Leave it to the local press. The Press-Register of Mobile, Ala., notes that the BP well spewing barrels a day of oil is not the only one polluting the gulf. In a story today, the daily found another such problem.

“A nearby drilling rig, the Ocean Saratoga, has been leaking since at least April 30, according to a federal document. While the leak is decidedly smaller than the Deepwater Horizon spill, a 10-mile-long slick emanating from the Ocean Saratoga is visible from space in multiple images gathered by Skytruth.org, which monitors environmental problems using satellites,” the paper reports. “Federal officials did not immediately respond when asked about the size of the leak, how long it had been flowing, or whether it was possible to plug it.”

Shows the smaller papers sometimes find the best stories.