Louisiana
Restaurants, golf venue, movie studio and more coming to Louisiana Boardwalk
BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) – A significant vote, price tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars}, is anticipated to come back earlier than Bossier Metropolis Council members Tuesday, March 21.
A neighborhood group of traders has already begun work on the primary of a collection of proposed initiatives alongside the Louisiana Boardwalk hall on the Pink River. The massive headline is a brand new {golfing} expertise referred to as Chasing Aces. It’s anticipated to interrupt floor and open up within the subsequent couple of years.
Traders are hopeful they’ll get the go-ahead from all seven council members Tuesday. On Monday although, KSLA bought an unique behind-the-scenes have a look at their initiatives and the plans this group has for your complete Boardwalk.
A type of initiatives is simply weeks away from the doorways swinging open, and it’s the primary of a number of eating places and different ventures that may quickly name the Boardwalk residence.
“There is no such thing as a cause why this riverfront can’t flourish, and we’ll do every thing attainable to deliver household leisure again to the riverfront,” mentioned John Dudley, the Shreveport native who’s main the funding group.
“The atmosphere is second to none, lights on the Texas Road bridge.”
Dudley has began work on the primary of what could possibly be a half dozen separate investments alongside the Louisiana Boardwalk hall, together with his new Latin American restaurant, The three Amigos, which is about to open on Cinco de Mayo (Might 5).
“After we seemed on the constructing, we have been amazed how large the area was,” mentioned Dudley.
Different initiatives are deliberate simply on the north facet of Margaritaville in a 20-acre unfold of undeveloped property owned by the Metropolis of Bossier Metropolis.
“I’m the founding father of Chasing Aces. I needed to create an expertise that goes past what’s occurring in golf leisure,” mentioned Dudley.
About the one similarity from its predecessor, High Golf, is the practically three dozen swing bays to permit fun-seekers an opportunity to let it rip. However Dudley mentioned he has deliberate way more behind the partitions of his proposed two-story leisure complicated.
“Thirty swing bays, positive eating restaurant, common restaurant, sports activities bar, banquet corridor and a nine-hole sensible course.”
He’s referring to a nine-hole, day-and-night par 3 golf course, and an 18-hole placing inexperienced course. It’s a dream he mentioned he’s anxious to lastly tee off on after two years of planning.
“I knew my coronary heart and conviction that is what I needed to do,” mentioned Dudley.
For now, work continues to safe the vacant property earlier than the primary little bit of dust on Chasing Aces will be turned.
“We have now about 45 days to make this factor occur,” Dudley mentioned.
However they’re already laborious at work proving their price, flipping the outdated Buffalo Wild Wings right into a dinner and leisure venue.
“Going to have a dwell band each weekend.”
Patrons will have the ability to expertise leisure, meals and a professional bull-riding licensed mechanical bull.
Dudley guarantees The three Amigos is only the start.
“As soon as we have now it launched, we’re placing in a comedy membership and a second restaurant in 2024. We consider in Shreveport-Bossier, and make the most of this nice Boardwalk we have now and nice river we have now.”
Dudley mentioned that they’ve labored carefully with the Metropolis Council and that a number of planning has gone into their large day in entrance of the council Tuesday.
And it’s been a busy few months for the Louisiana Boardwalk, too. The Marriot subsequent door is present process an growth, including near 60 rooms. In latest weeks, the Boardwalk additionally inked a cope with a film studio that may quickly start development on studios. The Louisiana tax incentives are nonetheless inviting sufficient to snag established Hollywood group Troubled Muse Studios.
And folks will likely be seeing much more legislation enforcement presence on the Boardwalk for the following couple of years. The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Workplace’s detective unit will likely be housed on the Boardwalk whereas their places of work subsequent to the courthouse in Benton are renovated.
KSLA has additionally discovered that one other group is flipping a big part of the Boardwalk into an occasions middle. Extra about that venture needs to be launched within the coming weeks.
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Louisiana 2024-2025 hunting regulation pamphlet available online. Features ‘major changes’
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4 indicted in illegal hunt of record-breaking 18-point buck in Ohio
Four individuals face charges for the illegal hunting of an 18-point buck in Ohio.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has released its 2024-25 hunting regulations pamphlet online at the LDWF website.
For the complete regulations, go to https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/seasons-and-regulations.
The pamphlet contains hunting rules, regulations and season dates for the 2024-25 season, including hunting information on LDWF’s Wildlife Management Areas and Louisiana’s federal lands. Printed copies of the pamphlets will be available in August at LDWF offices throughout the state and at vendors where hunting and fishing licenses are sold. This season’s regulation pamphlet also has season schedules for the state’s 10 deer hunting areas and major changes for the 2024-25 season including:
- New federal duck stamp rules.
- Clarification on use of dogs for trailing and retrieval of deer
- Change in what turkeys are legal for harvest and associated bag limits
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Louisiana police have July 4 flashing light show for impaired drivers
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The following has been provided by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission:
Fireworks shows are a hallmark of Independence Day. But flashing police lights are the only show for impaired drivers as the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission begins its statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.
According to AAA, a record 60.6 million people will travel by car this 4th of July. Law enforcement officers across Louisiana will be looking specifically for impaired drivers this holiday weekend, and those who fail a sobriety test will be arrested, LHSC Executive Director Lisa Freeman said.
“This is a Louisiana campaign to keep Louisiana citizens safe from the scourge of impaired driving,” Freeman said. “People should be able to celebrate without worrying about getting hit by a drunk driver.”
LHSC has made funds available to Louisiana law enforcement agencies to schedule extra troopers, officers, and deputies to patrol the roads and interstates through Sunday, July 7. These law enforcement officers have been trained to spot behaviors that indicate a driver is impaired.
“If a driver has a blood-alcohol concentration of .08 or higher, that driver is legally impaired and subject to arrest,” Freeman said. “Actual impairment can begin with just one alcoholic beverage. Bottom line: If you’re drinking, you shouldn’t be driving.”
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, just a small amount of alcohol can cause a decline in visual functions, an inability to perform two simultaneous tasks, reduced coordination, an inability to steer, and a reduced response to emergency driving situations.
Motor vehicle crashes involving drivers who have been drinking kill and injure hundreds of people every year in Louisiana. The statistics are generally worse during holiday periods. From 2018-2022, 12 people were killed and 254 people were injured in alcohol-related crashes during the Independence Day holiday period, according to the Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation Safety at LSU.
“We’ve made so much progress in making roads safer and making vehicles safer, but we continue to see these tragedies,” Freeman said. “Unfortunately, you can never make a road or a car safe enough for an impaired driver. Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is an important tool for us to protect all road users.”
Besides refusing to drive impaired, avoiding distractions behind the wheel such as a cell phone, driving the speed limit, and wearing a seatbelt greatly reduce the risk of being injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash.
Copyright 2024 Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. All rights reserved.
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Louisiana State Capitol emptied briefly after alarm went off
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The Louisiana State Capitol was briefly evacuated Tuesday midday after a maintenance crew inadvertently triggered a fire alarm in the building.
Fire trucks could be seen en route to the Capitol as staffers were forced to leave and wait outside for nearly 10 minutes.
The building was emptied as temperatures reached triple digits Tuesday.
As staff members and visitors left the building, the cause of the alarm and whether or not it was a test was initially unclear.
After several minutes, security officers received an official “all clear” notification and people returned inside.
While working in the building’s basement, a maintenance crew inadvertently triggered a sensor that triggered the alarm, said Meg Casper Sunstrom, chief communications officer for the Legislature.
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