Tangipahoa River closed from Wilmer to Ponchatoula for cleanup efforts

ROSELAND - Tangipahoa Parish government issued an emergency closure of the Tangipahoa River from Ponchatoula to Wilmer on Sunday as groups are working on cleanup efforts from an explosion in Roseland. The emergency proclamation said that there should be no marine traffic on the river except from emergency response teams. Anyone caught on the river without permission will be ticketed by LDWF. WBRZ received photos of the Tangipahoa River outside of Independence, where boom opera