Those little plastic signs stuck in the ground near roadways that advertise Christmas light installers, cheap internet, ugly houses or any of dozens of other services drive me crazy. Under a new state ...

Lawmakers in Austin are poised to send a message to companies cluttering telephone poles, road medians and public rights-of-way with offers of jobs, houses and predatory loans: Bandit signs are not ...

We buy ugly houses,” junk car, and job signs clutter San Antonio streets. They’re already illegal — and a new Texas law adds ...

While many northwest Harris County residents lounged in their backyards Saturday grilling burgers and enjoying the start of a long weekend, a group of 30 combed area roadways removing illegal signs in ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) A new state law allows the county to sue companies placing signs along public rights of way. Officials call them 'bandit signs', and say they're everywhere. The county filed suit ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Starting Monday, people who post “bandit signs” along Beaumont roadways will face steep new fines under a state law aimed at cleaning up city streets. House Bill 3611, signed into ...

Area builders are considering semi-permanent sign kiosks as an alternative to bandit signs in northwest Harris County. The kiosks would stand several feet tall and feature changeable advertising ...

We've all seen them. Signs along roads, in traffic medians, on utility poles and street corners. They say things like "We buy houses," or "We buy diabetic supplies." They may offer home repair or ...

In this week’s podcast, reporter Doron Taussig has a horrible nightmare … that might come true! He dreams that bandit signs on streetlights and utility poles have become legal in the city. In fact, ...

Anyone who has planted a lawn sign in the neutral ground, tacked a flier to a tree in a public right-of-way or dumped trash along the roadside in New Orleans has two weeks to clear out the clutter or ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Signs labeled "We Buy Junk Cars" and "'We Buy Houses As Is & Pay Cash'' are all too common in big cities, but that doesn't mean they are allowed. One man in the Milwaukee area ...

These days, one sign you're in Houston is the signs themselves. They're on the utility poles, in the grass medians and anywhere else they are likely to draw attention from drivers. In most cases, the ...