Mardi Gras organizers are vowing to hold the city's signature most celebrated party in February, despite two devastating hurricanes. Tourism officials and parade hosts appeared before the City Council to demand the annual pre-Lent celebration returns to the city this winter.

In a bid create awareness towards Monarch butterflies, a crew plans will accompany the butterflies on their epic journey. Monarch butterflies travel from the forests of eastern Canada to the central Mexican mountains for the winter.

Pint -sized Emmanuel Lewis, star of 80's sitcom, "Webster," was pulled over after being spotted doing 70 in a 45 mph zone in the rural Georgia town of Warwick. Lewis, 33, was hauling an SUV he'd purchased up State Route 300 when he was popped by Officer Ron Kirk, who immediately recognized the star and requested an autograph and photos. The actor posed with Kirk and the town's police chief, Randy Howard Jr. "Well, I grew up watching him and he was very nice and professional, so I just gave him a courtesy warning," Kirk told Albany television station WALB. Kirk says Lewis was probably unfamiliar with the area and had not realized the speed limit had dropped. At one point in the 80's, Lewis was one of Michael Jackson's best-known kid-star companions. He even recorded a musical single, "City Connection," which topped the charts in Japan.