Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bandit signs are shown along Ley Rd. at North Wayside Dr. in Houston on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Signs proliferated during the ...

They appear overnight, staked into medians, taped to poles and planted at busy intersections across the city. The handwritten signs advertise quick cash, houses for rent, or job offers. They’re known ...

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 ...

A small confession: 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Legislation targeting "bandit" signs died on the Texas Senate floor last week, but northwest Harris County community leaders say they are not giving up their fight to rein in individuals and companies ...

You've probably seen some of those annoying signs posted on telephone poles throughout Toledo. You know the ones… signs that advertise events or sales that ended weeks or even months ago. The ...

Stopping to fill up his work truck at the corner of Bellfort and Martin Luther King Jr. northwest of Hobby Airport, Travis Madison can see signs of being in Houston — signs that state law changes are ...