The group took in nearly 2,500 pounds of beads from six different drop-off locations across South Mississippi.

Shippensburg University College of Arts and Sciences Dean Sabita Manian hosted the inaugural Beads and Beignets social hour on March 5 in the Dauphin Humanities Center Fishbowl.

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — If you attended any Mardi Gras parades this season, you may be asking yourself, “What do I do with all of these beads?” Fairhope’s second Wawa, 5th in Alabama ...

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of Lent, the 40-day period observed by certain Christian denominations ...

With all of the excitement that comes with Mobile Mardi Gras like the beads, moon pies, and stuffed animals, one Mobile Police Sergeant believes that he’s discovered an “alarming trend” of ...

She is a graduate of Middlebury College ... the route of New Orleans' Lundi Gras Orpheus parade, and at least two vehicles suffered cracked windows after beads were thrown at them.

Mardi Gras Day: Thousands of revelers sporting beads and outlandish costumes filled ... Members of the Talladega College band perform during the Zulu parade on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, March ...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Beads are thrown during the Zulu parade ... (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Members of the Talladega College band perform during the Zulu parade on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, March 4 ...

Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Band of ... Jonathan Park Allen throws beads during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi on Tuesday ...

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Mardi Gras is a time of feasting and celebration, bringing visions of purple, gold, and green beads flying off extravagant floats. However, if you can’t get ...

(Brett Duke/The Advocate via AP) Members of the Talladega College band perform during the Zulu parade ... Black masking Indian costume she crafted using dental floss and beads on Mardi Gras Day, ...

Well, nobody knows why they do it, but they come up by the thousands to jump for those doubloons and beads even though ... expected storm and celebrate Mardi Gras Day as they always have.