A two-week bench trial took place in February in Kona Circuit Court for 47-year-old John Lee Franks. On May 29, the court issued its conclusions, finding Franks guilty of both first-degree sexual ...

PROVIDENCE – Ocean State Job Lot, the Rhode Island-based discount retail chain, announced Wednesday it is in the process of acquiring 15 former Big Lots locations across eight states ...

Big Lots' loss is turning into Ocean State Job Lot's gain. Ocean State Job Lot, the Rhode Island-based retail chain, announced Wednesday that it is finalizing a deal to acquire 15 former Big Lots ...

It marks the first time the Rhode Island-based company is opening stores in Maryland and Delaware. In Massachusetts, a new Ocean State Job Lot will open at the former Big Lots at the Webster ...

Ocean State Job Lot has ... border — that includes a soon-to-close Big Lots, according to the Worcester Business Journal. An entity managed by Rhode Island-based discount retailer Ocean State ...