Big Lots stores across the country are set to close, following the company’s recent bankruptcy filing, and Kilgore’s location is one of them. A bright orange banner that reads “Closing this location,” now adorns the Kilgore Big Lots website.

As part of the process, Big Lots said it plans to close roughly 250 stores by mid-January. That’s on top of the nearly 300 stores that are already on track to close in the coming months.

Big Lots is closing more stores than it initially announced. The Columbus-based retailer, which is in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, now is closing at least 344 stores nationwide.

Big Lots is planning to close stores as it goes through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A store in Maryland left BI confused about the retailer's purpose.

Nearly 50 additional Big Lots stores are set to close as the company navigates through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filings. The Ohio-based company announced earlier this month that it planned to sell assets and business operations to a private equity firm amid the bankruptcy filing.

After filing for bankruptcy earlier this month, Big Lots is closing 344 stores nationally and seven in the Las Vegas Valley, according to new documents in the case. The discount retail chain announced on Sept.

Two Big Lots locations in northern Nevada are shuttered as the discounter retail closes more than 300 stores nationwide.The locations in Lemmon Valley and on S