GALESBURG, Ill. — What started with a goal to collect 5,000 shoes has far surpassed what a Galesburg woman could ever imagine. It's even earned her a nickname around town. Penny Wagher has become ...

The man in a tweed hat stands at the entrance of NRG Center, gaze fixed toward the floor, scanning the crowd for scuffed cowboy boots or worn-out dress shoes. "Boot shine! Boot shine!" John Lopez ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — On Gold Avenue in downtown, there’s a shoe shine parlor that opened its doors in the 1930s. Nearly 100 years later, and that parlor continues to serve the people of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Three hours and 45 minutes. That's how long my round-trip commute took every day to Manhattan in the late '80s/early '90s as a college student. Bus to the Staten Island Ferry, ...

NEW YORK — On a recent winter weekday at Penn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine, men hop onto shoeshine chairs and pull out newspapers and phones to read while shoeshiners get to work applying polish ...

MILWAUKEE - Inside Charles’ Elite Shoe Shine and Repair World in Milwaukee, owner Charles Palmer puts a lot of heart into every single sole. "I'm in my own zone when I'm dealing with the shoe," Palmer ...

7/28/12: John’s Shoe Shop North in Richmond is closing its doors after 22 years of being in business. Owner Cindy Feloney is a third generation shoe expert and her grandfather John Plesniarski opened ...