Sub-zero temperatures are headed for large swaths of the country this week, including Indiana, as a blast of arctic air slams into the Midwest. Morning lows Thursday, Dec. 4, will drop into the single ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. With another blast of bitter cold headed for North Carolina, it’s a good time to think about whether your pipes could be in danger of ...

Reader question:There are so many black pipes along Main Street. What are they even for? More important is when are they going to go away? They are taking up so much of the sidewalk. Answer: Sewage ...

More than 11,000 houses in Nassau County and a handful in Suffolk draw their drinking water through old lead service lines, and at least 100,000 more have pipes whose material is unknown but could ...

As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap ...

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WLS) -- Multiple vehicles were struck by pipes from a semi on I-88 in the west suburbs on Tuesday. The crash happened at about 9:20 a.m. on the westbound lanes near milepost 129.5 ...

It’s been more than a decade since the alarm was sounded about high levels of lead in Flint, Michigan’s tap water. This July, the city said it had completed the work of replacing as many as 11,000 ...

Flint, Michigan, has replaced most of its lead water pipes, more than 10 years after contaminated water was found in its water system, prompting national outrage. State officials submitted a progress ...