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These 64 PA Big Lots Stores Are Among Nearly 1,000 Closing Nationwide: Here's When These 64 PA Big Lots Stores Are Among Nearly 1,000 Closing Nationwide: Here's When
These 64 PA Big Lots Stores Are Among Nearly 1,000 Closing Nationwide: Here's When Big Lots, the popular discount retailer, is officially going out of business. The company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, has announced plans to close all 963 of its remaining stores nationwide, including the remaining 64 locations in Pennsylvania. Big Lots had 73 stores located in the Keystone State when they declared bankruptcy over the summer. More than 6% of all Big Lots were located in the commonwealth, with the most stores located in Texas.  The last day of business is expected to be in mid-February, according to sources familiar with the closures. While offi…

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Ex-BF Convicted Of Murdering Mom Of His Daughter Days After Jail Release: PA AG Ex-BF Convicted Of Murdering Mom Of His Daughter Days After Jail Release: PA AG
Ex-BF Convicted Of Murdering Mom Of His Daughter Days After Jail Release: PA AG A Cambria County man has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing the mother of his daughter just days after being released from jail, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Christopher Rowe, 50, was also found guilty of aggravated assault and filing false reports to law enforcement after a jury trial. He now faces a mandatory life sentence when he is sentenced in early January 2025, according to the release. Rowe had publicly threatened his former girlfriend, Kaylene Roedel, at her workplace just days before she went missing in 2016, off…

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'Career Drug Dealer', PA Mom Convicted In 5-Year-Old's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: AG 'Career Drug Dealer', PA Mom Convicted In 5-Year-Old's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: AG
'Career Drug Dealer', PA Mom Convicted In 5-Year-Old's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: AG Mom and a "career drug dealer" have been sentenced for the overdose death of her daughter, according to a release by Pennsylvania's Attorney General Michelle Henry on Wednesday, July 17.  Volaura 'Val' Askew, 28 of Johnstown, "exposed her 5-year-old daughter to fentanyl/heroin in the hours and days before the child was found dead in her Johnstown home on October 27, 2022," the Attorney General explained when Daily Voice first reported her charges in July 2023. In February of 2024, she pleaded "guilty to involuntary manslaughter and related charges, and is serving a 2-to-4-year state pri…

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