HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Big Lots has started a going out of business sale at all locations as the discount retailer's attempts to find a buyer in bankruptcy have fallen though. Big Lots announced ...

A filing this week by the new owner outlining its plans to put hundreds of leases up for sale means the hope of any stores remaining open in Western New York has likely evaporated.

It's the latest example of how the downfall of a big box chain has freed up large retail spaces in the Capital Region.

The lease for the Big Lots store on Route 104 in Oswego appears on a list of leases that the brand’s new owner has put up for ...