Louisiana citizens are now just one day away from voting in Louisiana’s closed primary elections. Most of the media spotlight ...

A petroleum products plant that exploded in August might have missed a step in the approval process before it began pumping millions of gallons of treated water last week into a ditch that drains to ...

Five 55-gallon drums labeled "Radioactive" and wrapped with yellow crime scene tape were discovered by EPA inspectors at the Smitty's Supply facility on Oct. 7, 2025, in an area that wasn't affected ...

Petrochemicals still filled ponds near the Tangipahoa River across the street from the destroyed Smitty's Supply facility in Roseland on Sept. 30, 2025, nearly six weeks after it caught fire and ...

State officials have denied a request from Smitty’s Supply Inc. to dispose of wastewater and stormwater from its disaster cleanup into drainage ditches that lead to the Tangipahoa River. The company ...

Millions of gallons of oily water and spilled petrochemicals from the Smitty’s Supply fire and explosion have been handled at three different sites, but state officials have granted an emergency ...

Federal and state regulators are suing Smitty’s Supply Inc., the Tangipahoa Parish oil and lubricant plant, over an Aug. 22 explosion that sent a plume of black smoke towering over Roseland and forced ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two major roads near Smitty’s Supply in Roseland reopened to traffic Friday (Oct. 24), two months after the factory was closed after a large explosion and fire on Aug. 22. The ...

INDEPENDENCE, La. (WGNO) — Independence residents have new neighbors as Smitty’s Supply Inc. is now operating out of a warehouse on West 7th Street. A Smitty’s representative tells WGNO that no mixing ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Smitty’s Supply is now responsible for cleaning its Roseland plant, after the plant exploded in August. The company released a statement on Wednesday (10/15) reading in part: ...

ROSELAND. AS THE CITY SITE HAS BEEN TURNED BACK OVER TO THE COMPANY FROM THE EPA. AND THIS MOVE COMES AS SMITTY’S IS ALSO MOVING PART OF ITS PRODUCTION TO A SITE THAT’S 15 MILES AWAY. AND THIS IS ALL ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Smitty’s Supply Inc. to clean up its facility in Roseland, Louisiana, after a fire on Aug. 22. The company will also cover some ...