The company buying Big Lots has started to narrow down which stores will definitely close, including several Connecticut locations.

The company buying Columbus-based Big Lots has identified about 500 Big Lots stores, including 23 in Ohio, that it plans to close.

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PITTSFIELD — The remaining lease for the Big Lots store on Dalton Avenue has been listed for sale by the company that purchased the retailer, leaving no doubt that the store will close as expected.

Offers are due this week all of the Big Lots retail stores in Arizona put up for sale by the company's new owner.

Discount store Big Lots is expected to close more stores across the country after a deal made with the company’s new owner.

DENVER — The new owner of Big Lots is selling more than 500 locations. Boston retail investment firm Gordon Brothers, which acquired the struggling Ohio-based retailer this month, has listed more than 500 Big Lots sites across the country for sale. The list includes four in Colorado totaling 122,485 square feet:

The company that bought Big Lots in December has announced it will sell its remaining locations in Arizona. Here's which locations are affected.

The company buying Big Lots has started to narrow down which stores will definitely close, including in Rhode Island.

The baseball season is inching closer with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in just three weeks. While that leads to an uptick in fantasy baseball drafts and rankings being published across many sites,

The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region’s landscape and psyche.