Residents are frightened as blocks of residential streets are left in total darkness as copper thieves continue targeting ...

Three men -- two from Bossier Parish and one from Caddo Parish -- have been arrested for allegedly stealing and selling ...

With little fanfare, Fresno County supervisors unanimously cleared the way for a controversial ordinance to take effect on Tuesday.

Three man face criminal charges over a series of copper wire thefts that occurred in Jefferson County over the last several ...

Copper wire thievery is certainly not unique to this region, nor is it a new phenomenon. A decade ago, when street lights ...

You'll create enough power to light up an LED using the natural properties of lemons. For each lemon except the last one: Connect the copper wire to the zinc nail of the next lemon using an alligator ...

For years, thieves have stolen the copper wire used in streetlight poles, leaving Los Angeles communities in the dark. The solar-powered streetlights are expected to reduce copper wire thefts because ...

Clark County is implementing new rules on scrap metal recycling as part of an effort to crack down on the trafficking of stolen copper wire, including the type typically used in street lights.

“Inspections are revealing an increased value of copper wire theft,” a VTA spokesperson wrote. “This matter is under investigation.” Though KGO had reported that VTA told the outlet that ...