Linking the Mardi Gras capital of New Orleans in Louisiana and the waterfront city of Mobile in Alabama, Amtrak’s Gulf Coast train is set to become one of the USA’s great rail routes once more when it relaunches in spring 2025.

Most of the drama involving South Alabama basketball on Friday night happened away from Mobile and the Mitchell Center. The Jaguars rolled past Louisiana 65-42 in their regular-season finale at home,

Elijah Ormiston scored 28 points as South Alabama beat Louisiana 65-42 on Friday, pulling the Jaguars into a four-way share of the Sun Belt Conference championship with Arkansas State, Troy and James Madison.

BOTTOM LINE: Louisiana will try to keep its three-game road win streak alive when the Ragin’ Cajuns play South Alabama. The Jaguars are 12-4 in home games. South Alabama leads the Sun Belt with 13.4 fast break points.

Powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday just as huge parades and costumed revelers are set to celebrate Mardi

Amtrak services along the Mississippi Gulf Coast will soon return after nearly 20 years. The Southern Rail Commission said a new station will make the goal of

The ring-shaped, sugar-topped cake is a Mardi Gras staple. Typically decorated with icing and sugar or sprinkles in the traditional yellow, green, and purple colors of Mardi Gras, king cake is so called to represent Three Kings Day. A plastic baby is also traditionally hidden inside the cake for someone to find.

So far this season, Barry Dunning Jr. averages 14.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, shooting 45.5% from the floor and 30.6% from beyond the arc with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game ...