Planning to shoot fireworks inside the city limits of any Webster Parish town to ring in 2025?

Better check your local ordinance for the time frame or you may be paying a fine.

As 2024 draws to a close, Minden’s City Council enacted several ordinances during its final meeting of the year, including one that affects when you celebrate the new year.

Ordinance No. 1151, unanimously adopted by the council, not only places restrictions on fireworks retail sales but also on usage before, during and after certain “holidays.”

Portions of the new ordinance read as follows:

“… To the discharging of permissible fireworks between … December 15th and January 1st, inclusive.

“Other restrictions of retail sales or use. Fireworks shall not be discharged prior to 8:00 a.m. nor later than 10 p.m. (Exception – New Year’s Eve 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. on January 1st.)”

City of Springhill times are December 15 through midnight of January 1.