As new homes are being built, many of the old classic hardware characteristics we grew up with are disappearing. Front doors with mail slots, sinks with separate hot and cold faucets, and metal floor ...

CHICAGO (STMW)-- Police followed two would-be tree grate thieves to a recycling center on the West Side, where they found hundreds of city-owned tree and sewer grates, worth thousands of dollars. Ald.

CHICAGO (CBS) – The decorative iron grates at the base of trees in the city are heavy -- up to 175 pounds – and they're in plain view. But that's not stopping thieves. They're lifting them to haul ...

ATLANTA — Metal thieves have stolen nearly 600 grates from storm drains on highways all across the metro area. The Georgia Department of Transportation reports all of the thefts have happened within ...

Cincinnati city officials says thieves are ripping manhole covers and storm water grates out of the ground to sell for scrap metal. Greater Cincinnati Waterworks and Metropolitan Sewer District ...

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