The Junior Board of Rock Island held its 86th annual Mardi Gras Ball fundraiser on Saturday, March 1, at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf.

Starting Aug.18, customers will now have an option to hop on the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service. This is a new, twice-daily intercity train service traveling between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans.

When will the Mardi Gras Service route run? The Mardi Gras Service will have twice-daily trains between Mobile and New Orleans. There will be morning and evening departures from both cities.

Amtrak is bringing its Mardi Gras route to Alabama. Find out when the service starts and how much tickets will be ...

All aboard. Amtrak riders can now book their tickets for the new Mardi Gras Service, which will start on Aug. 18. After two decades, the rail service announced in April that they had plans to restore ...

The Mardi Gras Service, starting on Aug. 18, will connect New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., by train for the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The Mystick Krewe of Louisianians announced who will reign as the king and queen of Washington Mardi Gras for 2026.

Lake Charles businessman and community leader W. Gray Stream will be the next Washington Mardi Gras king, and Yale University student Sarah Louise Heebe will be the queen, event organizers ...