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.

Metal thieves have snatched 14 grates in Vancouver city limits since late September, according to Loretta Callahan, spokeswoman for Vancouver Public Works. It’s spent more than $5,000 replacing grates ...

A sewer grate is metal and heavy, and those are just the features that thieves like when they want to turn the grates into quick cash. The same goes for manhole covers, cemetery plaques and vases, ...