Fernando Cervantes Jr.

2 weeks ago | providencejournal.com | Fernando Cervantes Jr. |Katie Landeck

Big Lots’ comeback continues to get bigger, but it still isn't reaching Rhode Island yet. Big Lots is set to open more than 70 stores across the United States on June 5. The expected openings come only weeks after Big Lots opened dozens of stores on May 15. The openings come months after Big Lots announced its sale to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners. As part of the deal, Variety Wholesalers acquired 219 Big Lots stores, as well as two distribution centers.

3 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Fernando Cervantes Jr.

A number of Big Lots stores are slated to open next week. After announcing that store openings would come in waves in 2025, more than 70 stores are planned to reopen nationwide on May 15, only two weeks after 60 stores opened in a dozen states on May 1. The two rounds of May store openings come on the heels of nine Big Lots openings across six states on April 10. Another round of openings is set to take place through early June.

3 weeks ago | eu.cincinnati.com | Fernando Cervantes Jr.

The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $100 million ahead of the Friday, May 9, drawing after no one matched all the winning numbers on Tuesday, May 6. If someone matches all six numbers on Friday night, they will have the option of a one-time cash payment of $45.3 million. The numbers will be drawn just after 11 p.m. ET, and we’ll have the results below. There have been three Mega Millions winners this year, with the most recent being the April 18 win in Ohio of a $112 million jackpot.

4 weeks ago | examiner-enterprise.com | Fernando Cervantes Jr. |Jana Hayes

A crash over the weekend in Kansas left eight people dead, including two students, a staff member and a former coach from public schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, officials said. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, the crash happened around 5:43 p.m. on May 4 on a two-lane section of U.S. Route 169 in Franklin County, involving a 2016 GMC Yukon and a 2016 Subaru Legacy. The southbound GMC tried to pass a slower-moving vehicle, moving into the northbound lane.

4 weeks ago | oklahoman.com | Fernando Cervantes Jr. |Jana Hayes

A crash over the weekend in Kansas left eight people dead, including two students, a staff member and a former coach from public schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, officials said. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, the crash happened around 5:43 p.m. on May 4 on a two-lane section of U.S. Route 169 in Franklin County, involving a 2016 GMC Yukon and a 2016 Subaru Legacy. The southbound GMC tried to pass a slower-moving vehicle, moving into the northbound lane.