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.

NEWARK, N.J. — George Williams has no doubt that the gray suede tennis shoes dangling from the telephone wire high above his house on 18th Avenue in Newark signify that drugs are sold there. Not long ...

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 ...

‘Shoefiti’ is everywhere—but not everyone agrees on what it means. Some suspect it's innocent, while others ascribe darker meanings to a dangling pair of kicks. While these mysteries have ready ...

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 ...