Stone had left Mobile and was on her way back to Atlanta when the Sprinter van she was in was involved in a crash in Montgomery County on Saturday morning around 4:25 a.m., per the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The van had crashed and overturned on I-65 before a Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck crashed into it, ALEA said.

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Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition, filled with fun, families and often, a lot of booze. But there's something really important about the season you may not know ... something that people in one part of the country have known for centuries.

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, originated in Mobile, Alabama. It is a celebration that happens before the fasting season of Lent. The city of Dothan has hosted a Mardi Gras parade for 11 years now.

A major cross-country storm is moving east, bringing thunderstorms to the South from Texas to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day before heading to the East Coast on Wednesday.

Here are a few things that make Mobile's Mardi Gras stand out from other Carnival celebrations--from a New Orleanian-turned-Mobilian.

Palmerton resident and contributing writer Lynn Shupp brings us a firsthand look from Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, which competes with New Orleans By LYNN Shupp [email protected]

By the 1850s, a group of men in New Orleans established a secret society to help celebrate the holiday. The city’s first Mardi Gras Krewe was born. Other secret societies followed and there are even new krewes emerging today. The Krewe of Chewbacchus celebrates not only the genius of star wars but also the Roman god of wine.

Pensacola's Mardi Gras celebrations have been met with exuberance since they got rolling in 1900, but keeping traditions alive has been intentional.

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.

Get your beads and King Cakes out! Mardi Gras is officially upon us! The annual celebration is one of the most iconic cultural events in the United States, known for exuberant parades, festive ...