Police in Colorado Springs say thieves are stealing copper wire from street lights around the city. The cost of replacing that wire is passed on to taxpayers.

Lights along the 71 Highway corridor were being replaced by the Missouri Department of Transportation on Wednesday because thieves are stealing copper wiring in the lights.

Copper wire is becoming a popular item that thieves are targeting, stealing cables from local municipal light poles. As a result, local neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley are being left in ...

Buying copper stolen out of street lights would be illegal across Clark County, according to a proposed ordinance.

Thieves are stealing copper from Fort Worth street lights almost daily, forcing the city to appoint a full-time crew to repair the damage at a high cost to taxpayers, city officials say. "These ...

Dozens of light poles were stripped of their copper wiring in St. Paul’s St. Anthony Park neighborhood, though there have been fewer reports of such thefts in the city this year. The darkening ...

The Sixth Street Viaduct was a glowing landmark in Los Angeles … until thieves stole the copper wire for the lights.

The lights went out on some streets in Sandy Springs as two men allegedly stole miles of copper wiring from about 50 light poles in the city.

Minneapolis has allocated $1 million to replace stolen copper wire from street lights across the city. On Thursday officials announced plans to direct the money from the city’s contingency fund ...

OKC To Repair Street Lights Without Copper There's a current plan in place to fix all the broken street lights on a major Oklahoma City road.

EDMONDS, Wash. -- High school football fans were left in the dark Friday night after copper wiring was taken out of light poles at a north sound high school. Friday Night lights are a staple at ...

Edmonds - High School football is back at Edmonds Stadium at night after the district replaced stolen copper wiring in the light system. Last week’s game was postponed until the following ...