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Bielema is an Illinois guy (from Silvis, outside the Quad Cities), a Big Ten vet (seven seasons coaching Wisconsin to six bowl games) and a former player (a walk-on defensive lineman at Iowa who was ...

Big Lots announces additional store closures, bringing the total to 315 nationwide due to bankruptcy and economic challenges.

Comptroller suspends payments to Orland Park. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is suspending “offset” payments to the ...

Discount furniture retailer Big Lots will close more Illinois stores than initially expected following a bankruptcy protection filing earlier this year, its website showed Friday.

Two stateline Big Lots stores will be closing soon — including the Janesville store on Milton Avenue. Since September, the ...

Another 56 Big Lots stores across 27 states are slated for closure, according to the latest filings by the retailer. It’s ...

Another 56 Big Lots stores across 27 states are slated for closure, according to the latest filings by the retailer. It’s been more than a month since the Ohio-based company filed for Chapter 11 ...

Big Lots has already submitted a list of 56 stores across more than two dozen states that it expects to close. Unlike others before them, the banners on these locations’ web pages have not yet changed ...

Big Lots, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, will shutter operations for 56 stores in 27 states, including ...

Big Lots plans to shutter more stores as part of the Columbus, Ohio-based discount retailer's Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.