We typically think of neon signs as big commercial advertisements, hanging inside windows and lofted on tall signposts outside highway-adjacent businesses. [James Akers] has gone the other route with ...

With a small gas torch and a steady hand, Tim Reardon heats glass tubing to "weld" a high-voltage electrode on to one end of a neon light he's repairing on May 5, 2015, at his shop in Longview. Andrew ...