Lafayette, LA– May 21, 2020 – Vitalant—the nation’s largest nonprofit, independent blood collector—serving the local community here in Lafayettehas declared a critical shortage of blood as supplies have been significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Shelter-in-place orders led to 950blood drives canceled since early Marchin our region alone, resulting in a loss of over 19,000 uncollected…… More
Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida will reopen on July 11th. The announcement was made on Wednesday, May 27th. The Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom will be the first to open, Epcot and Disney Hollywood Studios will open on July 15th. We’re pleased to share plans for the phased reopening of @WaltDisneyWorld Resort Theme…… More
United Way of Acadiana has once again partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to help those experiencing food insecurity due to Covid 19. If you are in need, fresh produce, protein, and other items will be available through a contact free drive-up service. No registration required. According to…… More
In a Facebook post on May 26th, Gueydan Duck Festival President Jerrod Broussard announced the cancellation of the 2020 festivities. In the post below, Mr. Broussard said the decision was not easy, but the festival will continue August 26-29th 2021.… More
A Church Point family is now homeless and lost everything due to a fire over the weekend. The fire was first noticed by a neighbor around Noon on Saturday. Heather Pitre and her family were not home at the time of the fire. Heather’s neighbor called 911 and tried to help put out the blaze…… More
The Three O’Clock Project has announced dates and times for this week’s meals to go distributions in Acadiana. Please note that times have changed for some locations, and starting on June 1, children will either need to be present or a form will need to be completed in order to verify the number of children…… More
Attention Graduating Seniors!! Pizza Hut has teamed up with America’s dairy farmers to give away 500,000 pizzas. According to Pizza Hut, this is an effort to bring “some much-needed joy” amid the Covid-19 pandemic. 2020’s grads will need to visit Pizza Hut’s “Grad Party” site and sign into their Pizza Hut Rewards account. Students will…… More
St. Martin Parish will begin Grab and Go Meals for kids. All Children Age 18 & Under are eligible to receive meals. 5 Breakfast and 5 Lunch Meals will be distributed once per week. Pick up time is 10:30am-1:00pm. A completed parent pick up form is required when picking up meals without children in the vehicle. …… More
Lafayette, LA – May 14, 2020 – The oldest and largest national independent nonprofit transfusion medicine organization, Vitalant, has launched a campaign to help COVID-19 and other patients through life-saving convalescent plasma and other blood donations. The campaign is a prompt to take action and save lives, while reminding our community in Acadiana that donations…… More
Canadian researchers are looking to use cannabis to fight the coronavirus! … More
Beyoncé is asking her legions of fans to take action after the death of George Floyd. The Grammy-winning artist is one of several celebrities using their social media platforms to demand change in the wake of Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last week. “We’re broken and we’re disgusted,” she says in a video posted on Instagram.…… More
Missing live music? There may be a solution coming to a parking lot near you. Drive-in concerts are popping up in parts of Europe and throughout the United States as the coronavirus pandemic has brought an end to large public gatherings. Keith Urban and DJ D-Nice are among the first major artists to perform drive-in…… More
Denzel Washington is being called a “good Samaritan” after coming to the aid of a man in distress in Los Angeles last week. A representative for Washington told CNN the actor pulled over to help a man he saw in “the middle of a busy intersection” because he was in “danger of being struck by…… More
More music has been released by Juice Wrld. The 21-year-old rapper died in December due to what authorities determined to be a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity. On Thursday, his collaboration with Trippie Redd, “Tell Me U Luv Me,” was released. This new single comes weeks after his first posthumous solo single “Righteous” was…… More
Nick Offerman wants to help keep people fed during the coronavirus pandemic. The actor and comedian announced on his website that he will donate all of the proceeds from sales of three of his comedy specials to America’s Food Fund. The specials include a new one titled “Full Bush,” which was filmed at the Chicago…… More
It’s finally here! Lady Gaga released her new album, “Chromatica” on Friday, much to the excitement of her fans. Gaga took to Instagram to post a video of herself dancing to the song, “911” from her new work. The 16-track album features an array of dance anthems, one could say Gaga is returning to her…… More
A 2001 cheating scandal on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” would have been an enormous story in the U.S., except that the news broke in the U.K. almost immediately after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The under-covered aspect of the story brings an extra level of deliciousness to “Quiz,” a three-part AMC miniseries that…… More
Reuniting Steve Carell and “The Office” producer Greg Daniels, “Space Force” carries such an impressive payload — from the star-heavy cast to the concept — it’s a shame the actual show isn’t better. As is, this too-broad parody has sporadic moments but consistently feels like it’s trying way too hard to achieve liftoff, like an…… More
