GALVESTON, Texas Manhole covers and storm-drain grates, including some that were custom made for the island 90 years ago, are disappearing at the hands of metal thieves, authorities said. Thieves ...

At least 19 storm drain grates, a dozen water meter box lids and a manhole cover have disappeared from Longview city streets in the last two months, posing a hazard ...

KENT, Wash. Someone has stolen nearly 40 storm drain grates and manhole covers from streets and businesses in Kent in the past month, presumably to be sold as scrap metal. The grates prevent large ...

More than 100 storm drain grates have been stolen along Interstate 85 in Greenville and Anderson counties, the South Carolina Department of Transportation says. This is very possibly the most ...

These are heavy-duty thefts. As in 80 to 100 pounds a pop. Stormwater sewer grates have been vanishing from streets around south Snohomish County and other parts of the Puget Sound region. In Bothell, ...

Someone stole 18 storm drain covers in Gresham last month -- and then seemed to vanish like the grates. City officials said the missing metal covers plus reinstallation likely would cost nearly $7,500 ...

Thieves are stealing storm water inlet covers and large, heavy steel plates covering sinkholes in streets to sell to scrapyards for cash, not only leaving holes that pose a safety hazard but posing an ...

St. Paul is dealing with a rash of vandalism that is leaving big holes in the city’s gutters. The city’s Public Works Department reports some 150 storm drain covers — the metal grates that cover ...

RENO -- Reno police are searching for thieves who have stolen dozens of storm drain grates over the last couple of months. Police said thieves have made off with more than 40 grates, or covers .