mobile officials preach ‘personal responsibility’ ahead of Mardi Gras event Updated 10:23 AM; Facebook Share Makayla Pitts is a recent high school graduate who isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19 but is young enough where she probably would not suffer serious health consequences if she contracted the virus. The 18-year-old who is graduating from B.C. Rain High School isn’t taking any chances, however. She’s not going to Friday’s Mardi Gras-style parade in downtown Mobile because she remains unvaccinated and because she anticipates most people there will not be ...

‘There is going to be a parade’: Mobile poised for first post-COVID Mardi Gras-like parade on Gulf Coast Updated 6:30 AM; Facebook Share It’s been a little more than two months since Mardi Gras Day ushered out the 2021 Carnival season on a whimper: With all the parades canceled in Mobile due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city’s Fat Tuesday celebration drew an anemic 1,700 revelers during a cold day to the downtown streets. But the self-branded “Birthplace of Mardi Gras” isn’t giving up on one more short of a Carnival-like celebration, even though the calendar says the holida...

Mardi Gras in May? If COVID cases fall, Mobile may roll out Carnival-like parade Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 09, 2021 A Mardi Gras-style parade featuring Reese's Senior Bowl players is held Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in downtown Mobile, Ala. The parade has become a popular event occurring outside the traditional time period for Carnival. (Mike Kittrell/AL.com) Facebook Share Mobile is ready to give Mardi Gras another try with a one-night Carnival-style parade through the downtown streets on May 21. But before anyone shouts, “let the good times roll”, the city administration is sending ...