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Houston routinely replaces street signs, but some city leaders suspect sign theft is driving up the cost
The City of Houston has replaced more than 3,000 missing or damaged street signs in 2025. Some city leaders suspect theft is ...
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Rindge Grapples with Persistent Street Sign Thefts, Police Appeal for Information to Curb $1,650 Loss
Nearly a dozen street signs stolen in Rindge, New Hampshire, causing safety concerns and costing $1,650 in replacements.
Nearly a dozen street signs stolen from NH town, police say
Dennis William Day, 66, has confessed to strangling and dumping the body of American Airlines flight attendant Rana Nofal ...
Hacked digital road sign goes rogue in Palm Coast. Here's what it (briefly) said
A road sing on Seminole Woods Boulevard was displaying the words "fat hoes twerking" Monday morning, June 30. Here's what the ...
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Some Street Signs Get a Little Squiggle of Linguistic Respect
In the history of Los Angeles street signs, this will be an ano to remember. It marks the emergence of the tilde. The squiggly linguistic marker--which can turn a soft N into a sharp and tangy N ...
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L.A.’s street signs have been at the intersection of time and place
The story of Los Angeles' street signs is hidden safely away on the ninth floor of Caltrans' downtown headquarters: Hand-stenciled wooden two-by-fours like those that originated in the 1890s ...
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When streets signs tell you to walk, yield and stop racism
Originally, street signs and names of businesses were etched or painted into the sides of buildings.In the late 1800s, street signs themselves were works of art, boasting ornate Victorian design ...