NEW ORLEANS — The Krewe of Barkus has found its king for 2019.
King Stanley James Louis Preston Foxworth will reign as Barkus XXVII.
The krewe says that Stanley was once homeless and sickly and was sitting in Zeus' Place waiting for someone to adopt him. He was picked up by Tracy Foxworth of the Bywater.
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Barkus, a parade of four-legged friends, has been a fixture in the French Quarter for more than two and a half decades.
The 2019 parade will roll on Sunday, February 24 at 2 p.m. This year's theme is "Big Bark Theory: Barkus Goes to Comic Con."
