Statewide requirements to help prevent copper wire theft will become law on Jan. 1 despite a lawsuit by the scrap metal workers claiming the legislation will effectively shut down their industry.

"Go after the person buying it or shut them down. Shut the scrap yard down," one WHAS11 viewer said over call. "Stop the money flow." ...

Clark County is implementing new rules on scrap metal recycling as part ... Naft said that thieves had stolen more than 1 million feet of copper wire within the county since 2022, “leaving ...