You’ve probably seen it before: a pair of sneakers dangling from a power line, swaying in the breeze like some strange urban decoration. It’s a sight that sparks curiosity, confusion, and sometimes ...

You've probably seen them before: a random pair of shoes on power lines, hanging there like they're part of the scenery. It's one of those things that makes you pause for a second and wonder why ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Lakhvir Sohal, a rising senior at the University of Michigan, knows what he’s going to do to celebrate graduation – throw a pair of shoes onto some power lines near his rented house.

LITTLE ROCK — There is something hanging over Cantrell. Or, some things, more accurately. For the past few months, the people living, working or just driving on Cantrell Road around the Mississippi ...

Shoes hanging from utility lines: Nobody wants to touch them in Long Beach. Shoes hanging from utility lines: Nobody wants to touch them in Long Beach. At least four overhead line companies, including ...

SOUTH WHITTIER — A dozen pairs of shoes dangle from the telephone wires across from a public housing complex in South Whittier. Were they placed there as an advertisement for a local drug dealer? As ...

This is part of an on-going series answering "Why is that?" questions about Salem and the Mid-Valley. The question: Why are shoes dangling from overhead utility lines in our community? We try to ...

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The woman e-mailed Chronicle Watch after first calling 311, then Pacific Gas and Electric Co., then AT&T about how exactly to get the shoes down. PG&E removed one pair hanging from its wires, but not ...

The mystery hangs above our streets, as much a part of the cityscape as pigeons and litter, but tangled up in urban myth: those sneakers dangling from overhead wires. Some say the errant shoes stake ...

DUBLIN CITY Council is trying to eradicate the sight of runners and football boots dangling from overhead power lines in the city, which a councillor says are being used as "advertisements" by drug ...