Baldwin 2025 Mardi Gras parade canceled, police chief says
BALDWIN, La. (KLFY) -- The 2025 Carnival season will be a little less festive in St. Mary Parish, after Baldwin officials have announced its Mardi Gras parade, scheduled for March 1, has been canceled.
Baldwin Police Chief Anthony Gibson said the decision to cancel the parade was his. He cited road construction and the spate of recent shootings in the city as the reasons for the cancellation.
"We got construction going on on US-90 that causes a lot of traffic into our city, and what is going on right now (are the reasons for the cancellation)," Gibson said.
Police reported a shooting just after 5 p.m. Jan. 3 in the 300 block of Rod Lane in which several vehicles were damaged, and another early this morning on Lincoln Street in which three people were hospitalized.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.