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Alabama: Despite swearing that Sears Hometown stores will not be shutdown due to the Sears Holdings bankruptcy, the Arab Sears Hometown Store, the Clanton Sears Hometown Store, the Fort Payne Sears Hometown Store, the Roanoke Sears Hometown Store, the Thomasville Sears Hometown Store and the Valley Sears Hometown Store all shutting down.

Riverchase Sears made the bankruptcy hit-list.

Alaska: Wasilla Sears store to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Fairbanks Sears, shutting down by February 2019.

Arkansas: Hot Springs and North Little Rock Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Arizona: Glendale, Prescott and Tucson Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy. Tucson and Lake Havasu Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Phoenix Sears on East Cactus Road, shutting down.

California: At least 79 Sears and Kmart stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Sears Holdings-Seritage Growth Properties tearing down Metcalf South Sears Store after a failed attempt to lease-out the building. Temecula Kmart, Santa Barbara Sears in February 2019.

The Bakersfield Californian: Sears closing at Valley Plaza has collateral damage

Colorado: Nine Sears and Kmart stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Connecticut: Danbury and Manchester Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy. Vernon and Watertown Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Meriden Sears shutting down by February 2019.

Delaware: Bear, Rehoboth Beach and Wilmington Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy. Wilmington Sears now for sale.

Florida: At least 37 Sears and Kmart stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Sears stores in Boynton Beach and Jensen Beach.

Georgia: Five Sears stores to be sold as part of the bankruptcy.

Guam: Tamuning Kmart made the bankruptcy hit-list.

Hawaii: Five Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Idaho: Lewiston and Twin Falls Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

The Sears store and Auto Center in Idaho Falls shutting down by February 2019 (I think it’s the last ‘full line’ Sears in Idaho).

KPVI: Sales at Pocatello Sears Hometown crash and burn as result of Sears Holdings bankruptcy “…it’s almost as if someone turned the switch to off…..I think a lot of folks are under the impression that we’re closing and we’re not unless they don’t come.”

Idaho State Journal: Vacant Pocatello Kmart joins growing list of dead Kmarts being taken over by U-Haul

Rexburg Sears Hometown Store sold

Illinois: 11 Sears and Kmart stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

A Chicago Kmart on West Addison, and Springfield Kmart on Clear Lake Road, both shutting down by February 2019.

Indiana: Eight Sears and Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Michigan City Sears by February 2019.

Iowa: Algona and Charles Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Kansas: Wichita-Town East Sears to be sold due to bankruptcy.

Kentucky: Erlanger and Somerset Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Louisiana: Both the Sears and Kmart in Metairie up for sale due to the bankruptcy. Baton Rouge Sears also made the bankruptcy hit-list.

Maine: Brunswick and South Portland Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy. Auburn and Augusta Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Waterville Kmart shutting down by February 2019.

Maryland: 18 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Bethesda Sears shutting down.

Massachusetts: 17 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Michigan: 19 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Battle Creek Sears shutting down.

Minnesota: Despite swearing that Sears Hometown stores will not be shutdown due to the Sears Holdings bankruptcy, the Willmar Sears Hometown Store suddenly posted Store Closing sale signs. Back in October the owner told local news media his store was not shutting down. But wait, there’s more, Detroit Lakes Sears Hometown is also shutting down.

Bloomington Sears store to be sold as part of bankruptcy. International Falls, Minneapolis, Rochester and Saint Paul Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Mississippi: Gulfport Kmart for sale due to bankruptcy.

Tupelo Sears shutting down.

Missouri: Five Sears stores and one Kmart up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Montana: Hamilton and Kalispell Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Nebraska: Alliance Kmart, and Lincoln and Omaha Sears stores for sale due to bankruptcy.

Grand Island Sears shutting down.

Nevada: Two Sears and one Kmart in Las Vegas up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Las Vegas Sears on Grand Canyon Drive, shutting down.

New Hampshire: Concord and Nashua Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy. Hookset, Salem and West Lebanon Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

New Jersey: 20 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

New Mexico: Las Cruces and Farmington Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy. Farmington, Hobbs, Roswell and Santa Fe Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

New York: 30 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Huntington Kmart, Saratoga Springs (Wilton Mall) Sears and Watertown Sears all officially shutting down by February 2019. The Hamburg Kmart made the ‘under-performing’ list, which means it will be shutdown after Xmas. The Kmart in Buffalo will be shutdown despite getting a local taxpayer funded incentive (five years local tax exemption and six months free rent!) to stay open, a city council-member blames the lack of sales on the fact that the population in the area around the Kmart has crashed by 30-thousand people: “There use to be 40,000 people living in that neighborhood, now there are now only 10,000 people.”

North Carolina: 16 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Winston Salem Sears on Silas Creek Parkway, shutting down.

North Dakota: Bismark, Minot, Fargo and Grand Forks Kmarts for sale due to Bankruptcy.

Ohio: 18 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Piqua Sears shutting down.

Oklahoma: Clinton Kmart for sale due to bankruptcy.

Oregon: Medford Sears store to be sold as part of bankruptcy. The Dalles and Corvallis Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Pennsylvania: 34 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy.

Kmarts in Philadelphia and Versailles shutting down, as well as Sears in Reading/Wyomissing and Stroudsburg.

Puerto Rico: 28 Sears and Kmart stores up for sale due to the bankruptcy (why are there so many Sears and Kmarts on an island territory that’s economically impoverished?).

Three Kmarts shutting down by February 2019.

South Carolina: Six Sears and Kmarts stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Rock Hill Sears shutting down.

South Dakota: Rapid City Kmart (#4170) for sale due to bankruptcy.

Tennessee: Goodletsville, Johnson and Jackson Sears stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy. Sevierville, Kingsport and Lebanon Kmarts to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

Four additional Sears full line stores shutting down by February 2019.

Texas: 25 Sears and Kmart stores for sale due to bankruptcy.

El Paso Sears and the Longview Texas Mall Sears shutting down.

Utah: Saint George Kmart for sale due to bankruptcy.

U.S. Virgin Islands: Four Kmarts made the bankruptcy hit-list (is there enough room for all those Kmarts on the tiny island territory?).

Virginia: 11 Sears and Kmart stores for sale due to bankruptcy.

Glen Allen/Richmond Sears shutting down.

Vermont: Burlington Sears for sale due to bankruptcy.

Washington: 12 Sears and Kmart stores to be sold as part of bankruptcy.

West Virginia: Charelston, Elkview and Jackson Kmarts for sale due to bankruptcy. Barboursville Sears now for sale.

Wisconsin: Seven Sears and Kmarts for sale due to bankruptcy.

Cudahy Kmart and Janesville Sears, shutting down by February 2019.

Wyoming: Jackson Kmart made the bankruptcy hit-list.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Sears-Kmart death Spiral, October 2018: “A CHANGE IN BUSINESS CIRCUMSTANCES”

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears-Kmart store closings that I’ve been compiling since the end of 2011. 2018 shutdowns, or shutdown announcements, are in bold:

ALABAMA: Gadsden Sears. The Sears Hometown Stores in Enterprise, Jasper and Moulton shutdown by the end of July. 35 years old Albertville Kmart, local news media reported it is the last Kmart in the entire state. Tuscaloosa Sears, leaving only two full-sized Sears stores in the state. Athens and Tuscaloosa Kmarts in October 2017. Dothan and Muscle Shoals Kmarts. Taxpayers in the city of Oxford could become the new owners of the vacant Sears store in the Quintard Mall. Oxford mayor Alton Craft loves the plan, but admitted to local news media “We don’t know exactly what the plan is yet.” But wait there’s more! Oxford city council already approved the purchase of the dead Sears, and then in anticipation of competition passed a new law restricting the number of yard sales cash strapped taxpaying residents can have (and requiring a yard sale permit)! Reports that the Pell City Kmart will shutdown. Taxpayers in the city of Oxford forced to pay for the former Sears building at the Quintard Mall. The mayor of Oxford recently announced that in an effort to save the local economy they’re willing to buy the property, which has been up for sale since November 2016. 38 years old Florence Sears store and Auto Center shutdown in April 2017. Jasper Mall Kmart. Phenix City Kmart on US 280. Sears Hometown Store in Prattville shutting down in January 2017. The Madison Square Mall Sears store & Auto Center shutdown in January 2017, but only because the leaders of Huntsville want to redevelop the mall property. Supposedly a new, and much smaller, contractor operated Sears appliance only store will be part of the mall redevelopment. Taxpayers of Huntsville are expected to spend at least $12-million USD on the redevelopment! Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Cullman is shutting down. 27 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! After 16 years the Troy Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown, the contracted owners said they couldn’t find anybody willing to take over the contract. Oxford Sears (local news reports said the Oxford Sears opened in 1985 with 225 employees!), Birmingham Kmart on Chalkville Mountain, Decatur Kmart on Beltline Road, Homewood Kmart, Mobile Kmart on Z Schillingers Road. The Montgomery Sears store and Auto Center in the Eastdale Mall shutting down, 56 jobs lost in June 2016. City leaders of Anniston have agreed to fork over $3-million precious local tax dollars to fund the re-development of an abandoned Kmart. Prattville Kmart will shutdown in April 2016, 70 jobs lost. Florence Kmart in March, 64 jobs lost in 2016. A local news report said the employees knew nothing about it and were shocked to hear it from the news media! Dothan Kmart (south side of Ross Clark Circle) shutting down in March, 56 jobs lost in 2016. Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost), Dothan Sears (68 jobs lost), Huntsville Kmart (73 jobs lost), Sears Store and Auto Center at the Bel Air Mall in Mobile (more than 100 jobs lost).

ALASKA: In Juneau, the Sears Hometown reverted to corporate ownership after the franchise owner quit, it’s now for sale. The Anchorage Sears Store & Auto Center (67 jobs gone in April 2018), the Wasilla Sears Store, the Fairbanks Sears Store & Auto Center made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list.

ARIZONA: Massive Sears shutdowns for Sierra Vista, Yuma, Mesa/East, Phoenix-Desert Sky and Chandler. The Nogales Sears Hometown Store shutdown by the end of July. 57 years old Sears operations at Park Place (aka Park Mall) shutdown in July, operations include Appliance Repair, Auto Center, Hair Salon, Optical, Watch Repair. Flagstaff Mall Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. Tolleson Kmart in April 2018. Phoenix Sears on North Metro Parkway West. 27 years old Show Low Kmart (54 jobs gone in April 2018). Casa Grande Kmart. Mesa Sears store and Auto Center at Fiesta Mall. The Mesa Kmart shutting down in time for Thanksgiving. Kingman Kmart and a Phoenix Kmart in October 2017. Bullhead City Kmart. In Tucson, Sears Holdings spin-off Seritage Growth says it will shutdown and lease out half of the floor space in the Park Place Sears store. Sierra Vista Kmart shutting down in December 2016. 42 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Nogales Kmart shutdown by July 2016, despite the fact that it’s a profit making store (many of its cash paying customers cross the border from Mexico). The Prescott Valley Kmart shutdown April 2016, no word on how many jobs lost, but one employee was quoted by local news as saying “Walmart won.” Glendale Kmart. Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors. Recently revealed Arrowhead Towne Center Sears sold-off then rented back! Chandler Fashion Center Sears sold-off then rented back!

ARKANSAS: Russellville Kmart. Cabot Kmart in April 2018. Sears operations in Fayetteville and Fort Smith. The Jonesboro Sears Auto Center suddenly shutdown on 14 OCT 2017, without warning. Sears Holdings stated they were not willing to renew the lease. The Jonesboro Sears store shutdown earlier this year, but at that time Sears Holdings claimed they had no intentions of shutting down the Auto Center. Little Rock Kmart. Jonesboro Sears store. 17 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Sears store and Auto Center in Pine Bluff shutting down in August 2016. Little Rock Sears shutdown in July 2016.

CALIFORNIA: Kmarts in Lemoore, Modesto, Riverside, Visalia, Delano, Ontario and Placerville, bringing total California Sears-Kmart job losses to 1-thousand-211 by Xmas! Massive Sears shutdowns for Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, Costa Mesa, Merced, Florin, El Centro, Modesto, Cerritos, Montebello and Bakersfield. Sears Holdings issued a shutdown WARN (Worker Adjustment Retraining Notice) for its Pinole Kmart, 67 jobs gone by December 2018. 64 employees of the Clovis Kmart arrived at work only to find out they’re being shutdown, the only thing local news media was told was that the Kmart would shutdown in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. It’s been revealed that the still active Manchester Center Sears store, in Fresno, has leased out half its active space to an unnamed retailer, who will occupy the north half of the building by Summer 2019. The real estate agency handling the deal also revealed that active Sears store downsizing efforts are taking place with the Sequoia Mall, in Visalia, and at the Merced Mall. All stores are owned by Sears Holdings’ REIT spin-off (and Warren Buffett funded) Seritage Growth Properties. Spring Valley Kmart, Antioch Kmart and Los Angeles Kmart (on West 3rd) all shutting down by Thanksgiving, 152 jobs killed according to WARN (Worker Adjustment Retraining Notice)! Capitola Mall Sears store in Santa Cruz shutting down by Thanksgiving. It’s official, the highly profitable Goleta Kmart (“The Goleta Kmart store for long has been one of the most profitable for the chain…”) shutdown. A Sears store and Auto Center in Newark (54 jobs gone by the end of September), and the almost 50 years old Thousand Oaks Sears store shutdown in September. The Lompoc Sears Hometown Store shutdown by the end of July, local news media say employees claim its because the landlord is demanding a huge increase in rent and is not linked to the official Sears shutdown list (even though it is on the official Hometown shutdown list). The Sears Hometown Stores in Banning, Gilroy and Red Bluff shutdown by the end of July. City of Industry Puente Hills Mall Sears, 51 jobs gone by September. Ridgecrest Kmart. In Mid City West (‘subregion’ of Los Angeles), the Jewish controlled owner of the Town & Country Shopping Center, ARBA Group, revealed plans to tear down an active Kmart, along with other retail operations like a grocery store, pharmacy and a bank. ARBA Group also revealed that the active Kmart long term lease expired last year and that Sears Holdings has no plans to sign a new long term lease. Citrus Heights Sears & Auto Center (76 jobs gone by June 2018), Roseville Westfield Galleria-Sears (64 jobs gone by June 2018), Fairfield Sears & Auto Center (89 jobs gone by June 2018), El Cajon Sears & Auto Center (115 jobs gone by June 2018)! In Redding, the owner of Mount Shasta Mall (Rouse Properties) got approval from the city council to shutdown the Sears store and Auto Center (which is also owned by Rouse Properties) and split it up into six smaller store spaces, 50 jobs lost in April 2018. Ontario Kmart (79 jobs gone), Redding Kmart (72 jobs gone), Cudahy Kmart (117 jobs gone), Taft Kmart and Arroyo Grande Kmart, all shutdown by April 2018! Westminster Sears (88 jobs gone in April 2018), Brea Sears (72 jobs gone in April 2018), Santa Clarita Sears (67 jobs gone in March 2018), San Jose Sears (76 jobs gone in March 2018). Sears locations in Hanford and San Rafael in April 2018. Taxpayers of Humboldt County could become the new owners of the abandoned (and increasingly vandalized) Kmart property in Eureka. Local news reports say the county wants to make it the new home for Planning and Building Department, the Public Works Department and the Division of Environmental Health, yet there was no indication as to how much taxpayer funding the county was willing to spend on the proposal. The Santa Rosa Kmart was shutdown by being burned down during the recent wildfires. Kmarts in Valencia, Jackson/Martell, Bellflower and Hesperia (where I attended junior and senior high school) shutting down mid-November. Sears Holdings sold its store and Auto Center at the northeast end of South Coast Plaza to the owners of the plaza. the selling price was not disclosed. When asked if the Sears store and Auto Center were shutting down South Coast Plaza owners stated “We look forward to continuing that relationship with Sears…” It’s been revealed that Sears Holdings notified Bishop Police that local Kmart employees had stolen at least $50-thousand USD worth of merchandise in the past few months. After police investigated six people were arrested. In Costa Mesa, the upscale South Coast Plaza mall bought the 50 years old Sears store for $187-million USD, local news media said the mall owners refused to say what their plans are for the still active store. More proof the shutdowns are part of a REIT conspiracy; the new property owner of the land currently occupied by the Santa Rosa Kmart revealed plans to city officials to force the still active Kmart to shutdown! Eureka Kmart and a Riverside Kmart, 116 jobs lost in October 2017! By September 2017 the 29 years old Chico Sears store, Blyth Kmart, a Sacramento Kmart, Manteca Kmart, the Sears store on La Jolla Village Drive in San Diego, the Sears Hometown Store in Oroville, all resulting in at least 4-hundred jobs lost! San Louis Obispo Sears shutting down in July, after 89 years of local sales. Local news media asked one resident why she thought they were shutting down and she replied “I just went in there and they don’t have crap!” The Chico Sears Auto Center shutdown in May 2017. When asked about Sears Holdings’ claim that displaced workers can get work at other Sears-Kmarts, Rhonda Shaffer, the manager of the Chico location, told local news media “The other stores are full up. There’s nowhere for them to go.” The last Kmart in Anaheim (home city to Disneyland) is shutdown. The Westfield University Towne Center Sears in San Diego shutdown. WARN filings revealed the Sears Hometown store in San Leandro shutdown at the end of December 2016, and the historic Santa Monica Sears shutdown, 80 jobs lost in April 2017. In North Hollywood, local news media reporting that a very profitable Sears store suddenly began a ‘remodeling’ project by ripping up the flooring. Loyal, and apparently plentiful, customers were afraid the store was being shutdown. But Sears reps told the local press that they are making improvements as the store because “This store is a very successful store for Sears. We are very busy and very profitable.” In Carson, the Southbay Pavillion Sears shutting down, 105 jobs lost by July 2017! Santa Cruz Sears Auto Center. The old Santa Monica Sears store on Colorado Boulevard shutdown in April 2017 due to the property being sold to a developer. Carson Town Center Kmart (supposedly the last Kmart in the South Bay area), local news reports say the building is being chopped up into smaller retail shops, one third of which has already been leased to a restaurant. Bakersfield Kmart, Coalinga Kmart, Kingsburg Kmart. Taxpayers in the city of Covina forced to pay to re-develop a former Kmart property into a housing project and bus terminal! A Kmart near the UC-Riverside campus shutdown in March 2017. The Town & Country Center Kmart in Indio shutdown right before Xmas 2016. The GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Bakersfield Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. Fontana Kmart, 133 jobs gone before Xmas 2016! Another Los Angeles Kmart, 234 jobs gone right before Xmas 2016! 233 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!!! Sears Holdings shutdown a Los Angeles Kmart, 132 jobs lost in May 2016! Dinuba Kmart 68 jobs lost, Lodi Kmart, Tulare Kmart, Wasco Kmart. Sears Holdings created Seritage Growth Properties is renting out half of three Sears stores; one in Roseville, one in Citrus Heights and one in Sacramento. Supposedly Sears will continue its operations in the other half of the buildings. On 10 March the Garden Center roof of the Santa Rosa Kmart collapsed during a rain storm. Fire inspectors said the roof was already compromised due to dry rot before the rain storm, a local news reporter said managers knew about the condition of the roof because it was sagging, and they called in contractors. The contractors tried to prop up the roof before the rain storm hit. Anaheim Kmart on Katella Avenue shutdown, 107 jobs lost in March 2016! The Chula Vista Kmart, San Mateo Sears and Citrus Heights Kmart shutdown between March and April 2016, a total of 3-hundred jobs lost! El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”

Two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart in 2013 (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears repair center (75 jobs lost), San Mateo Kmart (82 jobs lost to an apartment building connected to public transportation), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT, no word on if the Kmart will be shutdown. Customers complain that the Kmart employees have a bad attitude, gee I wonder why? Yuba City Kmart (63 jobs lost), Rocklin Kmart (at least 63 jobs lost, the store had just posted “Now Hiring” signs), San Leandro Kmart (102 jobs lost), San Jose Mercury News says the El Centro Kmart to shutdown in January, the website Foursquare says the Covina Kmart is now shutdown (other sources say it will shutdown in December), Cupertino Sears and Auto Center (98 jobs lost), somebody posted on yelp* that the Diamond Bar Kmart was shutting down in December (confirmed by Armijo Newspapers), Westfield Topanga Sears (122 jobs lost), it looks like the Blythe Kmart is being slowly shutdown despite denial by Sears Holdings. San Mateo Kmart being demolished to make room for 599 unit apartment complex, as part of the the Hayward Park Caltrain Station project. Atwater Kmart (74 jobs lost), Los Banos Kmart (67 jobs lost).

COLORADO: Sears in Lakewood and Centennial. Grand Junction Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. In Cañon City, the Sears Hometown Store was sold to local competitor Frank’s Appliance. The Arvada Kmart shutdown in September, it’s the last Kmart in the Denver metro area. Local news revealed that taxpayers will be forced to help fund redevelopment of the Kmart property because it sits within the Ralston Fields Urban Renewal Project Area. The Rifle Sears Hometown Store in July. Arvada Kmart. Ohio based mall owner-operator Washington Prime bought the Sears store and Auto Center in Aurora , with plans for redevelopment. Colorado Springs Kmart on North Nevada Street in April 2018. In Denver, local news media revealed that Sears Holdings is refusing to sell a vacant Kmart building, it is now a illegal trash dump according to city leaders. Council woman Kendra Black questions the reports that Sears Holdings is in financial trouble because “Kmart, which is now owned by Sears, is continuing to pay the rent on it, even though they’re in financial trouble. Go figure.” This isn’t the first time Sears-Kmart was paying rent on vacant properties (see Banning Kmart in California section, Chubbuck Sears in Idaho section, a North Shores Kmart in Michigan, Columbus Westland Mall Sears in Ohio). Greeley Sears. The Aurora and Englewood Kmarts shutting down by Thanksgiving. The last Denver Kmart. Grand Junction Kmart. The Craig Kmart shutdown, about 30 jobs lost a couple weeks before Xmas 2016. Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Thornton is shutting down. 40 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost), Denver-Cherry Creek North Sears store & Auto Center (66 jobs lost).

CONNECTICUT: Sears store-Auto Center-Lands End in Milford (69 jobs gone by Xmas 2018) and Waterford. Local news media discovered the still active Sears Outlet store in Newington was recently sold-off to a New York property developer, for $3.2-million USD. Milford Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving. The only two Sears Hometown Stores in the state, Barkhamsted and Colchester, in July. The Waterbury Sears shutdown in September 2018. Employees of the Sears Appliance & Hardware in Shelton told customers the store was being shutdown right after Xmas 2017. Local news media confirmed when a hand written sign appeared at the entrance of the store a week later, but no comment from store management. The Southbury Kmart by thanksgiving 2017. Enfield Sears store. Cromwell Kmart shutdown by April 2017. 113 jobs lost as the West Hartford GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Sears store and Auto Center shutdown by the end of January 2017! Local news media pointed out that every remaining Sears and Kmart store in the state is on the new Sears Holdings Real Estate “opportunities” list! Putnam Kmart. Waterbury Big Kmart, Torrington Kmart (73 jobs lost), Enfield Sears Optical (no word on jobs lost), Wallingford Sears Appliance & Hardware (employees say the shutdown was a surprise, I guess they don’t read Blind Bat News), Wallingford Sears Appliance & Hardware (at least 13 jobs lost).

DELAWARE: Newark Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving. Dover Sears store in mid-August. The 54 years old Sears store and Auto Center in Wilmington, in April 2018. Seven Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost), Claymont Kmart (87 jobs lost).

FLORIDA: Kmarts in Gainesville and Miami (98 jobs gone by Xmas). Massive Sears shutdowns for Panama City, Walton Beach, Melbourne, Lakeland, Bradenton and Ocala. University Square Mall Sears, the Doral-Miami Searsstore and Auto Center (86 jobs gone by Thanksgiving) and the Naples Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. Sears Holdings’ REIT spin-off Seritage Growth Properties announced it will redevelop the still active Sears store at the at the Westland Mall, in Hialeah, turning the building into an open-air-plaza (which probably means the store will shutdown). The Sears store and Auto Center in Ocala‘s Paddock Mall listed for sale a week after those locations listed below, local news media said Sears Holdings might keep the store open through a ‘lease-back’. It’s been discovered that Sears Holdings is attempting to sell-off several properties in Florida, including its still active Sears store in the Volusia Mall (Daytona Beach), still active Sears store and Auto Center in Tampa, still active Sears store in Port Richey, and still active Kmart distribution center in Ocala (the largest building in Marion County)! 86 jobs lost in Doral as the Sears store and Auto Center shuts down in time for Thanksgiving. Plantation Sears & Auto Center (81 jobs gone by the end of June 2018), it’s part of a $20-million USD plan to turn the 55-thousand square meters (180-thousand square feet) store into smaller retail and restaurant spaces. Countryside Mall Sears shutting down in July, including Appliance Repair, Hair Salon, Hearing Aid, Optical, Parts & Repair Center, Watch, Avis-Budget Car Rental. The Altamonte Mall Sears store and Auto Center, in Altamonte Springs, shutdown by the end of August, possibly due to mall owner (and Sears Holdings spin-off) Seritage Growth Properties’ plan to turn the mall into a massive real estate trade show convention center. The Labelle Sears Hometown Store by the end of July. In Pensacola, the 44 years old University Town Plaza Sears shutdown in July. After 51 years Sears operations in The Oaks Mall shutting down in July, operations include Appliance Repair, Auto Center, Hair Salon, Hearing Aid Center, Optical, Watch Repair. The Brandon Kmart shutdown was pushed back from April to June 2018, a WARN was originally issued in January for an April shutdown, but a new WARN says the shutdown will take place June 29th. Sanford Sears and Tampa Citrus Park Town Center Sears. Tampa Kmart on East Busch Boulevard. Sears Town Mall store in Titusville shutdown in June. RD Management-University Mall is the new owner of the still active 43 years old Sears store, which sold for $7-million USD, and confirmed they will shut it down. Clermont Kmart in March 2018. Ocala Kmart (64 jobs gone) in April 2018. Boca Raton Sears store and Auto Center (82 jobs gone in April 2018). Kmarts in Clearwater, Milton and Sebring. Local taxpayers in Titusville getting stuck with the redevelopment bill for a vacant Kmart. The property has been vacant since 2009, a property developer told the North Brevard Economic Development Zone that the only way it would take on the job of redeveloping the vacant Kmart was if it got ten years worth of tax breaks! North Miami Beach Kmart shutting down right before Xmas. A Kmart in Miami, Tampa, Hudson and Lakeland by October 2017. Sears Outlet in East Naples suddenly shutdown at the end of June 2017: “That’s the end of the game. I’m out of work.”-Allan Stearns, former employee

Sears store on South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota by September 2017. Sears will not renew the lease on a massive warehouse in Jacksonville. The lease expires at the beginning of 2018, the $28.8-million USD warehouse was built specifically for Sears in 2008, it’s considered the largest warehouse in Florida. Hialeah Kmart shutting down, about 67 jobs lost by mid-July. Aventura Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Sears Holdings spin-off Seritage Growth, who owns the property. Seritage Growth will re-develop the property into smaller retail spaces, 118 jobs lost by the end of July 2017! The property that the Milton Kmart (on US90) sits on is now for sale. The California based owner says he is not going to wait for Sears Holdings to shut the Kmart down, he’s selling the property while there is still an active Kmart on it. Volusia Mall Sears Auto Center sold to CBL & Associates Properties who has plans to shut it down in the next two to four years. Lake Wales Sears store. Fort Myers McGregor Point Shopping Center Kmart. Fort Pierce Kmart on Federal Highway. Sarasota Kmart on North Beneva Road. Port Charlotte Kmart on Cochran. Jacksonville Kmart on Normandy Village Parkway (local news reports say it’s the last Kmart in the city). Kissimmee Kmart on Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway. Naples Kmart on Golden Gate Highway. Palatka Kmart on Town & Country Drive. It’s been revealed that Santa Rosa County School District is spending $1.45-million tax dollars to buy a property now owned by Sears Holdings (via Kmart)! The sale of the property is delayed because only now has it been revealed that Kmart is the new owner of the former Food World property! The GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Pembroke Pines Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. WARNs issued for the Saint Petersburg Sears store and Auto Center, 126 jobs gone by the end of January 2017! 173 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! In Orlando, the 50 years old Fashion Square Mall Sears & Auto Center shutting down, 101 jobs lost by mid-November! Inverness Sears Hometown suddenly shutdown due to disagreements with the landlord. Jacksonville Sears. Mandarin (Jacksonville) Kmart, Neptune Beach Kmart and Perry Kmart shutting down between July-September. The Lutz Kmart shutdown March 2016, 62 jobs lost. The 46 years old Daytona Beach Kmart, on International Speedway Boulevard, is shutdown mid-March 2016, 86 jobs lost. Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), Palm Bay Kmart, Oakland Park Kmart (112 jobs lost), Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 jobs lost), Zephyrhills Kmart (70 jobs lost), Winter Springs Kmart (69 jobs lost), Naples Kmart (72 jobs lost), New Port Richey Kmart (58 jobs lost), ‘redevelopment’ of Aventura Sears & Auto Center into an “open-air village” (unknown how many jobs affected), Kmart on Northeast 108 Street annexed by Miami Shores, Sears Holdings threatens to shutdown Kmart as a result of higher local taxes. The property that’s home to an operating Kmart, on South Green Bay Road in Racine, was foreclosed by the local Sheriff and sold-off for $2.5-million, no word on what the new property owner will do with it. Fort Myers Kmart (67 jobs lost). Dicks Sportings Goods subleasing space in an existing Sears store in Palm Beach Gardens. Jacksonville Kmart on Beach and University in 2012.

GEORGIA: Kmarts in Peachtree and Covington. Sears stores and Auto Centers in Savannah (Oglethorpe Mall), Atlanta (Cumberland Mall) and Brunswick shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Sears Hometown Stores in Commerce and Wrens in July. Three Sears operations in Atlanta, Morrow and Duluth. In Alpharetta, the North Point Mall Sears. Kmarts in Statesboro, Albany and Jesup, in April 2018. Centerville Sears in April 2018. The Kmart on West Walnut Avenue in Dalton shutdown by March 2018, making it the last Dalton Kmart to go down. And for more proof that the excuse that brick-n-mortar stores are being killed by online retail, it was revealed that the property owner of the West Walnut Avenue Kmart location had worked for two and a half years to create a plan to replace the Kmart with more smaller retail stores! Kmart on Glenwood Avenue in Dalton shutdown in January 2018. Kmarts in Macon and Tifton. Sears operations in Lithonia and Valdosta (ending 76 years of Sears ops in Valdosta). The Mableton Kmart, 90 jobs gone right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, 2017. Columbus and Douglas Kmarts in October 2017. The Dalton Sears store, Fort Oglethorpe Kmart, Calhoun Kmart by September 2017. Local news media reported that the Dalton-Whitfield Joint Development Authority essentially said the state’s bad economy is to blame. A Savannah Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Cornelia Kmart, Kingsland Kmart, Albany Sears, Columbus Sears. Yet another Augusta Kmart shutting down, this time the one on Deans Bridge Road. 63 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The 23 years old Rome Kmart shutdown in August 2016, 1-hundred jobs lost! Administrators say employees can apply at other Sears Holdings stores, but local news reports say the Rome Kmart is the last Sears Holdings store in the area! The 37 years old Carrollton Kmart shutdown April 2016. Dublin Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 71 jobs lost. Milledgeville Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 60+ jobs lost. Mount Berry Square Mall (Rome) Sears and Auto Center shutting down in March 2016, 86 jobs lost. Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost), Coweta County Kmart distribution center (164 jobs lost), one of the last two North Augusta Kmart to be torn down by new property owner from Canada, Sears Holdings denies the Kmart will shutdown.

GUAM: Tamuning Kmart made the Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Sears Hometown Store.

HAWAII: Lihue Kmart. After 24 years the Kailua-Kona Kmart shutdown in August, 2018. No more Kmarts left in Hawaii. Local news media reporting that the last remaining Kmart on Oahu will shutdown in October. Officially the Kapolei Kmart is shutting down because it’s “unprofitable” but KHON interviewed a real estate analysts who confirmed what I’ve been saying since 2012, it’s a REIT conspiracy: “Smaller stores will be coming and the bigger stores will go away…”-Stephany Sofos

Kahului Kmart shutting down, 125 jobs lost by mid-June! Don’t blame the internet, the store manager told local news media that ever since a Target opened nearby sales have declined by 50%. Honolulu Kmart near Aloha Stadium (on Salt Lake Boulevard) shutdown mid-March 2017. 14 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Iconic 25 years old Nimitz HWY Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart shutdown in March 2016, 141 jobs lost! Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost! GGP spending $573-million chopping it up into smaller store spaces), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

IDAHO: Boise Town Square Mall Sears. The Sears Hometown Store in Moscow put up for sale in August, a very incomplete local news report gave no details. Nampa BigKmart shutdown in August. Twin Falls Sears/Auto Center and Coeur d’Alene Sears in April 2018. The Ammon Kmart. In Lewiston, the Sears Hometown is for sale because the franchise owners say they can’t afford to renew the license to operate it. Coeur d’Alene Kmart in October 2017. Lewiston Kmart, Boise Town Square Mall Sears Store & Auto Center, Boise Kmart Auto Center, the Nampa Kmart Store & Auto Center, the Coeur d’Alene Sears Store & Auto Center, the Twin Falls Sears Store & Auto Center and Kmart, the Ammon Kmart, the Idaho Falls Sears Store & Auto Center, the abandoned but still owned by Sears Holdings Chubbuck (the“opportunities” listing incorrectly says Pocatello) Sears Store (esentially all remaining Sears & Kmarts in Idaho) made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Boise Kmart on Fairview shutdown mid-March 2016, 56 jobs lost. Pocatello Kmart shutdown April 2016, 65 jobs lost. Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost), Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears shutdown by the end of October/beginning of November 2014 (the remaining 28 jobs lost).

ILLINOIS: Joliet Sears. Kmarts in Quincy, Norridge and Moline. Sears Holdings issued a shutdown WARN for its Sears store in Niles,75 jobs gone a week before Xmas. Local news media also reported that Sears Holdings also suddenly laid off 75 people at its HQ in Hoffman Estates. Sears Holdings suddenly announced the December shutdown of its Sears store in the Golf Mill Shopping Center, blaming it on “a change in business circumstances”, 75 jobs gone by Xmas 2018. Tax payers in Lake Zurich being screwed over as exalted city officials create new taxes (known as TIF or tax increment financing district) to fund the redevelopment of a vacant Kmart. Steger Kmart and Bloomington Sears and Auto Center (East Empire Street) shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Sears Hometown Stores in Moline, Plano and Sterling in July. Four Sears ops in Aurora, Gurnee, Springfield and Vernon Hills. Rockford Kmart. The Quincy Sears Auto Center shutdown immediately, and then after 90 years (90 years in Quincy, 40 years at the Quincy Mall) the Quincy Sears store shutdown, at least 23 remaining jobs gone in August 2018. The owner of the Quincy Mall, Cullinan Property, called bullshit on Sears Holdings’ reason for the store shutdown saying “the Quincy Mall Sears has been a well-performing store”. The last Sears store and Auto Center in Chicago shutting down, 113 jobs gone between May and July, it’s been in operation for 80 years! Mount Vernon Kmart shutdown, 58 jobs lost in April 2018. The Rockford Kmart and the 37 years old West Franklin Kmart in April 2018. Sears locations in Bourbonnais, Marion and Orland Park, in April 2018. Taxpayers of Lake Zurich Unit District 95 forced to pay for an abandoned Sears Hardware store as the school district wants to use the building to consolidate its administrative offices, IT operation and teacher training spaces. Effingham Kmart, 33 jobs gone by February 2018. The Pekin Sears Hometown Store shutting down before Xmas. The city of Pekin has convinced the state to include the vacant Kmart property in the taxpayer funded Southern Tazewell County Enterprise Zone, which gives businesses a five years tax break for setting up shop ‘in the zone’. Kmarts in Oaklawn, Elmhurst and Belleville right before Thanksgiving 2017. Sears operations in Peru between July and October 2017. The Peoria Oakbrook Center Sears store shutting down in September 2017. It will be reduced in size to about 30% of its current proportions, the remaining space will be leased out. Then the Oakbrook Center Sears Auto Center will shutdown in March 2018. Bloomingdale Kmart, 96 jobs lost in July 2017. The Sears store on North Harlem Avenue in Chicago. Associated Press reporting that Sears Holdings eliminated 4-hundred corporate level jobs! Local news media reminded local taxpayers about the massive 2011 tax break deal ‘lawmakers’ gave Sears Holdings in order to prevent layoffs. Chicago Sears store on West Irving Park Road listed as available for lease by Sears Holdings’ evil spawn Seritage Growth Properties. Alton Kmart, Granite City Kmart. $1-million USD loss as Mount Vernon Sears Hometown Store mysteriously burns to the ground. The nine years old Sears Hometown Store in Beloit shutting down in January 2017. Du Quoin Sears Hometown Store shutting down in January 2017. Another update for the abandoned Rock Island Kmart; looks like Augustana College found a fool to buy the Kmart property that was dumped on the college (in the form of a tax avoiding donation) and then vacated in July 2016, it was sold to a company called Rock Island KM. The GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Oak Brook Sears store being reduced by half and the Auto Center being shutdown between 2017 & 2018. Sears Hardware in Edwardsville shutting down right before Thanksgiving, 21 jobs lost. A local TV station reported that Sears Hardware in Collinsville is shutting down, no comment from store management. Shutdown WARNs issued for Kmarts in Tinley Park and South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, 275 jobs gone by Xmas! News reports out of Tinley say a total of six Kmarts will shutdown by Xmas! Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties confirmed that two ‘Sears’ properties, in Chicago and Springfield, are shutting down. 116 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! An update for the abandoned Rock Island Kmart; the recently vacated property was ‘donated’ to Augustana College, but now college administrators are looking to sell the property to anybody foolish enough to buy it. The real reason the college is trying to dump the vacant Kmart is that the property tax is about $92-thousand per year, indicating the ‘donation’ was actually a screw-job (lets not forget that local news media pointed out that city officials spent $15-million tax dollars attracting Walmart to town, but spent zilch on trying to keep Kmart from leaving!). The Kmart Super Center in Bradley shutdown, 125 jobs lost! Sears Holdings sold the building to Meijer, unconfirmed reports say the Bradley Kmart Super Center (which has a full grocery op) was actually making money. After 90 years Chicago Sears on Lawrence Avenue shutting down by August 2016, local news says its the oldest Sears store still operating. The last Decatur Kmart shutting down by August 2016, 61 jobs lost, administrators say employees can apply at other Sears Holdings stores, but local news reports say there are no more Sears Holdings stores in the immediate area! Chicago Kmart on South Pulaski. Danville Kmart, Galesburg Kmart, Lansing Kmart, Pekin Kmart, Eddie Lampert eliminated 401 Hoffman Estates HQ jobs due to crappy 2015 holiday sales! 151 of those jobs were already vacant. Morton ‘green’ Kmart shutting down by the end of April 2016, 47 jobs lost. Canton Kmart shutting down mid-April 2016, 38 jobs lost. Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost), Crystal Lake Kmart (at least 77 jobs lost), Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost), Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost), Peoria Kmart (73 jobs lost), Forest Park Kmart (107 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North and Harlem avenues, supposedly it’s being replaced (most likely at taxpayer expense) with a new building and it will become a Sears-Mariano’s store, Bloomington Kmart (79 jobs lost), Hoffman Estates Headquarters 100 jobs eliminated, another 15 corporate jobs eliminated elsewhere, Chicago-Wicker Park Kmart (106 jobs lost), abandoned Market Place Mall Sears location to be occupied by Dick’s Sporting Goods and Field & Stream. 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. North Mayfair Kmart (99 jobs lost), Chicago Kmart at 5033 North Elston Avenue (99 jobs lost). By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

INDIANA: Sears in Greenwood, Indianapolis and Terre Haute. Kmarts in Griffith (113 jobs gone by Xmas) and Jasper. Little Caesars, which operate restaurants inside Kmarts, denies a video revealed an Indiana Kmart Little Caesars was serving frozen DiGiorno pizzas! On Coldwater Road the Fort Wayne Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. After five years the Anderson Sears Hometown Store shutting down, the owner saying“I have just reached a point being here for five years and asking for another five years, that’s a big risk.” The Sears Hometown Stores in Auburn, Greensburg, North Vernon and Washington in July. Three Sears ops in Indianapolis, Muncie and Lafayette (Tippecanoe Mall Sears), in September. The Mishawaka Sears at University Park Mall put up for auction in May 2018. Indianapolis Sears at Castleton Square Mall, Merrillville Sears at Southlake Mall, Mishawaka Sears at University Park Mall, all now for sale online. Indianapolis Kmart on East Thompson Road (44 jobs gone in April 2018), Bloomington Kmart in April 2018. Evansville Sears & Auto Center in April 2018. After 20 years the owner of the Sears Hometown Store in Linton says every effort he made to keep the store open failed, without elaborating Vic Brown stated “I want to announce that Dec. 30 will end my partnership with Sears Hometown Stores. This decision is mine…..it is one I have to do.” Anderson Kmart in October 2017. Sears operations in Clarksville, Elkhart and Schererville between July and October 2017. Mishawaka Kmart. Sears Auto Centers at the Honey Creek Mall and the Green Tree Mall shutdown at the end of May 2017. Chesterton Kmart, La Porte Kmart, Kokomo Sears (the planned re-opening of the Auto Center was canceled in 2018, no reason given). In Indianapolis, Sears Home Appliance Showroom on North Michigan Road and Sears Appliance & Hardware on Thompson Road shutdown in January 2017. Sears Appliance & Hardware in Fishers shutdown in January 2017. Local news media discovered that a Sears Appliance & Hardware store in Avon quietly shutdown in October 2016. Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ properties in Elkhart and Merrillville are shutting down. A WARN revealed that 99 Kmart employees in Merrillville will lose their jobs right before Xmas. 67 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Bloomington Kmart, New Albany Kmart. Bloomington’s College Mall Sears & Auto Center shutdown mid-June 2016, at least 52 jobs lost. In Schererville, Sears Hardware shutdown in April 2016. Terre Haute Kmart April 2016, 62 jobs lost. Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost), Muncie Kmart (59 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on Coliseum Boulevard North (69 jobs lost), Decatur Kmart (49 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Madison Avenue (131 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Washington Street (139 jobs lost), Bedford Kmart (62 jobs lost), Indianapolis (Evansville) Sears & Auto Center at Washington Square Mall (91 jobs lost), Greenwood Kmart (78 jobs lost), Plymouth Kmart (68 jobs lost), Bloomington Sears to be replaced by Whole Foods grocery store.

IOWA: Kmarts in Council Bluffs, Cherokee and Webster. The 60 years old Des Moines Sears store and Auto Center at the Merle Hay Mall shutdown, leaving Iowa with only one Sears store, the mall’s owner told local news media it was expected saying “This was the slowest iceberg hit. We’ve been talking about it for a long time.” The 40 years old Oelwein Kmart is shutdown in October. Lindale Mall Sears shutting down, 51 jobs gone in July 2018 as part of a “recapture” agreement signed in 2015, local news media says it’s the last Sears store in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area. Davenport Sears (42 jobs gone in September). Des Moines Kmart (60 jobs gone in September) on Hubbell Avenue. Ohio based mall owner-operator Washington Prime bought the Sears store and Auto Center in Sioux City, with plans for redevelopment. Red Oak Kmart. Urbandale (Des Moines) Kmart (59 jobs gone by April 2018). Waterloo Sears in April 2018. Iowa City and Marshalltown Kmarts, at least 99 jobs lost by September 2017. In Storm Lake, Sears Hometown Store shutting down by the end of July 2017. The Le Mars Sears Hometown Store shutting down by the end of July, the franchise owners said the shutdown was unexplainedly ordered by Sears Holdings: “We have downsized to no employees. We gave it the best shot… …Their [Sears Holdings] reasoning [for the shutdown], I don’t know.”-Deb Fuller, co-owner

Carroll Kmart shutting down, 46 jobs lost in July 2017. The Council Bluffs Sears Auto Center shutdown on 27 May 2017. In Waterloo the 48 years old Sears Auto Center shutting down by the end of May. A Dubuque Kmart, Sioux City Kmart, Waterloo Kmart. 22 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Des Moines Southridge Mall Sears shutdown in August 2016, the store was in the process of dying anyway, only 37 employees left. Sears Holdings shutdown their West Des Moines call center in June 2016, 162 jobs lost! Ottumwa Kmart shutdown April 2016, 38 jobs lost. Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost), Clive Kmart (at least 49 jobs lost), Council Bluffs Sears store in 2012, Ames Kmart (44 jobs lost), Fort Dodge Sears (no job loss numbers made public, yet. The Auto Center was secretly shutdown in September), 56 years old Mason City Sears & Auto Center (more than 100 jobs lost). Davenport Kmart (59 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (67 jobs lost).

KANSAS: Kmarts in Salina and KC. Sears Holdings put its Overland Park service center up for sale. The Lawrence Sears Hometown Store in July. Local news media discovered that the Lenexa Point Sears Outlet store quietly shutdown before July 2018. Topeka Sears. Wichita Kmart on South Broadway Street in April 2018. Topeka Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving. Garden City Sears by October 2017. Sears store on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park. Topeka Kmart suddenly shutdown its pharmacy ops, it was revealed by an unnamed Kmart employee who called local news media. Topeka Sears Auto Center shutting down by the end of May. A Wichita Kmart, Leavenworth Kmart, Salina Sears. 18 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. In El Dorado, a contracted Sears store suddenly shutdown due to Sears Holdings continually changing the contract: “We had a contract that we had to follow to a ‘T’ while they changed it at will. They changed our commission bonuses and percentages and that hurt us.”-Russ Christy, contracted Sears store operator

Hutchison Kmart. North Topeka Kmart shutting down in 2016, 49 jobs lost. Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), Wichita Sears store & Auto Center (103 jobs lost), Manhattan Sears & Auto Center (number of jobs lost were never revealed).

KENTUCKY: Kmarts in Grayson and Russell Springs. Sears in Louisville-Okolona and Bowling Green. Florence Sears shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Sears Hometown Stores in Glasgow, London, Morehead and Paintsville in July. Elizabethtown Sears shutdown, no official date was mentioned in the email received by a local newspaper. Paducah Kmart in April 2018. Kmarts in Henderson, Glasgow, Versailles and Frankfort. In Louisville, the Sears store in the Oxmoor Center shutdown mid-January 2018. Lexington and Owensboro Kmarts in October 2017. Glascow Kmart suddenly shutdown its pharmacy, Sears Holdings’ communications director Howard Riefs stated “prescription files and the inventory will be sold to another pharmacy”. Jefferson Mall Sears store sold to CBL & Associates Properties who has plans to shut it down in the next two to four years. Corbin Kmart. London Kmart. Hopkinsville Kmart. Bowling Green Kmart. The Georgetown BigKmart shutting down by mid-April 2017. Paducah Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by mid-March 2017. In Owensboro, the Kmart on West Parrish Avenue shutting down by mid-March 2017. Pikeville Kmart shutting down right before Xmas. 31 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Two Kmarts in Louisville. Elizabethtown Kmart, Maysville Kmart, Paintsville Kmart. Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart, Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart shutdown and now being taken over by Kroger basically to sell the same crap the old Kmart did! Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost), Owensboro Sears store & Auto Center (52 jobs lost).

LOUISIANA: Hammond Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. The still active Clearview Shopping Center Searsstore and Auto Center, in New Orleans, was purchased by the family owners of the mall. The Sears store will supposedly continue operating, but will be reduced in size as most of the 14 acre Sears space will be carved up into smaller retail shops. Metairie Kmart. Pecanland Mall Sears in Monroe, as well as the Shreveport Sears (local news media says Sears repeatedly denied it was shutting the Shreveport location down, until now) and Bossier City Sears, in September. The Sears Hometown Stores in Cut Off, Jennings and Leesville in July. Alexandria Mall Sears. Local news reports say the manager of the Lake Charles Kmart revealed it is shutting down. Mandeville Kmart in April 2018. Sears operations on Johnston Street in Lafayette between mid-July and mid-September 2017. Gonzales Kmart, a New Orleans Kmart on South Clearview Parkway, the Cortana Mall Sears, Gretna Sears. The New Iberia Kmart shutdown on 11 December 2016. Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Houma shutting down. 36 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The Bossier Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Houma Sears, Pineville Kmart. Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost), Metairie Kmart secretly sold off, no word if it will be shutdown, Laplace Sears Hometown Store.

MAINE: Madawaska Kmart. The Sears Hometown Stores in Beddeford and Ellsworth in July. Bangor Sears in April 2018. Augusta Sears shutting down. Bangor Kmart shutdown in mid-April 2017. 13 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Presque Isle Aroostook Centre Mall Kmart shutting down by August 2016, more than 50 jobs lost. Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Aroostook Centre Mall Sears (63 jobs lost), Aroostook Centre Mall Sears Auto Center leased out to VIP Tires & Service.

MARYLAND: Kmarts in Prince Frederick and Oxon Hill. Sears in Bowie, Westminster and Columbia. The Westfield Montgomery Sears store, in Bethesda, shutting down in March 2019. Local news media reporting the Westfield Montgomery Sears, in Bethesda, will shutdown by March 2019. After more than 80 years Sears operations at GGP owned The Mall in Columbia will be reduced from two levels to just one. Crofton Kmart and Salisbury Kmart in April 2018. The Baltimore-Dundalk Sears at Eastpoint Mall. Elkton Kmart. Sears stores in Cockeysville and Hagerstown. Sears Holdings sold its Bethesda Sears store to Montgomery Mall owner Westfield in a package deal worth $105-million USD. Westfield claims the Bethesda Sears will remain open. Two other Sears stores, in California, were sold to Westfield in the package deal. Baltimore Kmart on North Point Boulevard. Eastpoint Mall Kmart, in Dundalk, shutdown mid-April 2017. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Columbia Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. 54 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears rebuild & call center (115 jobs lost), Baltimore Kmart on Wabash Avenue (107 jobs lost), Parkville Kmart (102 jobs lost), California Kmart (71 jobs lost), Sears Hometown Store in Perryville.

MASSACHUSETTS: Sears-Land’s End in Natick. Holyoke and Taunton Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving. Peabody (68 jobs gone in September) and Springfield Sears. Saugus BigKmart shutdown 27MAY2018. The owner of Cape Cod Mall, Simon Property Group, announced plans to tear down the still active Sears store and Auto Center sometime next year, despite Sears Holdings stating the lease was good for “a few” more years. The Sears store will be replaced with two new buildings and the Auto Center will be turned into a parking lot. Burlington Sears on Middlesex Turnpike in April 2018. Sears in Lanesboro-Pittsfield’s Berkshire Mall. The operator of the nine years old Hadley Sears Hometown Store laid off his two employees and put the store, and the land, up-for-sale. Local news reports say the franchise owner/operator once had ten Sears Hometown stores across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but the Hadley location is his last one. After less than seven years the Sears Hometown Store in Gloucester suddenly shutdown, however, the new owner is blaming the shutdown on the landlord who wants to jack up the rent. Fitchburg and Springfield Kmarts in October 2017. Newburyport Kmart. Local news media warned of the eventual shutdown of the Sears in in Springfield’s Eastfield Mall, as the mall is officially dead, the mall’s owner confirmed what I’ve been writing about (that these brick-n-mortar shutdowns are part of a REIT conspiracy) by revealing their plans to “de-mall” the mall! Dedham Sears store paid for newspaper “store closing” advertising revealing they are shutting down, local news media pointed out there was no other announcement or notification. South Attleboro Kmart. The Enfield Square Mall Sears store shutdown mid-April 2017 (supposedly the Auto Center will remain open). The Sears store and Auto Center in Swansea shutdown by mid-April 2017. In Fairhaven, the Shaw’s Plaza BigKmart shutdown by mid-April 2017. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Natick Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. 64 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Tewksbury Kmart. Fairhaven Sears Appliance & Hardware shutdown mid-April 2016. Local news reports said the ignorant employees actually thought the shutdown notice was a joke! I guess they don’t read Blind Bat News. 79 jobs lost as the Fall River Kmart shutdown in May 2016. North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed, Milford Kmart (80 jobs lost), Kingston Kmart (73 jobs lost). Braintree Kmart on Grossman Drive shutdown. Also, the Braintree South Shore Plaza Sears store is renting out an entire floor to Ireland based Primark. Even with the lease to Primark there is still 4-thousand square feet of vacant space in the Sears store. The Sears at the Auburn Mall shutdown on Black Friday due to electrical fire. The store was experiencing electrical problems, an investigation is underway.

MICHIGAN: Kmarts in Charlevoix and Lake Orion. Sears-Land’s End in Ann Arbor. Sears store and Auto Center inLincoln Park (at least 96 jobs gone by Xmas). Jackson Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Oakland Mall Sears in Troy shutdown in September. In Marquette, a facebook post announced the July shutdown of the Sears Hometown Store. The Sears Hometown Stores in Fort Gratiot and Waterford shut down in July. Four Sears ops in Dearborn (66 jobs lost), Flint, Sterling Heights (68 jobs lost) and Traverse City. Novi Sears at Twelve Oaks Mall available for purchase online. Richmond Kmart and Greenville Kmart in April 2018. Saint Clair Shores Kmart shutdown, 127 jobs gone in January 2018, after the lease was transferred to grocery store operator Kroger, who plans on redeveloping the property! Kmarts in Battle Creek, Clinton and Mount Pleasant. Kmarts in Utica/Shelby, Bay City and Sandusky. Escanaba and Monroe Kmarts in October 2017. Traverse City, West Branch and Cheboygan Kmarts. Macomb Mall Sears store in Roseville. Livonia Kmart was shutdown by mid-April 2017. Gaylord Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown. 26 years old Detroit Lakes Kmart shutdown by April 2017, despite still posting a “Now Hiring” sign! In Garden City, the iconic first ever Kmart store in the World is shutting down on its 55th birthday, by the end of March 2017. Lansing Kmart, Muskegon Kmart, Plymouth Kmart, Roseville Kmart, Waterford Kmart, Westland Kmart, Acme Kmart. 48 years old Grand Rapids Woodland Mall Sears, 84 jobs lost in March 2017: “We figured we were safe, so yeah, it was kind of a shock to everybody today. One guy’s been there for 20 years-plus and that’s what he knows best, hard to change from there, so I feel sorry for him.”-Marty Kruizenga, Sears Auto Center employee

Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ properties in Alpena, Manistee and Sault Saint Marie are shutting down. WARNs filed with the state revealed that on top of the Seritage Growth shutdowns the Kmarts in Jackson, Grand Rapids, Byron Center and Fenton will also shutdown. A total of 390 Kmart jobs will be killed right before Xmas! 113 Sears and Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! The Holland Sears Appliance & Hardware shutdown, the manager of the francise store refused to say why. Plymouth Township Super Kmart shutting down in November 2017 (that’s when the lease expires), according to Plymouth’s Planning Commission, Sears Holdings is selling the property to a developer. A Kmart on Groesbeck Highway, Clinton Township, shutdown, 82 jobs lost in October 2016. The Farmington Hills Kmart shutdown mid-July 2016, 61 jobs lost. Midland Sears, Houghton Lake Kmart, Taylor Kmart. The new owner of the Bradley Kmart shut it down in 2016. Retailer Meijer bought the Kmart property for $5-million USD. The Kmart shutdown in May, but the new Meijer store won’t be ready until 2018. The Sears and Auto Center in Fort Gratiot shutdown in mid-March, 48 jobs lost. Ironwood Kmart in mid-April, 47 jobs lost. Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Saginaw Kmart on Bay Road, Flint Kmart on Dort Highway (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost), Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost), Rochester Hills Kmart (77 jobs lost), ‘perfect Kmart town’ of Port Huron Kmart (188 jobs lost), Flint Kmart on Miller Road (81 jobs lost), Burton Kmart (85 jobs lost), Madison Heights Kmart (179 jobs lost), it’s now official the last remaining Saginaw Kmart (on Gratiot Road) will remain shutdown after its roof collapsed during a snowstorm back in January 2014 (Sears Holdings claims only 18 people worked there at the time of the collapse!), Ann Arbor Kmart (59 jobs lost), Iron Mountain Kmart (54 jobs lost), Bangor Township Sears aka Bay City Mall Sears, the Auto Center was already secretly shutdown some time ago (at least 47 jobs lost), Big Rapids Kmart (about 50 jobs lost). Vacant Wyandotte Sears Auto Center is being renovated at a cost to taxpayers of $1-million & 20-thousand, plus 15 years worth of tax breaks valued at $2-million! Shakopee Kmart distribution center shutdown and sold-off for $17-million in 2013, now it’s finally getting a new tenant; snowmobile and electric cart maker Polaris Industries will rent out a fraction of the building to use as their new parts warehouse. The Kmart Plaza in Sandusky sold to “A group of investors”, no word on what will happen to the Kmart store.

MINNESOTA: Sears in Saint Paul and Minnetonka. Sears shutting down its Maplewood Mall operations in July, including Appliance Repair, Auto Center, Optical, Avis-Budget Car Rental. Duluth Kmart on North Central Avenue, 40 jobs gone in September. Brooklyn Center (50 jobs gone) and Duluth Miller Hill Mall (45 jobs gone) Sears. It’s now official, the taxpayers of Minneapolis are the new owners of an active Kmart for $8-million USD, on top of about $8-million tax dollars already spent on the Nicollet Avenue South at Lake Street road project. The city decided that the only way they can create a true intersection is to force Kmart to move, and the only way they can do that is to buy the property the Kmart sits on. Thief River Falls Kmart. The 50 years old Sears store in the Crossroads Center shutting down by mid-January 2018, ending 90 years of Sears in Saint Cloud. Sears store in Burnsville and a franchised Sears in Fairmont shutdown. The franchise owners of the Fairmont Sears warned that other franchise stores are on the growing hit list: “Every six months, they review stores. Over the last 12 months, my store had lost too much money. They even took into consideration that before I bought the store, it wasn’t making any money at all…..”-Jennifer Bolden, co-owner

47 years old Med City Kmart is shutdown its pharmacy operations. The Crossroads Center Sears Auto Center in Saint Cloud shutdown. Local news media reporting that the city of Minneapolis is about to become the new landlord of the Kmart on Nicolette Avenue, at taxpayer expense of course. It’s being blamed on the ‘re-connect’ scandal. The $7-million USD proposal will be discussed in June. Local news media also revealed the city made an $8-million offer to buy the Kmart on West Lake Street, last year. Coon Rapids Sears, Mankato Sears, Detroit Lakes Kmart on Highway 10 West. After 14 years the Montevideo Sears Hometown Store shutdown by the end of January 2017. The local owners of the franchise store says the decision by Sears Holdings to shutdown the store is also forcing them to sell their property. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Minnetonka Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. The Dundas Planning Commission met with CJB II Real Estate to discuss the future of the abandoned Kmart. ‘Elected’ leaders expressed a willingness to throw $100-thousand tax dollars at the redevelopment project. The Dundas Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 32 jobs lost. West Saint Paul Kmart shutting down by Xmas. 32 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The 40 years old Eden Prairie Center Sears store shutting down in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Eddie Lampert sold the store to the mall owner for $16-million! The owner of the mall wants to carve up the Sears into smaller stores. Thunderbird Mall Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 48 jobs lost. Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road. Anoka Kmart (47 jobs lost), Blaine Kmart (60 jobs lost), Burnsville Kmart (62 jobs lost), Waite Park Kmart (57 jobs lost), Northeast Minneapolis Sears Hometown & Outlet store now for sale, Coon Rapids Sears Hometown & Outlet store now for sale.

MISSISSIPPI: Columbus Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving 2018. Sears Hometown Stores in Columbus, Corinth and Ripley in July. Hattiesburg Sears. Biloxi Sears. 14 Kmart & Sears properties made the Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Corinth Kmart. The 44 years old Greenville Kmart shutdown in April, no word on job losses. Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall, Olive Branch distribution center (unknown how many jobs lost).

MISSOURI: Kmarts in Saint Joseph, KC and Florissant. The Chesterfield Mall Sears operations have just been sold as part of “the first step in the redevelopment process” for the entire mall, Sears Holdings is now paying rent on the store and the mall is for sale. Cape Girardeau Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving. Columbia Mall Sears shutting down in July. Chesterfield and Saint Louis South County Center Way Sears. Mehlville Sears, Cottleville Sears and Springfield Sears at Battlefield Mall, all for sale online. Kmarts in Independence, Popular Bluff, Sedalia and Saint Louis. 44 years old Kansas City Sears store on Antioch Road shutting down in July 2017. The Sears Auto Center in Cape Girardeau shutdown on 27 May 2017 (Happy B-day to me!). The 20 years old Independence Kmart on Noland Road shutdown. Saint Joseph Sears, Branson Kmart, Jefferson Kmart & Sears, Rolla Kmart, a Springfield Kmart, a Saint Louis Kmart. 48 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Bridgeton Kmart, Springfield Kmart. Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost), South Belt Kmart (64 jobs lost), Florissant Kmart (100 jobs lost), O’Fallon Kmart (76 jobs lost).

MONTANA: The Havre Kmart shutdown in September. The Great Falls Sears Hometown Store in July. Billings Sears. Helena Kmart and Butte Kmart in April 2018. The Sears Hometown Store in Great Falls suddenly shutdown, it was discovered by customers who tried to pick-up already paid for appliances, local news media has so far been unable to get a comment from the store manager or Sears Holdings, three days later the franchised store re-opened with the explanation that it was now being operated directly by Sears Holdings. Glendive and Great Falls Kmarts in October 2017. The Hamilton Kmart, Havre Kmart, Helena Kmart, Glendive Kmart, Billings Sears Store & Auto Center, Butte Kmart, Great Falls Kmart Store & Auto Center, Kalispell Kmart Store & Auto Center (essentially all remaining stores) made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Billings Kmart. Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost), Great Falls Kmart (closed “until further notice” due to fire, 63 jobs on hold), Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost) due to great sales (ironically) the shutdown date has been moved from 07 December 2014 to 23 November, Bozeman Kmart (37 jobs lost), Missoula Sears store and Auto Center (57 jobs lost).

NEBRASKA: Cedar Rapids Lindale Mall-Sears. In Omaha, the Oak View Mall Sears shutdown. Local news media reporting that the franchise owner-operator of the North Platte Sears Hometown Store suddenly quit after the landlord refused to renew the lease, Sears Holdings took over the store and claims they will find a new location. In Omaha, the Kmart on 50th and L Streets shutting down right after Xmas 2017, local news media say it’s the last Kmart in the city, and apparently there’s now only one other Kmart in the state. Seritage Growth Properties says its Kmart property in Kearney is shutting down by Xmas. Six Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. 40 years old Hastings Kmart. Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost), Omaha Kmart near West Maple Road (50 jobs lost).

NEVADA: Henderson Sears. Las Vegas Kmart on Washington Avenue shutdown in September. KLAS reported that the whole ‘big box’ shutdown epidemic due to online competition is bullshit after they interviewed local real estate agents, saying “Corporations will also pay to keep stores empty around them to cut down on the competition.” After 27 years the Elko Kmart shutdown, local news media said the store manager confirmed it, but gave no more info. It leaves Elko with only one ‘Big Box’ store. In Reno, Sears Holdings spin-off Seritage Growth Properties has submitted a plan to city administrators to have the existing Meadowood Mall Sears store shutdown and split-up into three smaller store spaces. Las Vegas Kmart and North Las Vegas Kmart in April 2018. Another Las Vegas Kmart (East Sahara Avenue) in October 2017. Las Vegas (East Sunset Road), Henderson and Sparks Kmarts. Henderson Kmart. 22 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Sparks Kmart distribution center (100 jobs lost).

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Salem and Manchester Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving. Sears-Land’s End in Portsmouth. The Sears Hometown Stores in Gorham, Rochester, Seabrook and Walpole in July. Rochester Kmart in April 2018. The West Lebanon Kmart suddenly shutdown its pharmacy, refuses to comment to local news media. Claremont losing their Sears Hometown, not because it’s shutting down, it’s moving to the town of Newport! Upper Valley Mall Sears in West Lebanon. 23 Kmart & Sears properties made the Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost), Claremont Kmart (59 jobs lost).

NEW JERSEY: Glassboro Kmart. Sears Auto Center in Deptford (10 jobs gone by Xmas) and Sears store in Middletown (57 jobs gone by Xmas). Mays Landing Sears store and Auto Center shutting down, 63 jobs gone by Thanksgiving. Three Sears ops in Burlington, Lawrenceville and Ocean. Passaic/Clifton Kmart (103 jobs gone in September). Elmwood Park Kmart shutdown in July, 2018. After 39 years the Somerset Kmart shutdown in July 2018. Jersey City Kmart shutdown sometime during Summer. It’s been confirmed, the Paramus Park Mall Sears store and Auto Center will shutdown by Spring 2019, to be redeveloped into a grocery store and movie theater. Without warning the Brick Big Kmart shutdown, it was revealed when Store Closing Sale signs were posted. Toms River Sears in April 2018, so the owners of Ocean County Mall can proceed with a massive redevelopment project. Kmarts in Moorestown and Parsippany shutting down mid-November. Manahawkin and Mantua Kmarts, the Watchung (126 jobs lost) and Vineland Sears shutting down by September 2017. Sears Holdings-Seritage Growth are tearing down the Watchung Sears store and Auto Center. The Auto Center space has already been leased to Cinemark and the Sears store will be chopped up into smaller retail spaces. Rio Grande Kmart, Clementon Kmart, East Brunswick Kmart, Pleasantville Kmart. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Paramus Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. 53 Kmart and Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Nearly one acre of the Rockaway Townsquare Mall Sears (which is still in operation) is now rented out to a furniture dealer. Lodi Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 75 jobs lost. Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost), Randolf Kmart (91 jobs lost), Paramus Kmart (74 jobs lost), Closter Kmart (102 jobs lost), Vineland Kmart (74 jobs lost). After 18 years Sears Holdings shutdown their Roselle Sears Hardware store due to “landlord issues”.

NEW MEXICO: Coronado Sears. Albuquerque Kmart on Carlisle Avenue and Sears on Coors Bypass North West. Raton Kmart and Tucumcari Kmart in April 2018. Las Cruses and Alamogordo Kmarts. Santa Fe Sears Auto Center shutting down in June and the Santa Fe Sears store shutting down in July 2017, local news media reported that employees were threatened by Sears Holdings not to talk to news media. Alamogordo Sears shutting down by June 2017. Roswell Sears shutting down. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Albuquerque Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Deming is shutting down. 21 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Back in May local news reports said the Artesia Kmart was shutting down, in July Sears Holdings finally confirmed it. Albuquerque’s Coronado Center Sears suddenly shutdown their Auto Center, and will reduce the size of the main store by 50% within two months. Sears goon Howard Riefs stated “We will rightsize the labor…”, but gave no numbers. The ‘rightsizing’ of the Coronado Center store is in partnership with one of my evil former employers, mall owner GGP. Sears Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost), Rio Rancho Kmart (59 jobs lost).

NEW YORK: Kmarts in Mahopac (42 jobs gone by the end of January 2019), Batavia (73 jobs gone by the end of January 2019), Niagara Falls (58 jobs gone by the end of January 2019), West Seneca (92 jobs gone by the end of January 2019) and Schenectady (63 jobs gone by the end of January 2019). Sears in Nanuet (88 jobs gone by the end of January 2019), Garden City (126 jobs gone by the end of January 2019), Yorktown Heights (55 jobs gone by the end of January 2019) and Lakewood (40 jobs gone by the end of January 2019). Sears Holdings issued a shutdown WARN (Worker Adjustment Retraining Notice) for its Poughkeepsie Kmart, 71 jobs eliminated just days before Xmas. Sears Holdings also issued a WARN for its Eastview Mall Sears store and Auto Center, in Victor, 51 jobs gone by Thanksgiving. The still active Sears store in the Eastern Hills Mall (Clarence/Williamsville) suddenly sold-off to property developers for $6.8-million USD. And it’s now official, the manager of Eastern Hills Mall said the Sears store will shutdown after Xmas (despite claims the store is hiring), however, Sears Holdings issued a WARN saying 40 jobs will be eliminated the week before Xmas. Riverhead Kmart, as well as Queensbury-Glens Falls, New Hyde Park and Victor Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving. The last Queens-NYC (Middle Village) Kmart shutdown, 126 jobs gone in October, the property owner told local news media the lease was still good until January 2019! The Great Northern Mall Sears store and Auto Center, in Clay, 57 jobs gone in September. The Sears Hometown Stores in Batavia, Ithaca and Malone in July. De Witt/Syracuse Sears (45 jobs gone). West Babylon Kmart (85 jobs gone) and Rosedale Kmart (99 jobs gone). 46 years old Wheatfield/Niagara Falls Sears shutdown, at least 42 jobs gone. Sears operations at The Mall at Greece Ridge shutting down in July, operations include Sears store, Auto Center, Appliance Repair, Avis-Budget Car Rental, at least 59 jobs gone. Kingston Sears store and Auto Center shutdown, 49 jobs lost in April 2018. Plattsburg Kmart shutdown, 67 jobs lost in April 2018. Hicksville Sears store and Auto Center shutdown, 226 jobs lost in April 2018! Taxpayers might be footing the bill for the redevelopment of the vacant East Greenbush Kmart, town leaders offering a Payment-In-Lieu-Of-Taxes (PILOT) deal to a developer who hopes to hock it as a state taxpayer funded ‘training facility’, among other things. In Johnson City the decades old Oakdale Mall Sears store shutdown (the Auto Center shutdown in July), 50 jobs lost in september 2017. Kmarts in Rochester(Chili), Victor and Vails Gate(New Windsor) shutting down mid-November. Herkimer Kmart, 46 jobs lost mid-October 2017. The Albany and East Northport Sears stores and Auto Centers, 210 jobs gone by September 2017! Liverpool, Malone, Cortland, Olean and Watertown Kmarts, more than 300 jobs lost by September 2017! Webster Kmart, 62 jobs lost by the end of July 2017. New Dorp-Staten Island Kmart (in the Hylan Plaza) shutting down, 164 jobs lost by mid-July! Local news reports say the property is being redeveloped into a $150-million USD “multi-level shopping complex”. Gee, didn’t they used to call multi-level shopping complexes a ‘Mall’? (in 2012 I warned that all these store shutdowns were part of a False Flag operation by Real Estate Investment Trusts: ALL PART OF REIT PLAN TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP, AND THEY BLAME YOU THE SHOPPER!) The massive Rego Park Center Sears shutting down, 2-hundred jobs lost starting the first week of April 2017! In Wallkill, the Galleria at Crystal Run Sears store and Auto Center shutting down, 96 jobs lost starting the first week of April 2017. New Hartford Kmart. In Cheektowaga, the Walden Galleria Sears store and Auto Center shutting down, 76 jobs lost starting the first week of April 2017. In Amherst, the Sears store and Auto Center shutting down, 105 jobs lost by April 2017! In Syracuse, after four years the Sears Outlet store in the Destiny USA mall is shutting down. The Queensbury Super Kmart is being reduced to just a Kmart, ending 24 hour grocery sales by January 2017. Shutdown WARN issued for the Binghamton Kmart, 69 jobs gone by Xmas. Shutdown WARN issued for the Cheektowaga Kmart, 101 jobs gone by Xmas! The second level of the GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Staten Island Sears shutting down right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, 44 jobs killed, it’s been leased to Ireland’s clothier Primark. 104 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! The 50 years old Sears Auto Center in the Colonie Center Mall shutdown by Sears Holdings subsidiary Seritage Growth Properties, so the space could be rented out to Avis-Budget Car Rental Group. In Brooklyn, the Kings Plaza Sears shutting down, 210 jobs gone by mid-September 2016! Eddie Lampert is renting the space to a couple of European clothing retailers. Sears Holdings issued a shutdown WARN for its Plattsburgh Sears store and Auto Center, 56 jobs lost by the end of July 2016. New York Post says Sears is shutting down their NYC clothing design office, 40 jobs moved to California, another 154 jobs gone by July! Rotterdam Mall Sears and Auto Center shutting down by August 2016 (67 jobs lost). Sears Holdings issued yet another WARN, this time 75 Rochester Kmart employees losing their jobs by mid-July 2016. Irondequoit Sears, Plattsburgh Sears, Poughkeepsie Kmart, Rochester Kmart. Staten Island Mall Sears Auto Center shutdown in February, 20 jobs lost. Lindenhurst Sears Hardware, North Babylon Sears Hardware, Hauppauge Sears Hardware, Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost) now revealed to be turned into a Town Center with more than 200 apartments at an estimated cost of $50-million, Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware, Bronx Sears (91 jobs lost), BBN reader reported that the Ithaca Sears and Auto Center shutdown and one month later it’s been officially confirmed (at least 37 jobs lost), DeWitt Kmart (92 jobs lost), Auburn Sears (51 jobs lost), Massena Sears and Auto Center (51 jobs lost), Staten Island Mall Sears leased out to Ireland’s Primark, Bay Shore Sears and Sears Auto Center (144 jobs lost), New Hartford (Sangertown Mall) Sears & Auto Center (109 jobs lost), Lancaster Kmart sold for $1.7-million to Dave’s Christmas Wonderland. Herkimer Sears Hometown, Saranac Lake Sears Hometown the ‘independent’ co-owners said Sears Holdings forced them to shutdown. Melville Appliance Repair Division (31 jobs lost).

NORTH CAROLINA: Kmarts in Statesville, Raleigh and Asheville. Sears in Goldsboro, Fayetteville and Pineville. Raleigh-Crabtree Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Sears Hometown Stores in Boone, Rocky Mount and Waynesville in July. Local news media reporting the Asheville Mall Sears is shutting down in July 2018, due to the property owner’s redevelopment plans. The Asheville Mall Sears includes Appliance Repair, Auto Center and Land’s End, at least 1-hundred jobs lost! The property owner refused comment. In Wilmington, Rouse Properties, the new owner of the Independence Mall (to be renamed The Collection at Independence), revealed their plan to demolish and redevelop the entire mall, including the still active Sears operation, the new mall plans do not include the Sears. Kmarts in Franklin, Midway Park, Salisbury, Sanford and Shelby, in April 2018. Jacksonville Kmart. Asheboro Sears. 23 years old Sears Hometown Store on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway. Surry County condemned the now vacant Kmart building at the Mayberry Mall. The condemnation prevents the property owner from finding a new tenant, until the structural problems are fixed. On top of that, local news media report the property owner is back due on county level property taxes. The action by the county opens the door for use of taxpayer funding to deal with the problem. Monroe Sears shutting down by the end of June 2017. Cross Creek Mall Sears store sold to CBL & Associates Properties who has plans to shut it down in the next two to four years. Concord Kmart, Fayetteville Kmart, Goldsboro Kmart, Madison Kmart, Wilmington Kmart. High Point Sears Hometown Store shutting down after four years, 325 jobs will be lost by February 2017! Mount Airy Kmart (in the Mayberry Mall) shutdown right before Xmas 2016. Burlington Kmart shutting down right before Xmas, local news reports said nobody was surprised. 71 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! 40 years old Thomasville Kmart shutting down in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Brevard Kmart, Gastonia Kmart, Lumberton Kmart, Pineville Kmart, Rocky Mount Kmart. Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Super Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart (96 jobs lost), Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), Kinston Kmart (64 jobs lost), Cary Sears (66 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart distribution center (130 jobs lost), Greenville Kmart (75 jobs lost), Kinston Sears Hometown Store shutdown with little notice, Lexington Sears Hometown Store.

NORTH DAKOTA: Devils Lake Kmart in April 2018. Bismarck Sears store in April 2018. Grand Forks Sears. Minot Sears. Bismarck Sears Auto Center shutdown in May 2017. South Fargo Sears shutting down. 18 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost), Dickinson Kmart (41 jobs lost, despite a “Now Hiring” sign on the front of the store).

OHIO: Kmarts in East Liverpool and Middleburg Heights/Cuyahoga (63 jobs gone by Xmas). Niles Sears. The Streetsboro Sears Appliance Showroom shutdown by the end of October, a city official blames Eddie Lampert: “I don’t think it’s location; I think it’s more corporate. I was surprised that ours was still open. No one told me officially why they’re closed.”-Deborah Covert

Dayton and Cincinnati-Northgate Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving. The 23 years old Chillicothe Kmart/Little Caesar’s Pizza shutting down by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, local news media said they were alerted to the shutdown when customers were being told that layaways were halted. It was also discovered that the Kmart property had been sold at the end of July to Rural King Realty for $4.7-million USD. The West Henderson Sears Hardware store shutdown by mid-August. The Sears Hometown Stores in Jackson and Washington Court House in July. The Tri-County Mall Sears, in Cincinnati, shutdown in September. Local news media says the shutdown was revealed when Store Closing signs were posted outside the building. The Sears store in the Belden Village Mall, in Jackson, is being reduced in size (possible even shutdown) and the space will be split-up to allow at least five new retail/entertainment venues to move in. The Sears store in the Mall at Fairfield Commons, in Beavercreek, shutting down at an undisclosed time, local news reports say the space will be filled by two smaller operations. Youngstown Southern Park Mall Sears shutting down in July, including Appliance Repair, Auto Center, Hearing Center, Optical. Lima and Strongsville Sears. North Olmsted Sears, Mansfield Sears, Strongsville Sears available to purchase online. Boardman Sears (Southern Park Mall) shutting down in July 2018. Cincinnati Sears in April 2018. Columbus based mall owner-operator Washington Prime bought the active Sears store and Auto Center in Columbus, to be redeveloped. Called the last SuperKmart in the U.S., Warren Kmart (more than 133 jobs gone in April 2018)! Hermitage Kmart in April, 2018. Cambridge Kmart shutdown in April (88 jobs gone), despite it not being on the official shutdown list. A local employee union revealed that the Kmart distribution warehouse in Bazetta Township has eliminated 150 jobs, or 50% of positions, as a result of ongoing store shutdowns! Kmarts in Austintown, Cleveland (69 jobs gone), Hillsboro, Oregon and Saint Marys. Massilion Kmart shutting down in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. A Kmart in Toledo, Dayton and Garfield Heights, more than 2-hundred jobs gone between September and October 2017! Sears Hometown Store in the Salem Plaza, in Salem. Wooster and Streetsboro Kmarts. Sears operations in Mentor, Middleburg Heights and on Central Avenue in Toledo. Toledo’s Westgate Village Sears shutting down. Eastland Mall Sears locations in Columbus and one Sears & Auto Center in Elyria and one Sears in Franklin. Westland Mall Sears, Columbus news media reported that Sears Holdings was forcing the mall owner to payout an estimated $400-thousand USD per year in property taxes on an otherwise vacant mall. Beavercreek (Dayton) Kmart shutting down by mid-July 2017. Eastgate Mall Sears store sold to CBL & Associates Properties who has plans to shut it down in the next two to four years. Akron Sears, Chillicothe Sears, Lancaster Sears, Richmond Heights Sears, Mount Vernon Kmart, Gallipolis Kmart, Kenton Kmart, New Boston Kmart, Clairsville Kmart, Zanesville Kmart, Reynoldsburg Kmart. The Fairborn and Springfield Kmart stores shutting down, 134 jobs gone right before Xmas! Reports that a Knox County Kmart is shutting down its pharmacy operations. Employees confirmed to local news media that the 21 years old Austintown Sears Appliance and Hardware will shutdown by Xmas. Mentor Kmart shutting down by Xmas, local news reports say in the 1990s the store employed 2-hundred people! 124 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! 18 years old Defiance Sears shutting down by August 2016. Marion Sears store (the Auto Center was shutdown in 2014), Ashtabula Kmart, Eaton Kmart, Fremont Kmart, Lima Kmart, Lorain Kmart, Springboro Kmart. Englewood Kmart, 57 jobs lost by the end of July 2016. Fort Stueben Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 53 jobs lost in June 2016. Sandusky Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 44 jobs lost in June 2016. 78 jobs lost as the Lancaster Kmart is shutdown in May 2016. 18 jobs lost as the Dixie Highway Sears Hardware shuts down this Friday. The 28 years old Sears and its Auto Center in New Philadelphia shutdown by mid-April 2016, 46 jobs lost. Without warning the Medina Sears Appliance & Hardware Store shutdown. Warren Kmart on Parkman Road NW shutdown in April 2016, 63 jobs lost. Zanesville Kmart shutdown mid-April 2016, 47 jobs lost. Steubenville Kmart shutdown by April 2016, 65 jobs lost. Boardman Kmart by April 2016, 81 jobs lost. Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost), Columbus Lockbourne Industrial Parkway Sears distribution center (200 jobs lost), also in Columbus, Sears Product Rebuild-Call Center (112 jobs lost), Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine jobs lost), Springfield Kmart #3767 (68 jobs lost), Fairborn Kmart (66 jobs lost), Solon Sears & Auto Center (at least 53 jobs lost), Tiffin Sears Hometown Store. Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location. Fairlawn Sears Appliance & Hardware, Macedonia Sears Appliance & Hardware, Lorain Sears Appliance & Hardware, Elyria Sears Appliance & Hardware, North Olmsted Sears Appliance & Hardware, Sheffield Village Sears Appliance & Hardware, Akron Sears Appliance & Hardware.

OKLAHOMA: The last Sears store in Oklahoma City shutdown in September. The Grove Sears Hometown Store in July. Sears in Tulsa and Norman. Enid Kmart in April 2018. Bartlesville and Shawnee Kmarts in October 2017, local news media said store managers refused to say how many people will lose their jobs. Midwest City Sears & Auto Center (according to local news reports the Heritage Park Mall, where Sears is located, is “already-dead” as it officially shutdown in 2010) and the last Kmart in Tulsa. Muskogee Kmart, Lawton Sears. In Tulsa the Sears store on 21st Street and Yale shutting down mid-April 2017, supposedly (according to news reports) the Auto Center will remain open. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Norman Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. 23 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost), Muskogee Sears store and Auto Center (60 jobs lost in November 2014), Enid Sears and Auto Center (at least 38 jobs lost), Tulsa BigKmart (51 jobs lost).

OREGON: Beaverton Kmart. Salem-Lancaster Sears. Portland Sears store-Auto Center-Land’s End (72 jobs gone by Xmas). Happy Valley-Portland Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. The franchise owner of the Sears Hometown Stores in Corvallis, Madras and Prineville (shutdown in July) Heidi Wood publicly stated her stores were profitable, stressing “I just want people to know, we didn’t leave by choice. This was a corporate decision.” Local news media also discovered that Sears Holdings-Hometown & Outlet Store forced Wood to move one of her stores, and also forced a landlord to invest $100-thousand USD into the property to bring it up to ‘Sears standards’ months before the shutdown order came, the landlord is now suing Sears: “We’ve locked the tenant out of the building, and Sears doesn’t have any rights to get into it.”-John Goodman, attorney for landlord

Portland Sears and Springfield Sears in April 2018. Portland Kmart on North East Sandy Boulevard. Salem Kmart shutting down in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Roseburg Kmart shutting down in September 2017. Local news reports revealed the Lloyd Center Sears store was sold and will shutdown sometime in the future, the space will be re-purposed into smaller storefronts. 23 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! A Blind Bat News reader warning that the Beaverton Kmart has replaced its permanent signage with temporary ones, and the store is looking empty. There’s been no public reports of the store shutting down. Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice), Albany Sears (57 jobs lost), in October a BBN reader warned that Oregon City Kmart was being quietly shutdown, confirmed on 06 November 2014 by Sears Holdings (70 jobs lost). Ontario Kmart (55 jobs lost).

PENNSYLVANIA: Sears in Pittsburgh, Dubois, and Cornwells Heights. Sears-Land’s End in Langhorne. Massive Kmart shutdowns for Pleasant Hills, Altoona, Allentown, Phoenixville, Hummelstown, New Kensington, Carlisle, Thorndaleand Matamoras. The owners of Hershey Square Shopping Center, in Derry Township, revealed that the currently active Big Kmart store will be vacated sometime after Xmas, by listing the space as available to lease in 2019. The Shenango Valley Mall Sears Auto Center, in Hermitage, suddenly shutdown with little or no warning to employees, inventory is already being shipped to other locations. Store closing signs confirmed that the McMurray Kmart is shutting down in October, employees were told last month, but also were told not to tell anybody. After more than 20 years, the Pine Township Sears Hometown Store shutdown at the end of July, no reason was given. The Ebensburg Sears Hometown Store in July. Latrobe Kmart. Pittsburgh/South Hills Sears and Pittsburgh Sears on Robinson Center Drive. Sears ops at the York Galleria shutting down in August 2018. Sears operations at the Johnstown Galleria shutting down in August 2018. Two Sears operated warehouses, Sugar Notch and Warrior Run, just sold to a California real estate company for more than $43-million USD, Sears Holdings-Innovel Solutions is now leasing the property it once owned! Local news reporting the Wyoming Valley Mall Sears, in Wilkes Barre, will shutdown by July. Sears Holdings stated it’s “too big for our needs.”It houses the Appliance Repair Center and Auto Center, among other Sears ops, at least 1-hundred jobs gone! Taxpayer funded MaST charter school is offering to buy the still active Middletown Sears store for $9.6-million USD. MaST’s plan is to kick out Sears to make room for up to 1-thousand-275 students, if their plan is approved by the local school district and taxpayers. Franklin Kmart (79 jobs gone in April 2018). Philadelphia Kmart on Aramingo Avenue (52 jobs gone in April 2018). Kmarts in Bridgeville, Enola, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Hermitage, Honesdale, Pittson and Sayre, in April 2018. Philadelphia Sears on Bustleton Avenue (103 jobs gone in April 2018). Hanover and Pittsburgh Sears in April 2018. Kmarts in Clarion, Coraopolis-Moon, Moosic and Shamokin Dam. Sears ops in Indiana, Muncy-Pennsdale and State College. The Whitehall Kmart in the MacArthur Towne Center shutdown right after after Thanksgiving 2017, the property was sold to a retailer called At Home Stores. Kmarts in Allentown and Willow Grove shutting down mid-November. Erie Kmart in October 2017. Sears operations in Cranberry between July and October 2017. Butler, Belle Vernon, Indiana and Springettsbury Township Kmarts. The East End Centre Sears Outlet store in Wilkes-Barre, and the Sears Outlet in Phoenixville, were both shutdown without warning on 23 JUN 2017. Dickson City-Scranton Kmart shutting down by the end of July 2017. Bensalem and Feasterville-Trevose (Lower Southampton) Kmarts are shutting down. In Moon Township, local news media discovered the Moon Kmart property is under new management; Union Real Estate. A Union Real Estate agent admitted that they are conducting “exploratory work” to sell the property for redevelopment, but insists that until then the Kmart will remain open. Bald Eagle Township (Mill Hall) Kmart is shutting down by mid-June, when the lease expires. Local news reports say in 2003 a public campaign stopped plans to shutdown the Kmart then, but that was before Kmart and Sears were merged by Eddie Lampert. Meadville Kmart is shutting down by mid-July 2017. Kmart in East Stroudsburg shutting down by Summer, local shoppers say it was the last Kmart in the area and now the only retailer left is Walmart. Selinsgrove Sears, Uniontown Sears, Lower Allen Township-Camp Hill Sears, Dubois Kmart, Erie Kmart, Lancaster Kmart, Hampden Township-Mechanicsburg Kmart, Monroeville Kmart, Mount Pleasant Kmart. Shenango Valley Mall Sears store shutting down by mid-April, less than 1-hundred jobs affected. 168 Sears and Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! In July, Sears Holdings shutdown the Uniontown Kmart, killing at least 73 jobs. But the shutdown is also affecting a locally owned restaurant (Mark C’s Diner) still on the property, whose owners say their sales have crashed-n-burned since the shutdown. Now Sears Holdings say they are about to sell the Uniontown property in an effort to “realize shareholder value from the property”. Butler Sears, New Castle Sears, Beaver Falls Kmart, Philadelphia Kmart on Frankford Avenue. Two Pittsburgh Kmarts. Reading Kmart. Sears store in the Beaver Valley Mall, 62 jobs lost. Viewmont Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 86 jobs lost in July 2016. Reports that the Exton Kmart will shutdown, no word on job losses. Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga-Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost, the store was also advertising for new hires!), West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 jobs lost), Rochester Kmart (78 jobs lost), Frazer (Pittsburg Mills Mall) Sears and Auto Center (97 jobs lost), Bloomsburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Frackville Sears and Auto Center (84 jobs lost), North Cornwall Township Sears (51 jobs lost), King of Prussia Sears and Auto Center (no word on number of jobs lost), Lebanon Sears (51 jobs lost), Scotland Chambersburg Mall Sears and Auto Center (62 jobs lost), the upper level of the Willow Grove Mall Sears store to be leased by Primark, King of Prussia Sears store leased out to clothing retailer Primark, East Towne Mall Kmart (51 jobs lost), Frackville Kmart in the Skuylkill Mall (80 jobs lost), Mount Pocono Kmart (66 jobs lost), Fairless Hills Sears Hardware. Granite Run Mall shutdown, meaning the Sears and Sears Auto Center now apparently on a month to month (possibly day to day) lease are soon to follow. Brookhaven Kmart (89 jobs lost).

PUERTO RICO: 31 Sears & Kmart properties made the Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Vega Baja Kmart (206 jobs lost).

RHODE ISLAND: The Wakefield Sears Hometown Store in July. Cranston Kmart shutting down in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, it’s the last remaining Kmart in the state. Middletown Sears Hometown by the end of July 2017. Warwick Sears by September 2017. Woonsocket Sears shutting down. Rhode Island Mall Sears Auto Center shutdown right before Thanksgiving. Five Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list.

SOUTH CAROLINA: The Aiken Sears Hometown Store shutdown in July, an employee told local news media “It was a corporate decision, and we’re not supposed to talk to the media….” Sears Hometown Stores in Lancaster, Loris, Port Royal and Senecaall shutdown in July. Kmart in Mauldin, and what local news media suspected the still active Rock Hill Kmart sold at the end of September for $6-million USD, the buyer operates large scale storage units and plans to redevelop the Kmart property and the Kmart will shutdown. Anderson and Spartanburg Sears. Sears store and Auto Center shutdown in the Citadel Mall in West Ashley (Charleston). Conway Kmart. Florence Kmart in October 2017. Sears & Auto Center in Columbia and the Seneca and Summerville Kmarts. Northwoods Mall Sears in North Charleston shutting down by June 2017, Seritage Growth Properties has already submitted plans to chop up the store into smaller spaces starting in July. The Auto Center will shutdown by the end of April, and the store will shutdown by mid-June 2017. Local news media discovered the Auto Center is already scheduled for subdivision. The lease expired and Sears Holdings will not renew it, saying “…we are working to actively manage our real estate portfolio to identify additional opportunities for reconfiguration and reduction of capital obligations.” Florence Sears, Anderson Kmart, Greenwood Kmart, North Charleston Kmart. The new owner of a Kmart on the boundaries of Anderson, Seritage KMT Finance, announced it will cut the Kmart store to half its size and is requesting the city of Anderson annex the land (probably in exchange for some taxpayer funded incentives for Seritage). 37 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The 44 years old Orangeburg Kmart shutting down in August 2016. Camden Kmart. 61 jobs lost as the North Augusta Kmart is shutdown by May 2016. Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost), Myrtle Beach Kmart (59 jobs lost), Easley Kmart (62 jobs lost).

SOUTH DAKOTA: The Mitchell and Aberdeen Sears Hometown Stores shutdown in July. In Rapid City the Northgate Shopping Center was sold in July 2018, it’s home to a still active Big Kmart. The new owners of the shopping center are about to spend $10-million USD redeveloping it, affecting all the current tenants. The Big Kmart is currently operating on a four years lease, but active leases hasn’t stopped Sears Holdings from shutting stores down, and even the shopping center’s new owners said “If they decide to move on, then we’ll work with them on it.” Rapid City Sears in April 2018. Sioux Falls Empire Mall Sears. Aberdeen Kmart. Sioux Falls Kmart. 11 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Huron Kmart, Yankton Kmart. The Pierre Kmart shutdown March 2016, 45 jobs lost. The Michell Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 52 jobs lost. Spearfish Kmart (51 jobs lost), Sturgis Kmart (57 jobs lost). Marshall Kmart in 2014.

TENNESSEE: Knoxville Kmart. Sears Land’s End in West Town and Cordova. Sears in Clarksville and Chattanooga. The Franklin, Milan and Oak Ridge Sears Hometown Stores shutdown in July. In Oak Ridge, the Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown, a sign reads Closed Until Further Notice, customers are being directed to call a competing Sears Hometown Store in Harriman. The year-and-a-half old Franklin-Mckay’s Mill Sears Hometown Store shutdown in June, the store operator said “There are many reasons for the store closing. Sears Hometown Stores and I have mutually agreed to close the store.” Knoxville Sears on Knoxville Center Drive. The Thompson Lane Sears Outlet/Home Services & Repair sold to C.B. Ragland for $13-million USD. Kmarts in Crossville, Greeneville and Goodlettsville, by April 2018. Kmarts in Cookeville (by mid-February 2018), Nashville and Tullahoma. Taxpayers are being raped of $7.45-million USD as Nashville Metro is buying a vacant Kmart for the purpose of creating a massive police-state police precinct! A Jackson Kmart in October 2017. Madison and Johnson City Kmarts. The city of Bristol officially condemned the vacant Kmart building (vacant since August 2016), opening up the use of taxpayer dollars to tear it down. Hamilton Place Mall Sears store and the Northgate Mall Sears Auto Center were sold to CBL & Associates Properties who has plans to shut them down in the next two to four years. Morristown Kmart, Kingsport Sears. Sears Hometown Store in Columbia’s Campbell Shopping Plaza suddenly shutdown by the franchise owner who told local news media that he essentially saw the writing on the wall. After 30 years the Sears Hometown Store in Dyersburg shutdown. Local news reports say the shutdown was no surprise to the store’s manager. 58 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Local news reports say Sears Holdings has posted “Going out of business!” signs on the North Knoxville Kmart, however they could not get any confirmation of shutdown from corporate administrators. Bristol Kmart shutdown in August 2016. Athens Kmart, Sweetwater Kmart, Maryville Kmart. The Murfreesboro Kmart shutdown April, 43 jobs lost. A Memphis Sears and Auto Center (on Poplar Avenue) shutdown in April, 109 jobs lost! Clarksville Kmart shutdown in April, 68 jobs lost. Cleveland Kmart shutdown by mid-March 2016, 67 jobs lost. Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin Cool Springs Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost), Dickson Kmart (65 jobs lost), talks in progress to end lease for Bellevue (Nashville) Center Mall Sears, Nashville Bellevue Center Sears & Auto Center (at least 44 jobs lost).

TEXAS: Massive Sears shutdowns for Victoria, Austin/Barton Creek, Dallas, Irving, Ingram, Austin, Lubbock, Harlingen and Frisco. After six decades the Sears store and Auto Center in Baytown shutting down in time for Xmas. More proof it’s not about lack of retail sales as the recently vacated Portland Kmart property can’t be sold because Sears Holdings is still paying rent on a lease that has three years to go. Portland city officials explained that even with Sears Holdings paying rent to the property owner for three more years, the city itself is losing about $2-thousand USD per year in sales taxes! The Sears Hometown Store located in the Heartland Mall, in Brown County, shutdown due to what the owners called “difficult circumstances”. The Sears store and Auto Center at the Broadway Square Mall, in Tyler, shutting down right before Xmas. Despite the city of Tyler approving plans to tear down the Sears store, back in May, the shutdown announcement is still a surprise because Sears Holdings told local news media the lease was good for several years and they weren’t going anywhere. Houston-Memorial and College Station-Bryan Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving. After only five months the Wichita Falls Sears Hometown suddenly shutdown, signage and merchandise seemingly removed in the dead of night, the landlord said the store owner still owes $11-thousand USD in rent! The Athens, Azle, Kingsville, Mineral Wells and Palestine Sears Hometown Stores in July. In San Antonio, the Park North Shopping Center Sears in July, Sears Holdings is blaming the landlord of Park North Shopping Center for the shutdown. It was revealed that the Wichita Falls Sears Hometown Store was suddenly shutdown at the end of May, and now Sears Hometown & Outlet is suing the property owner. The surprise shutdown came just 54 days after the store had its grand ‘soft’ opening, the landlord said the store owner failed to pay rent and other fees! (twisted update on Wichita Falls shutdown) Four Sears ops in Cedar Park, Denton, Lewisville and Fort Worth on Green Oaks Road. Laredo Kmart. In San Antonio, the Park North Shopping Center Sears. Simon Property Group, owner of Broadway Square Mall in Tyler, announced it wants to tear down the active Sears store and Auto Center. Beaumont Sears, Humble Sears, Baytown Sears, San Antonio Sears at Rolling Oaks Mall, Pasadena Sears, all for sale online. Ohio based mall owner-operator Washington Prime bought the active Sears store and Auto Center in Longview, to eventually be redeveloped. Portland Kmart in April 2018. Sears locations in Austin, Houston and Midland, in April 2018. In Dallas, taxpayers get to pay for a massive 23 acre redevelopment of land which includes a now vacant Sears store, and to prove that the claim that brick-n-mortar stores are a-thing-of-the-past is bullshit, the massively expensive development project will have even more brick-n-mortar stores than what was on the old Sears-Valley View Mall site! The last Kmart in El Paso, on Sunland Park Drive, shutting down in January 2018 (apparently this store is not officially part of the latest round of mass shutdowns), at one time there were six Kmart stores in El Paso. The Kmart in Texarkana. Sears operations in Lufkin and San Angelo’s Sunset Mall. Local news media reported earlier in the year that the Sunset Mall Sears store was actually experiencing increased sales: “Sales in tools have grown 5% year-over-year. Mattress sales have grown 34% year-over-year. We’re one of the best stores in our market!”-Anthony Rollwitz, Sears hardline supervisor

The active Richardson Square Sears store was just sold to re-developer ATRCorinth, who plans on shutting it down when the short-term lease expires. In Houston, the iconic Sears at 4201 Main Street shutdown by the end of January 2018. The Sears Home Appliance Showrooom in Flower Mound suddenly shutdown, the confused manager saying “I’m not sure what we did wrong!” Sears operations in Paris, more than 40 jobs lost between July and October 2017. Two Kmarts in El Paso, as well as the 39 years old Sears & Auto Center in Texarkana and Sears Auto Center in Sherman. Baybrook Mall Sears stores in Freindswood and on Southwest Freeway in Houston. Dallas ‘Midtown’ Valley View Mall Sears store and Auto Center shutting down between the end of May and July 2017. The property is being redeveloped. Taxpayers in the city of Abilene might be forced to pay for the abandoned Kmart as “…funds would be used to acquire, renovate and equip buildings for a new police station, municipal court, water utilities billing, collection and meter-reading offices, and record storage. The cost is estimated at $9 million.” In Austin, Seritage Growth Properties just listed two Sears locations as available for lease; the Sears store at Barton Creek Square Mall, which is apparently co-owned by the mall’s owner Indiana based Simon Property Group, and the Sears Auto Center on North Interstate 35 are now available for lease. Odessa Sears, two Kmarts in El Paso. Kileen Kmart, Lufkin Kmart. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Frisco Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Harlingen is shutting down. Local news reports confirmed the Lubbock Kmart is shutting down right before Xmas. 134 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! Fort Stockton Sears Hometown Store was ‘re-branded’ the America’s Appliance Experts outlet. Sears Holdings revealed the Brownsville Kmart is shutting down by August. El Paso Kmart, Mission Kmart, Sweetwater Kmart. Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors, Dallas Sears home appliance parts distribution center (77 jobs lost), Simon Property Group owned McAllen Sears store & Auto Center (so far no word on how many jobs will be lost), recently revealed Palestine Sears Hometown (franchise owner quit to work as assistant manager at a local Dollar General). Wichita Falls Sikes Senter Mall Sears (56 jobs lost).

UTAH: West Jordan Sears shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Tooele Sears Hometown Store in July. Ogden Sears in April 2018. A Salt Lake City Sears store and Auto Center on State Street. The Cedar City Sears Hardware and Appliance Store suddenly shutdown, local news media indicated it was the fault of Sears Holdings, not the franchise owner. A Salt Lake City Kmart in October 2017. Saint George Sears & Auto Center and Spanish Fork Kmart. Provo Towne Centre Sears store shutting down by the end of July, the Auto Center shutdown by the end of May 2017. The owner of the mall, Brixton Capitol, admitted that Sears shutdowns were part of the REIT plan to change the way you shop (which I first warned about in 2012). It has nothing to do with internet competition as Brixton Capitol stated “…150 planned Sears/K-Mart closures nationwide, Brixton Capital has already begun plans to redevelop the store as part of a larger vision to reposition Provo Towne Centre as a premier shopping, dining and entertainment destination.” Vernal Kmart, Layton Kmart. 16 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Draper Kmart, Price Kmart, West Jordan Kmart. West Valley City Kmart in 2016. 35 years old Richfield Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 63 jobs lost. North Logan Kmart shutdown April 2016, 58 jobs lost. Murray Sears (local news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they reported that the building was demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported), Woods Cross Kmart (54 jobs lost), Provo Kmart demolished in anticipation of yet another AtHome furniture store.

VERMONT: The Middlebury, Saint Johnsbury and Saint Albans Sears Hometown Stores in July. Rutland Kmart in April 2018. After 39 years the Bennington Kmart shutdown in August 2018. The small Milton Sears shutdown. Five Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. The Bennington Sears Hometown Store shutdown. Rutland Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), South Burlington Kmart (66 jobs lost).

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Three Kmarts made the Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list.

VIRGINIA: Hampton Sears. Kmarts in Springfield, Williamsburg and Waynesboro. The still active Sears store at the Landmark Mall , in Alexandria, could shutdown. Local news media reporting that the mall owner and Sears Holdings’ REIT spin-off Seritage Growth Properties are in negotiations to re-develop the property, and the City of Alexandria “has approved this effort as a priority in the FY 2019 Long-Range Planning Work Program.” The Annandale Big Kmart shutting down a week before Thanksgiving. Fairfax Sears shutting down by Thanksgiving. Sears/Kmart operations in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach shutdown in September. The Covington, Lynchburg and Williamsburg Sears Hometown Stores all shutdown in July. A facebook post revealed that Sears Hometown Stores in Staunton (the oldest Sears Hometown franchise in the U.S.) and Harrisonburg shutdown. The Lightfoot Sears Hometown Store shutdown in July. Sears store and Auto Center shutdown at the Danville Mall. Sears operations in Warrenton Village Center shutting down in July, local news media revealed that Sears Holdings-Seritage had met with reps from the town council to discuss options for the property, two months ago. In Richmond the Kmart on Nine Mile Road shutdown in January 2018. Kmarts in Abingdon, Danville and Lynchburg. Colonial Heights Sears. A Roanoke Kmart in October 2017. Sears & Auto Center in Richmond and two Virginia Beach Kmarts. The South Boston Sears Hometown Store. 50 years old Charlottesville Kmart shutting down, 62 jobs lost in July 2017. Local news media reporting that the Herndon Kmart suddenly displayed “store closing” signs. Mall developer Core Property Capital is demanding taxpayers pay-up to fund the redevelopment of the vacant Christiansburg Kmart property! They want Montgomery County to declare a special property tax district to raise taxes to pay for the redevelopment of privately owned commercial property! Bristol Sears, Roanoke Kmart, Fredericksburg Kmart, Norfolk Kmart, Salem Kmart. 63 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Christiansburg Kmart and the Hampton Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Chester Kmart, 76 jobs gone by mid-July 2016. The Cedar Bluff (50 jobs lost), Covington (36 jobs lost) and Virginia Beach on General Booth Boulevard (no job numbers reported) Kmarts shutdown between March and April 2016! The Sears Hometown Store in Culpeper. Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News-Denbigh Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Winchester Kmart (91 jobs lost), Dale City Kmart (69 jobs lost), Chesapeake Sears and Auto Center (82 jobs lost), Front Royal Kmart (88 jobs lost), Pembroke Mall Sears renting out part of their store to DSW & Nordstrom Rack, Sears Holdings say they’re still looking for a “third tenant” for their occupied space. The current nearby Sears Auto Center will be rented out to REI. Colonial Heights Kmart (113 jobs lost), Virginia Beach Hilltop Square Shopping Center Kmart (82 jobs lost).

WASHINGTON: Puyallup Sears. Bellingham Kmart. Vancouver Mall Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Sears Hometown Store in Toppenish suddenly shutdown, the owners said they couldn’t renew the lease and will focus on their stores in Sunnyside, and in Hood River (Oregon). The Kent Big-Kmart shutdown in October, so that Sears Holdings can “focus on our best stores”. The Deer Park Sears Hometown Store in July. Tacoma Sears on South Steele Street. After 47 years Sears ops in Redmond shutting down, 68 jobs gone in July 2018. The owner of Tacoma Mall, Simon Property Group, announced plans to tear down the still active Sears store and replace it with five new buildings, apparently the Sears Auto Center will continue operations. Sears Holdings suddenly selling off six active locations; the 48 years old Lacy Sears store, the 47 years old Tukwila Sears, Union Gap Sears, two Sears operations in the Spokane area, and the Spokane Kmart. Chehalis Kmart in April 2018. Sears locations in Chehalis, Federal Way and Shoreline, in April 2018. The owner of the Sequim Sears Hometown Store wants to retire so he sold it off to rival Sears Hometown Store owners from another city, however, local news media report the Sequim store permanently shutdown on 30DEC2017. Seattle news media reporting that two active Puget Sound area Sears stores have just been sold for $27-million USD. Bellingham Sears Hometown & Outlet Store shutting down at the end of July, 2017, just months after a grand re-opening. Tacoma Kmart, 67 jobs lost by September 2017. Spanaway Kmart on Pacific Avenue South shutting down by mid-June 2017. 36 years old Lynnwood Sears shutdown by the end of March 2017, local news media reported access to the upper level of the store was already blocked. Tacoma Kmart on 6th Avenue. GGP-Seritage Growth Partners owned Lynwood Sears store reduced in size and the Auto Center shutting down “in the near future”. Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says a ‘Sears’ property in Yakima is shutting down. 46 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! After officially denying that their Marysville Kmart was shutting down, calling it a “a bad rumor” and swearing to local news media that “the store will remain open”, guess what? Local news media reporting that the Marysville Kmart is now plastered with “store closing” signs, 47 jobs lost by by mid-July. Arrogantly Sears Holdings said the employees can apply at other Sears/Kmart stores, however, local news reports say it’s the last Kmart in all of Snohomish County. Eatonville Sears Hometown store. Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost), Marysville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston Kmart. Westover/Morgantown Sears. The Sears store in Grand Central Mall, in Vienna, shutting down by Xmas 2018, local news media reported that the town mayor was unaware of the shutdown. Scott Depot Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Harpers Ferry and Summersville Sears Hometown Stores shutdown in July. Kmarts in Clarksburg, Huntington and Saint Albans, by April 2018. Kmarts in Beckley, Martinsburg and Vienna. Lewisburg Kmart. The Hocking Mall Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown, with only a weeks notice to employees. The Charleston Town Center Mall Sears store and Auto Center shutting down mid-April 2017. The Bridgeport Meadowbrook Mall Sears store shutting down “within the next 90 days”, supposedly the Auto center will remain open. The Elkins Kmart shutting down during the 1st quarter of 2017. In Parkersburg, the Kmart on Division Street shutting down by mid-April 2017. The Weirton BigKmart shutting down mid-April 2017. 34 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The Bluefield Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), Bluefield Sears store & Auto Center (64 jobs lost).

WISCONSIN: Eau Claire and La Crosse (Valley View Mall) Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving. The five years old Appleton (Grand Chute) Sears Outlet store shutdown, the owner didn’t say why, only that he was consolidating the remaining inventory to his new store in Germantown. The West Towne Mall Sears, in Madison, shutdown in September, local news media reported that Sears Holdings recently spent a lot of money remodeling the store. After being put up for a ‘redevelopment’ sale last year the still active Caledonia Kmart just sold for $2-million USD, however some village administrators claim the new owner “is interested in keeping Kmart at that location”. Green Bay Sears (43 jobs gone in April 2018), Brookfield Sears (59 jobs gone in April 2018). It’s now official, city taxpayers of Brookfield forced to shell out at least $6-million USD in grant money (meaning it won’t be paid back) to repurpose the now vacant Sears store at Brookfield Square. Stevens Point Kmart, 45 jobs gone in January 2018, the city is considering plans to turn the property into student housing. The Caledonia (Racine) Kmart made the ‘for sale’ list. Local news media discovered the property is being offered at two-thirds less than the assessed value! Sears operations in Kenosha between July and October 2017. West Allis, La Crosse and Medford Kmarts shutdown, 239 jobs lost in September 2017! The Greendale Sears in the Southridge Mall. 50+ years old Brookfield Sears Auto Center shutdown, local news media revealed that Brookfield city administrators spent taxpayer money on a five years study to justify creating a taxpayer owned conference center near the Sears Auto Center location. In La Crosse, without warning the Sears Auto Center and the Kmart pharmacy were shutdown. In Appleton, questions from frustrated residents to local news media about the Fox River Mall Sears Auto Center revealed that it was quietly and suddenly shutdown overnight. Local news media confirmed it was open on 08 MAY 2017, but that according to the Sears it is now closed (except for warranty work)! The Economic Development Commission of Fort Atkinson has revealed plans to spend taxpayer money on the now vacant Kmart property. Local news media reported the city Fort Atkinson asked Sears Holdings how much they wanted to sell it for! It’s been revealed that nearly 40 cities are pushing for a new state law that will prevent taxpayers from being forced to pay the property taxes on vacated stores like Target and Sears. It’s a complicated mess, but because of current laws and recent court decisions local Wisconsin taxpayers are being forced to foot the property tax bill on vacated retail spaces! This has led to municipalities using taxpayer funding to sue retailers (most recently Target and Sears) for creating what’s called Dark Stores. Brookfield Square Sears store sold to CBL & Associates Properties who has plans to shut it down in the next two to four years. Platteville Kmart, Racine Kmart. Oshkosh Sears Hometown Store on Witzel Avenue shutting down. The city of Wausau just put the local taxpayers into debt by at least $650-thousand USD, buying the former Sears location at the Wausau Center. The Wausau Sears shutdown on June 2016. Sears Holdings administrators would only say “we are accelerating the closings of unprofitable stores.” The Land’s End outlet in the Madison West Towne Mall Sears store suddenly shutdown. It was also revealed that Sears connected Land’s End has shutdown at least five stores since 2015, due to crashing sales. 36 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Seritage Growth Properties is ‘downsizing’ the Sears store in the West Towne Mall, according to plans filed with the city of Madison. Those plans show a new restaurant taking up more than half of the space of the Sears store. Administrators refused to answer questions from the local news media. Hartford Kmart. Superior Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 42 jobs lost. West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart recently revealed now owned by Green Bay Packers, will be torn down (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (55 jobs lost), Fond du Lac Sears (42 jobs lost), Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 jobs lost), Janesville Kmart (70 jobs lost), Glendale Sears Rebuild center (67 jobs lost), Sheboygan Sears & Auto Center (at least 31 jobs lost), Eau Claire Kmart (93 jobs lost), Plymouth Kmart (59 jobs lost before Xmas), Sheboygan Sears Rebuild Center (30 jobs lost), Wauwatosa Kmart (103 jobs lost).

WYOMING: Both the Casper Kmart and Casper Sears. Gillette Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving. The Laramie Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown in July. The Laramie Kmart. Cheyenne Sears in January 2018. Rock Springs Kmart in October 2017. Sheridan Kmart. Cheyenne Kmart shutting down. Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties confirmed a ‘Sears’ property in Riverton is shutting down. Sheridan Kmart, Rock Springs Kmart, Riverton Kmart, Cody Kmart & Auto Center, Laramie Kmart, Jackson Kmart, Gillette Kmart, and in Casper and Cheyenne the Sears Stores & Auto Centers and Kmarts (essentially all remaining stores) made the Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!

Business/Economics

“a 45-percent decline”: U.S. industrial/mining/logistics layoffs, August 2018

October 29, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in August 2018.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Forbes: What Does The Future Hold For Shipping And Logistics?

South China Morning Post: Walmart & JD.com invest US$500 million in Chinese logistics service

MarketWatch: Manufacturing jobs growing at fastest rate in 23 years

USA TODAY: There’s a fierce battle over your bed: Industry goes to the mattresses

ALABAMA: Car parts maker Federal-Mogul eliminating an additional 47 jobs at its factory in Jacksonville, in September. Since December 2017, Federal-Mogul has killed at least 121 jobs in Alabama.

ALASKA: Vigor Alaska eliminating 80 shipyard jobs by Xmas, due to lack of contracts.

CALIFORNIA: Taxpayer funded General Dynamics eliminating 1-thousand-493 NASSCO jobs (according to official WARN) in San Diego, by the end of September, supposedly due to an accident involving a USN ship and a new floating dry dock! Automotive industry company MIDA Industries issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Fremont, 55 jobs gone by September. Jacobson Warehouse Company issued a shutdown WARN for its Tracy location, 74 jobs gone by mid-October. Golden State Overnight Delivery Service eliminating 158 jobs in Santa Fe and Ontario, by the end of September!

The Bakersfield Californian: Central Valley officials join push to end California oil production

IndustryWeek: Fire at Tesla factory in Fremont

Markets Insider: auto industry suppliers are worried about Tesla going bankrupt

COLORADO: Wood pellet maker Confluence Energy now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to having more debts than assets, the owner says wood pellet sales started dropping after petroleum prices started going down in 2010.

CONNECTICUT: France based pen/lighter maker Bic began laying off people at its Milford lighter refill factory, so far 25 people have been let go due to a sudden 11% crash in lighter sales.

FLORIDA: Taxsucker Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky eliminating 5-hundred jobs, near Jupiter, due to the U.S. government buying fewer Black Hawk helicopters!

GEORGIA: What economic recovery? Anchor Glass eliminating 150 jobs (half its Georgia employees) and shutting down a production line in Warner Robins, due to crashing sales of its products! Industry ‘solutions’ company Alorica laid off 635 people! Pillow maker Hollander Sleep Products eliminating 225 jobs!

HAWAII: Island Energy Services halts oil refinery ops, 85 jobs gone.

ILLINOIS: Stack-On-Products moving 150 Chicago area jobs to Mexico, supposedly to avoid Chinese tariffs! Japan based rail car maker Nippon Sharyo shutting down its failed six years old Rochelle factory, hundreds of U.S. jobs lost due to crashing sales, and its prototype double-decker passenger car failing safety tests. Rail support company Auto Releasing issued a WARN, 68 jobs gone as a result of losing a contract with Fiat-Chrysler. Home light fixture maker Acuity Brands Lighting issued a WARN, 298 jobs in Des Plain gone due to “reorganization”! Urethane product maker Armacell issued a WARN, 87 jobs in South Holland gone mid-October. Tobacco wholesaler Follett Higher Ed Group-Aurora Service Center issued a WARN, 81 jobs gone by February 2019.

IOWA: It was discovered that RV maker Winnebago quietly laid off 35 people, in Forest City, at the end of July.

KENTUCKY: Ladder maker Werner shutting down its Louisville factory, 119 jobs gone by March 2019!

MINNESOTA: Mattress maker Tempur-Sealy shutting down its Saint Paul factory, eliminating 99 jobs in September due to “the closure of a large customer’s nearby distribution center”. First Transit issued a WARN, 90 jobs in Roseville gone by October.

NEW YORK: General Electric (GE) continues job killing, this time 225 jobs in Schenectady being eliminated due to “ongoing challenges facing the power industry and a 45-percent decline in volume”!

NORTH CAROLINA: Bankrupt furniture maker Heritage Home Group shutting down Broyhill factories in Caldwell County, 712 jobs gone due to failed attempts to sell-off Broyhill! A bankruptcy judge set an auction date of 18OCT2018 for Heritage Home Group brands Broyhill and Thomasville. Paper-packaging maker WestRock shutting down its factory in Charlotte, 170 jobs gone due to consolidation ops, starting in October!

OKLAHOMA: Oil company Phillips-Conoco suddenly laid off 1-hundred people in Oklahoma and Texas, as part of plans to layoff thousands of people over the next few years!

PENNSYLVANIA: Battery maker Axion Power now chapter 7 bankrupt and liquidating. Korea based Hyundai shutting down its now failed rail car factory in Philadelphia, 3-hundred jobs gone due to faulty welding on many rebuilt taxpayer funded SEPTA rail cars! Dedicated Logistics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Langhorn, 120 jobs gone by the end of October! Steel maker ArcelorMittal Plate laying off 47 people by November.

TENNESSEE: Construction vehicle maker Caterpillar shutting down its Dyersburg factory, 85 jobs gone by October.

Knoxville News Sentinel: EPA, NRC killed nuclear power industry

TEXAS: The maker of Dickies work clothes, Williamson-Dickie, shutting down its factory in Uvalde, 150 U.S. jobs being moved to Mexico by Xmas!

ConocoPhillips plans ‘modest’ job cuts

VIRGINIA: Bristol Compressors shutting down its factory, 470 jobs gone by Xmas, because “business has been struggling for years”!

Washington DC: Trump Signals Drawdown Of The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

CNBC: Auto industry caught in the trade war crosshairs

WISCONSIN: Office products maker ACCO shutting down its factory in Pleasant Prairie, 54 jobs gone by Xmas. Trailer hitch maker CURT Manufacturing moving its Eau Claire electrical ops to Mexico, but claims that business is so good they’ll find new jobs for the affected U.S. workers.

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS SHUTDOWNS, JULY 2018: “GET YOUR STUFF IT’S TIME TO LEAVE.”

Idaho, Technology

“unprecedented declines” “unexpected and unforeseeable”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, August 2018

October 27, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in August 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Germany based tech giant Siemens reportedly planning to kill 20-thousand administrative jobs globally, as part of its Vision 2020 plan!

CALIFORNIA: New York based Deluxe Entertainment Services laying off 46 people in Burbank, including software engineers, by mid-October as a result of “proactively shifting to focus on new technologies”. Iconic Berkeley recording studio Fantasy Studios shutting down in September, the property owner is selling the building. Sacramento based newspaper owner The McClatchy Company announced it will kill 140 jobs at all its U.S. newspapers (Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, Lexington Herald-Leader, The Charlotte Observer, The Herald-Sun, The Wichita Eagle, and The Kansas City Star), due to crashing advertising revenues! AwesomenessTV eliminating 98 jobs between October and December, due to being taken over by Viacom. Symantec has been conducting round after round of small layoffs in California, like 20 California jobs suddenly eliminated this month, and now the Mountain View based software company wants to kill 1-thousand jobs globally, blaming it on lack of revenues into the foreseeable future (what economic recovery?), and “stranded costs” of operations! “Quote-to-cash” software company Apttus issued a layoff WARN, 65 jobs gone by October. AT&T issued a layoff WARN for its San Ramon ops, 59 jobs gone by mid-October. Electronic payroll company Global Cash Card issued a mass layoff WARN for its Irvine location, 228 jobs gone by mid-October! Mayfield Robotics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Redwood City, 63 jobs gone by mid-October. San Jose based semiconductor maker Cavium issued a layoff WARN, 41 jobs gone in September. Massachusetts based Novanta issued a layoff WARN for its San Jose ops, 42 jobs gone before Xmas. Bankrupt busted movie maker Global Road Entertainment suddenly began laying off people in Los Angeles and in United Kingdom, due to the Too Big to Jail banks taking control of operations.

Timeline: Elon Musk’s ‘difficult and painful’ 2018

Elon Musk’s Summertime Madness

Tesla and Elon Musk had a wild August

McClatchy makes more layoffs

GlobalFoundries announces more layoffs, stops 7 nanometer project

COLORADO: New Jersey based Conduent shutting down its Colorado Springs call center, 410 jobs gone due to ‘restructuring’! Digital graphics company Circle Graphics suddenly laid off an undisclosed number of people.

CONNECTICUT: Netsolace eliminating 20 Wallingford jobs by Xmas.

IDAHO: Software problem closes driver’s license offices, hinders police

Pocatello’s community access channel will shut down

INDIANA: Charter Communications shutdown its customer service ops on Roosevelt Road in Indianapolis, with only a three weeks notice, 84 jobs gone. So much for going digital, without warning News Sentinel laid off all but one of its remaining employees and halted digital operations, despite ‘good’ online numbers the advertising revenue wasn’t enough!

IOWA: Humach eliminating ten jobs in Oelwein, by September.

KANSAS: The Wichita Eagle executed another small round of layoffs, as part of parent company McClatchy’s cost cutting. It seems The Wichita Eagle has been conducting small layoffs ever since 2009.

MARYLAND: Discovery Communications eliminating 212 Silver Spring jobs in October, as part of plans to move corporate ops to New York!

MASSACHUSETTS: Online bike-share company Zagster continues to kill jobs, for the second time this year an undisclosed number of people were laid off and lack of income is being blamed, saying it needs “legitimate sponsorship and recurring revenue opportunities.” F5 Networks eliminating 89 jobs in Lowell by the end of September, despite claiming to be hiring for hundreds of jobs administrators admitted that so far “We have eliminated approximately 230 positions”.

MICHIGAN: Utah based, but France owned, Teleperformance USA shutting down its Cascade call center, 91 jobs gone. In Walker, Charter Communications laid off 51 people. In Livonia, Charter Communications laid off 60 people.

MINNESOTA: Hutchinson Technology suddenly laid off 60 people.

NEBRASKA: Warren Buffett owned Omaha World Herald suddenly eliminated 23 jobs, blaming it on lack of advertisers.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: High dollar, hi-tech gadgetry seller Brookstone now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and shutting down 1-hundred U.S. brick-n-mortar stores to focus on airport, e-commerce and wholesale ops.

NEW JERSEY: Hi-tech store Best Buy shutting down its location in Howell, 30 jobs gone right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday due to not being able to renew the lease.

NEW YORK: Iconic Kodak (once a tech giant) eliminating 325 jobs across the U.S., no they’re not film/photography jobs, they’re ‘flexographic’ packaging jobs! Hi-tech store Best Buy shutting down its Great Northern Mall location, in Clay, right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday claiming it can’t renew the lease. Best Buy also issued a shutdown WARN for its Liverpool store, 76 jobs gone by November. Warner Media-Time Warner issued a layoff WARN for its NYC location, 107 jobs gone by Xmas! Investopedia issued a layoff WARN for its NYC location, 36 jobs gone by March 2019. Taxpayer funded General Dynamics eliminating 31 CSRA InfoTech(IT)-national security jobs in Fort Drum, by the end of October, officially due to loss of contract. Global Foundries suddenly laid off 250 people, blaming it on a sudden crash in demand for computer chips!

Web site Upworthy suddenly laid off 31 people

NORTH CAROLINA: The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun (both owned by the same California based company) eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs due to “unprecedented declines in print advertising and the newsprint tariffs”.

PENNSYLVANIA: United States Traffic Network issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Malvern, 118 jobs gone by mid-October!

SOUTH CAROLINA: TV maker Element Electronics shutting down its factory in Fairfield County, 126 jobs gone due to the new tariff war with China! Fairfield County has lost hundreds of jobs in the past two years, state senator Mike Fanning said “When you think you’ve reached rock bottom, to get kicked in the gut like this, you didn’t think anything more could happen. Within 365 days, you just get rocked to your core.”

SOUTH DAKOTA: Online lender Ditech Financial shutting down its Rapid City call center, 450 jobs gone by Thanksgiving 2019 (when the lease ends)!

TENNESSEE: Scripps Networks Interactive continues to kill jobs, another round of layoffs (no numbers given) as a result of being taken over by Discovery Communications.

TEXAS: The second largest software company in Austin, British empire Australia based Atlassian, eliminating 101 jobs due to selling off two ‘products’ to a competitor! By the way, the sale of those two products (and resulting layoffs) helped the co-founders of Atlassian make the official Young Rich List in The Land Down Under.

VIRGINIA: Taxpayer funded General Dynamics eliminating 101 CSRA InfoTech(IT)-national security jobs in Chesapeake, by the end of September, as a result of taking over taxpayer funded CSRA this year!

WISCONSIN: OneTouchPoint suddenly laid off 30 people in Green Bay, due to ongoing consolidation ops. Best Buy issued a shutdown WARN for its Grafton store, 68 jobs gone by November. Computer security company Com-Tec Security suddenly shutdown its Greenville location, at least 23 jobs gone due to customers failing to pay for services rendered, creditors unwilling to extend debt financing and failed attempts to sell the company. West Revenue Generation Services suddenly laid off 148 people at its Green Bay and Middleton call centers, “Due to the unexpected and unforeseeable cancellation of a contract from a major client”!

Johnson Controls has laid off 4300 employees since 2016

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, July 2018: “WE NEED TO GET THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OUT OF THEM.”

U.S.

“dangerously low”: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, September 2018

October 25, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in September 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

British empire United Kingdom based drugs maker GlaxoSmithKline eliminating 550 jobs across the United States, many involved in making vaccines!

ARKANSAS: Addiction treatment operation Preferred Family Healthcare shutting down all locations, 4-thousand jobs lost in October due the non-profit’s executive officers being caught stealing millions of dollars from not only the company, but from Medicaid!

CALIFORNIA: Adventist Health Bakersfield laid off another 40 people, bringing the year’s total to 175 due to a combination of outsourcing and consolidation. Adventist Health Saint Helena suddenly laid off five people. In 2014 non-profit taxpayer owned Palm Drive Hospital shutdown, leaving more than 240 employees without final paychecks, now bankruptcy proceedings might result in final paychecks four years later! Non-profit Verity Health System now chapter 11 bankrupt busted after failed attempts to sell the hospital operator (which is in debt by at least $1-billion USD!) plus escalating maintenance costs caused by new state earthquake proofing regulations. Two days after employees complained about working conditions, Saint Joseph Health announced plans to layoff staff in October, the employees’ union rep stated that even before the planned layoffs the number of hospital workers in Humboldt County is already “dangerously low”. In San Diego, Vital Therapies suddenly laid off 83 people. Pharmacy Super RX issued shutdown WARNs for four locations, 98 jobs gone by November.

FLORIDA: Molina Healthcare issued yet another WARN, 32 jobs in Miami gone by December.

GEORGIA: ActionMed Personnel eliminating 256 jobs!

A doctor is accused of stealing from federal taxpayers $1.5-million USD, by injecting people with a fake anti-lead poisoning drug and then billing the government.

MASSACHUSETTS: Akcea Therapeutics revealed to the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) that it eliminated about 27 jobs due to the failure of one of its new drugs.

MINNESOTA: Twin Valley Living Center shutting down, 50 jobs gone by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, unnamed employees told local news media it was because management failed to manage the money. Donation funded Shriners Hospital issued a layoff WARN, 45 jobs gone by Thanksgiving.

NEW YORK: VillageCare Health Home issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC location, 68 jobs gone by Xmas.

NORTH DAKOTA: Children’s therapeutic ranch Home on the Range suddenly laid off 17 people, blaming it on crashing referrals caused by the 2018 Family First Prevention Services Act.

TENNESSEE: Aspire Health hit by hackers, blames Google.

VIRGINIA: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center/University Health System Authority fined $3.9-million USD for over-billing taxpayer funded Medicare, Tricare, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.

WASHINGTON: Now owned by Tennessee based RCCH, chapter 9 bankrupt hospital operator Trios Health laid off another 42 people. Despite listing 6-hundred job openings, non-profit Swedish Health suddenly eliminated 550 jobs, blaming ObamaCare-ACA for causing a “rapidly changing health care environment”!

WEST VIRGINIA: The new owner of Highland Hospital, Tennessee based Meridian Behavioral Health Systems, suddenly laid off 31 people.

WISCONSIN: Marshfield Clinic Health System revealed to state unemployment administrators that it suddenly laid off 25 people in August, in connection to last year’s take over of Saint Joseph’s Hospital. Midwest Senior Living eliminating 30 jobs by November due to loss of contract.

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral August 2018: “SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES”

U.S.

“perceived threat”: Dumbing Down the U.S.A., September 2018

October 12, 2018 Hutchins AAron

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)

Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.

Incomplete (Tip-o-the-Iceberg) list of publicly announced education related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes, September 2018:

AMERICANS TRUST TEACHERS, BUT DON’T WANT THEIR CHILD TO BECOME ONE

We’ve so overscheduled our kids that doctors are now prescribing playtime

ALABAMA: Transgender student sues school over mistreatment

elementary teacher charged with sex abuse of student

teacher, coach faces sex crime charges involving a student

ASU financial aid woes

school band briefly drops ‘Dixie’

How 9/11 Is Being Taught To A Younger Generation

elementary student shot with illegal stolen gun

ALASKA: drug testing, new sexual harassment policy

Kodiak District Closure, due to what I call DSS

student arrested over threat against schools

ARIZONA: Prescott High School invaded and locked down by police, overnight

A Creationist Will Be Reviewing Arizona’s Standards on How to Teach Science

The job Americans won’t take: Arizona looks to Philippines for teachers

ARKANSAS: School district targeting chronic absentee rating

State seizes control of Pine Bluff School District

College enrollment slips again, for all five state universities

Catholic schools struggle with what I call DSS

teacher under sexual misconduct investigation

student accused of touching teacher’s buttocks

teacher pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting student in her home.

teacher who clashed with TV reporter found not guilty

CALIFORNIA: Conduent Education Services issued a layoff WARN for its Long Beach ops, 20 jobs gone a week before Xmas.

children fall behind before they start school

Music Teacher Accused Of Molesting Student

police escort sister of slain deputy to junior high school

LAUSD is ‘living off reserves’ and running out of time

new state law requires schools to test water for lead

students pumped to vote — but not as Democrats or Republicans

She Dropped Out of High School. Now She’s President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank!

COLORADO: school district announces four-day weeks

SCHOOL DISTRICT CANCELS DATABASE CONTRACT AFTER DISCOVERING EASY ACCESS TO HARDCORE PORN

Student arrested at Mountain Range High School

teacher gets 40 years to life in prison

Taxpayers forced to pay-out $11.5-million USD because teacher sexually assaulted students

CONNECTICUT: Norwich Free Academy coach arrested

Berlin High School teacher arrested

Enfield High School student stabbed and killed

juvenile detention officer injuries increase

Yale removes prestigious honor from professor

DELAWARE: Academy of Public Safety and Security shuts down without warning!

Teacher shortage forces schools to offer to repay $10k of new hire’s student loans

FLORIDA: teacher says she was fired because she didn’t give credit to students who didn’t do homework

‘Teacher of the Year’ Accused of Exchanging Lewd Photos

7 students hospitalized after eating Nicorette at elementary school, in contest to see who could eat the most of the drug filled anti-smoking ‘candy’!

high school football coach told player to ‘commit suicide’

GEORGIA: SCHOOL BRINGS BACK PADDLING

graduation rate rises to all-time high

substitute teacher sent boys inappropriate texts, pictures

GUAM: Guam Department of Education blames skyrocketing operating costs and lack of taxpayer funding for hiring freeze

Typhoon Mangkhut caused power outage resulting in massive school shutdown

Health and safety of students threatened as janitorial contract expires

HAWAII: School closures due to Tropical Storm Olivia

bullying caused 6-year-old boy 2 concussions at school

550 teacher vacancies prompts ‘Be a hero. Be a teacher’ campaign

State education department’s student discipline rules criticized

IDAHO: Districts impose $9.2 million in emergency taxpayer raping levies!

East Idaho school ranked both high and low performing?

The taxpayer funded project to turn the vacant Pine Ridge Mall Sears (in Chubbuck) into a charter school got a little more complicated and expensive. Newly revealed plans show the west side mall parking lot being turned into a playground, add to that the Sears’ south side parking will be used for the school, this means if mall business ever returns to its late 1990s levels then there’s going to be a major problem with parking!

ILLINOIS: University of Illinois study says lack of school landscaping affects math scores in poor urban areas!

Woman clears school with fake gunman phone call

teacher accused of having sex with student fired

40% of high school graduates go on to out-of-state universities because in-state universities are too expensive

Illinois State University so desperate for students it Focuses on international students

INDIANA: After 116 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Indianapolis based Harrison College (originally Indiana Business College) suddenly shutdown all 11 campuses in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina, with only a few days warning! It’s blamed on lack of money caused by what I call DSS.

teacher reaches plea deal in child molesting case

teacher arrested, accused of having sex with junior high student

Bus Driver Arrested for Allegedly Allowing Students to Drive the bus.

17 Indiana colleges waiving fees

IOWA: Suspicious Package Situation shuts down school

Taxpayers approve of spending additional $55-million USD on Linn-Mar Community School District

dumb student tried to shoot teacher in the face, forgets to unlock safety switch

teacher sentenced for secretly making videos of boys showering

University of Northern Iowa employee killed by steam pipe

KANSAS: Suicide deaths reach a record high

teacher faces child sexual exploitation charge

KENTUCKY: Sullivan University suddenly laid off 16 people due to what I call DSS during the summer class period, local news media reported that the for-profit school has been eliminating jobs since August 2017.

Threat against Kentucky school results in California school lock down, due to similar names of schools!

LOUISIANA: junior high school blasted for ‘gross’ and ‘inappropriate’ spirit week

taxpayer funded public school sued for promoting christianity

Teacher Claims Black People ‘Act Like Animals’

MAINE: teacher who won $1 million to be sentenced for shoplifting

MARYLAND: Blatant case of ‘grade inflation’ as thousands of high school students in one district suddenly get A grades in math!

Baltimore schools face nearly $3 billion maintenance backlog

University of Maryland School of Social Work gets federal taxpayer funded $30-million USD grant

MASSACHUSETTS: Teacher caught on video putting kid inside game machine

Baby Found Unresponsive At Watertown Child Care Center

MICHIGAN: female student stabbed to death in classroom with kitchen knife by another female student (so much for gun control)

high school bullied into dropping Homecoming Queen title

MINNESOTA: Student dies in frat house

Special education teacher under investigation for cocaine

retired Minnesota tennis coach arrested in Wisconsin underage sex sting

schools want taxpayers to shell out even more money for security

MISSISSIPPI: After 13 years Virginia College suddenly shutdown “because of the final adverse action taken by another recognized accrediting agency.”

Driver dead after crashing into school bus

Schools shutdown due to storm Gordon

No jail time for teacher after sexual battery plea

MISSOURI: school district to reward attendance with money

teacher charged with possessing child porn

banks offer financial literacy software to schools

school district forces taxpayers to settle mud-pit injury lawsuit

MONTANA: University of Montana enrollment drop

sex abuse claims against school trainer

Defunct Boarding School Settles Lawsuit

NEBRASKA: Carbon monoxide shuts down school

rabid bat at Omaha school

Pic of gun locks down school

NEVADA: theater teacher arrested on sex charge

teacher arrested on drug charges

Dumb-ass Professor who shot himself to protest Trump now faces felony charges

NEW HAMPSHIRE: College lecturers being fired because of their age?

NEW JERSEY: In Westwood, after 40 years Shaw’s Book Shop shutdown because the owner took the end of his lease as a sign to “move on”.

Junior high teacher wants sympathy for Osama bin Laden

teacher ordered to pay $1.15M to student who claims sex abuse

NEW MEXICO: mysterious 11-day closure of Sunspot Solar Observatory caused by child porn!

Hypocritical taxpayer funded school blocks student’s attempt to form christian ‘pro-life’ school club, despite allowing other christian clubs

NEW YORK: Barron’s Educational Series suddenly shutdown its Hauppauge test prep ops, 62 jobs gone without warning due to the operation being sold to a competitor. Lighthouse Guild-Heilbrunn issued a shutdown WARN for its education services for blind people, 31 jobs gone by Xmas.

Bronx teacher avoids jail and keeps teaching certificate after oral sex acts on 14 years old student

Professors Face Drug and Sex crimes charges

NORTH CAROLINA: Closings, cancellations due to Hurricane Florence

NORTH DAKOTA: Ever hear of School Lunch Day?

OHIO: student arrested for high school shooting threat

Female high school Teacher Accused of Sexual Battery

high school teacher suspended with-out pay

Nearly 600 teachers disciplined!

Ohio State University uses scholarship endowment to pay for fundraisers!

OKLAHOMA: Teacher shortage results in Hundreds of emergency teaching certifications

Oklahoma State University so desperate for money that it’ll start selling beer?

Fewer teachers graduating Oklahoma universities

OREGON: high school football player sues for $38 million

Hazardous Mobile Home Abandoned At Elementary School

Schools are for learning, not homeless housing

PENNSYLVANIA: School enrollment lowest in seven years

Which public schools had the most dropouts

High School Delayed Due to Social Media Threat

Mold contamination forces high school to shut down

School Bus Driver Sues Union and School District

School bus collides with truck

School District Fleet Manager Charged with Overbilling taxpayers

first Catholic ‘sober’ high school opens in U.S.

Teachers leave local schools at especially high rates, new study says

Teacher’s Home Raided by FBI

PUERTO RICO: Enrollment in schools continues to fall

SOUTH CAROLINA: schools closed for three weeks due to Florence and flooding

teacher forced her student into sex, and docked his grade

SOUTH DAKOTA:Protecting campus free speech

Student enrollment down for the 2018-19 school year

RHODE ISLAND: What happens when you pay students to get ready for college?

TENNESSEE: teacher at Rossview High charged with sex crimes

elementary school teacher accused of abusing infant

Nine Hamilton County schools among the state’s worst

weather shuts down schools

‘strategic retention’ of teachers by effective principals

TEXAS: teacher bullies pro-Trump student

sex scandals involving Houston-area teachers in 2018

School evacuated after staff get sick

state funding for schools to drop

Taxpayer funded Board of Ed wants Moses to be taught in Classrooms

UTAH: high teacher turnover impacts Utah

Norovirus keeps more than 6-hundred students in one county from school

VERMONT: 16 schools have contaminated drinking water

Student newspaper censorship

High School Guidance Director Faked Transcript

$250,000 in taxpayer funding grants available for state Farm to School Grant Program

school shooting leads to new Vermont gun laws

VIRGINIA: spy agencies come to Northern Virginia Community College

Hurricane Florence

students upset that Robinson Secondary School is denying two male students from being selected as homecoming kings

Student struck by lightning at junior high school

WASHINGTON: School Lemonade Spiked with Laxatives?

Teacher shortage prompts para-educator program

WASHINGTON DC: high school football player punished for being homeless!

Teachers’ Union Fired Him For Being homosexual

teacher pleads not guilty in sex assault

principal caught mocking student’s sex assault claim

Universal preschool

WEST VIRGINIA: High School Student Arrested in Connection to Bomb Threat on 9/11

High school seniors register to vote

Full-time enrollment down at West Virginia University

Mom shoots kills her own kids as they came home from school!

WISCONSIN: Police chase locks down several schools

WYOMING: school district officials deny claims they knew of hazing

student dies after incident in school parking lot

“perceived threat” to Natrona County High School

Dumbing Down the U.S.A., August 2018: BARRICADES, ACTIVE SHOOTERS & MAGA

Idaho, U.S.

“significant financial difficulties”: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, August 2018

October 9, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in August 2018:

11 hospitals closed in 2018 (so far)

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ALABAMA: Hospital Russell Medical suddenly laid off an undisclosed number of people, blaming it on lack of revenues caused by Alabama’s version of ObamaCare.

doctor indicted for giving out prescription drugs for no medical reason

Highway pill mill doctor sentenced to 12 years in prison

ARIZONA: Upon exiting bankruptcy, Green Valley Hospital changed its name to Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital and immediately laid off about 60 people, blaming it on continued “significant financial difficulties”.

psychiatric nurse charged with defrauding insurance companies

CALIFORNIA: In San Mateo County, bio-tech company Genentech suddenly laid off 223 people! Without warning California Medical Business Services shutdown, 59 jobs in Arcadia suddenly gone. Medical device maker DJO Global issued a layoff WARN for its operations in Vista, 187 jobs gone by October! IntraVenous (IV) products maker CODAN US Corporation issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Santa Ana, 98 jobs gone by mid-October.

COLORADO: Southwest Memorial Hospital suddenly laid off 40 people to “create greater efficiency”.

CONNECTICUT: Masonicare Partners Home Health and Hospice issued a shutdown WARN for its East Hartford location, undisclosed number of jobs lost in November.

nurse at Montville prison (Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center) sentenced to probation for affair with prisoner

FLORIDA: Molina Healthcare eliminating 28 jobs in Miami, by November. Nursing home Carlton Palms issued a shutdown WARN, 272 jobs gone by October! In Lake Worth, The Treatment Center of The Palm Beaches eliminating 58 jobs in September.

physician poaching lawsuit

Arrested White Doctor Complains of Being Treated Like a ‘Black Person’

IDAHO: Lawsuit by a woman who accuses a fertility doctor of fraudulently using his own sperm to artificially inseminate her mother.

Nursing-home owner files for bankruptcy

ILLINOIS: Northwestern Medicine laid off 60 InfoTech workers as a result of the new Epic EHR system.

nurse nets 4 years for stealing opioid patches from patients

INDIANA: West Pharmaceutical Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Frankfort location, 54 jobs gone by Thanksgiving.

Home-care nurse uses Red Flag Law to accuse man of threatening her so that police can take his guns

IOWA: God’s own Luther Manor issued a layoff WARN for its Grand Meadows nursing home, to take place by September.

hospital nurse pleads guilty to stealing pain meds

KANSAS: Kansas Supreme Court Upholds $907K Malpractice Verdict

Nurses Sue to Overturn Midwife Law

KENTUCKY: Supreme Court Examines Kentucky’s Medical Review Panels

Why are nurses fleeing a controversial youth hormone clinic?

MASSACHUSETTS: Little-Used Law Leads To Battle Between Doctor And Lawyer

Troubled Massachusetts nursing home chain in ‘dire’ straits

MICHIGAN: American Red Cross eliminating 262 jobs statewide as it switches to mobile blood donation ops right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday!

Proof of christian led religious war against Muslims as female Muslim doctor charged with conducting female circumcisions had to get the court’s permission to watch Muslim sermons!

Black nurse claims discrimination over patient request

2 metro doctors got busted for $20M opioid scheme

Doctor charged with drugs for sex crimes

Home Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Valium

MINNESOTA: California based medical device maker DJO Global issued a layoff WARN for its operations in New Brighton, 57 jobs gone by October.

Prince’s Family Sues the Doctor That Prescribed Him Pain Pills

employee sentenced for stealing from nursing home employer

MISSOURI: Mantality Health rejects nurse’s application because of her ‘ghetto’ name!

NEVADA: doctor faces discipline over illegally accessing Las Vegas shooter’s drug records

NEW JERSEY: doctor loses medical license after pleading guilty to illegal drugs charges

NEW MEXICO: Christian hospital and a doctor face two additional child porn lawsuits

NEW YORK: Hologic shutting down its Cynosure ops in Hicksville, 30 jobs gone a week before Xmas. Healthcare services company GuildNet-Lighthouse Guild issued shutdown WARNs for its NYC and mid-Hudson region locations, at least 280 jobs gone by Xmas! Baxter Healthcare issued a mass layoff WARN for its Medina location, 421 jobs affected by outsourcing in 2019! Revival Pharmacy issued a shutdown WARN for its Citywide Pharmacy in Brooklyn-NYC, 62 jobs gone by Thanksgiving. CenterLight Health System issued a shutdown WARN for its Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 241 jobs gone by Thanksgiving due to the sale of the building! CenterLight Certified Home Health Agency issued a shutdown WARN for its home healthcare ops in Brooklyn-NYC, 77 jobs gone by Thanksgiving. Laboratory Corporation of America issued a mass layoff WARN for its Esoterix Genetics Laboratories-Integrated Oncology in NYC, date yet to be determined, 173 jobs affected! God’s own Catholic Charities Neighborhood Service issued a shutdown WARN for its Hillcrest Senior Center, to take place by November due to loss of contract.

doctor accused of putting his mouth on patient’s breast during cancer screening

Man sues doctor for failed penis treatment

pediatrician admits to child porn, fondling children

Adelphi nursing professor taught with fake license

NORTH CAROLINA: Blue Cross Blue Shield accuses LifeBrite Community Hospital, in Stokes, of “a $76 million health insurance swindle”.

OHIO: Hospital operator ProMedica suddenly laid off 1-hundred people and shutdown 60 vacant jobs saying its recent cost cutting efforts haven’t been enough to stop the financial bleeding! Northside Regional Medical Center issued a shutdown WARN, 468 jobs gone before Halloween!

OREGON: Salem doctor investigated for using unproven medical procedures

PENNSYLVANIA: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suffered a ‘sterilization breach’ infecting 23 babies and killing one. Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring suddenly shutdown, 62 jobs in Langhorne gone. Behavioral health company Merakey issued a mass layoff WARN for two locations, 171 jobs gone by Halloween!

Bomb scare leads to charges against doctor

SOUTH CAROLINA: Nurse accused of stealing Hydrocodone at Inman nursing home

TENNESSEE: Hospital operator Tennova eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs and canceled plans to build a new hospital in West Knoxville, as part of the company’s long-term consolidation of operations plan.

TEXAS: Huntsville Memorial Hospital suddenly shutdown two clinics and “right sized” by laying off 40% of employees, the hospital is in so much financial trouble it hasn’t paid rent for several months!

A jury convicted a doctor of raping a patient at a hospital

Doctor pleads guilty for his role in $40M scam

nurse fired after posting about patient’s measles on anti-vaccination page

WASHINGTON: Donation funded Shriners Hospitals for Children in Spokane suddenly laid off about 19 people and is outsourcing work as part of a plan to switch to out-patient care only.

Staff at psychiatric hospital fear for safety

WISCONSIN: Midwest Senior Living issued a shutdown WARN, 54 jobs affected by October due to loss of contract with Appleton Retirement Community.

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral July 2018: ‘PHANTOM MEDICAL’ CLAIMS

U.S.

Barricades, active shooters & MAGA: Dumbing Down the U.S.A., August 2018

October 9, 2018 Hutchins AAron

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)

Incomplete (Tip-o-the-Iceberg) list of publicly announced education related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes, August 2018:

U.S. News & World Report: Teachers can’t read? Teachers’ Reading Tests Inadequate in Most States

ALABAMA: Tag, kickball, Red Rover, musical chairs: Games deemed ‘inappropriate’

Alabama violates 1st Amendment by Putting a christian god in taxpayer funded Schools

Teacher Held on Child Porn Charges Also a Foster Parent

ALASKA: Finally, after more than a century of repression, taxpayer funded Native American School District begins Native American language program

Fish heads dumped near school attracts bear and police

teacher accused of abusing autistic student

ARIZONA: Thousands of untrained teachers are leading public-school students

The majority of students failed the state AzMERIT test

ARKANSAS: Elementary school employee killed while taking out the trash!

Judge blocks four school districts from trying to stop parents transferring their kids to outside districts!

elementary teacher robbed in front of her school!

CALIFORNIA: 4 Rancho Cucamonga students, at two schools, have committed suicide within days of each other!

Lockdown At San Francisco’s Balboa High, four students arrested

Student arrested for slapping teacher and stealing Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat from another student!

elite Brentwood School teacher is charged with sexually abusing student

Sexual abuse cases involving three teachers at Redlands Unified School District cost taxpayers at least $15-million!

Fewer Californians favor raising teacher pay (I wonder why?)

Schools still waiting for state bond money

the rate of growth for charter schools in California has slowed to a crawl over the past five years.

More proof California is a money pit as California ‘non-profit’ education organizations take lion’s share of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation education grants (almost half of the nationwide grants going to California non-profits)!

Monsanto to pay school groundskeeper $289-million because of cancer caused by Round-Up

COLORADO: school district goes to 4-day weeks to cut costs

Colorado ranked 10th for school threats

Not taxpayer funded public school Full-day kindergarten costs Colorado families thousands in out-of-pocket fees

Low Pay, High Turnover Plagues Preschool Teachers

schools brace for state intervention

Cop Tells Teacher ‘You’re Dead’

teacher pleads guilty to child abuse after forcing student to stand for Pledge of Allegiance

CONNECTICUT: A lot of taxpayer money, and time wasted, as Israel Putnam Elementary School shutdown because of a pressure cooker found a block away. Police blew up the cooking device, which they later revealed contained no explosive materials to begin with!

High School teacher arrested, charged for ‘inappropriate relationship’

Arts school teacher charged with sexual assault

Three School Employees on Leave As Police Investigate ‘touching a student’ accusations

Seven employees of elite boarding school accused of sex crimes

Cafeteria Workers Stole Nearly $500000 in Lunch Money

More Than 300 Students Displaced After Fire

DELAWARE: Janitor charged in fatal shooting at elementary school

Schools Still Seeking Teachers as School Year Starts

University of Delaware is America’s No. 1 party school

21 taxpayer funded workers in Delaware, including teachers, have 40-plus tax-sucking years on the job

Retired teacher charged with sexual assault

FLORIDA: teacher shortage is ‘real, and it’s going to get worse,’

Florida Teacher Arrested on Canadian Child Sex Charge

Shooting at high school football game

Florida school failed Parkland shooter, report says

Florida school shooting families want board removed

A teacher battling cancer ran out of sick days

GEORGIA: Suspects in Missing Teacher’s Death Admit Slaying

teacher caught on camera choking student

schools ignore database that tracks teacher violations

teachers go on hunger strike

Privately managed charter schools have more teacher turnover than standard public schools

School Superintendent Placed on Leave for alleged racist statements

Anti-Trump parents outraged over junior high school’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) display (as if that’s a crime)!

GUAM: Education staff shortages linger

Trial begins for PE teacher accused of touching student

HAWAII: Why College Now Starts In High School

The Hunt For New Teachers

Hawaii Turns To Military In Search For More Teachers

IDAHO: While many local Idaho school districts struggle, grade school students on Mountain Home Air Force Base got 2-hundred new backpacks filled with supplies, courtesy of the Airman and Family Readiness Center’s Back to School Brigade.

Jury finds teacher who had sex with teen not guilty of rape

teacher to change plea in child sexual assault case

Idaho State University athletic director suddenly placed on administrative leave, no reason given!

Idaho’s teachers are paid less today than two decades ago (just like most everybody else, so join the club)

$99.5 million bond fails in Idaho Falls School District 91

arrogant state superintendent wants taxpayers to fork over $21-million USD for a security plan that wasn’t even suggested by official state school security administrators!

list of lowest-performing public schools

In 1979 one Boise elementary school was considered cutting edge, now it’s a money pit

ILLINOIS: man arrested for threatening school

Priests Accused of Sexual Misconduct Moving Away From School

School dance team coach forced to resign after Dance Team’s pro-police social media pics turned out looking more like pro-upskirt pics!

Three quarters of Illinois kids not be ready for school

Teens are anxious and depressed, and turning to the school nurse

governor O-Ks allowing medical cannabis at schools

Governor Vetoes $40000 Minimum Teacher Salary

More teachers exiting

Teacher Charged With Murder

INDIANA: School Administrator ‘Stunned’ After Being Suspended for being homosexual

teacher charged with school cocaine use set to plead guilty

Schools …. Advising illegal immigrants

8 injured, 13 arrested after large fight breaks out at Arsenal Tech High School

IOWA: Iowa City wants to make things more ‘equal’ and ‘efficient’ by creating a very complicated rezoning of schools based on demographics of racism and income!

Teacher, Coach Charged with Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

teacher loses license for being intoxicated at work

teacher charged with sending harassing letters to school officials

student charged with attempted murder after bringing loaded gun to school

illegal immigrant charged with murder of University of Iowa student

KANSAS: Christian School Co-Founder Charged With Child Sex Crimes

teacher under investigation for child porn kills self

Weapon found inside junior high school

increases number of school crisis drills

KENTUCKY: Kentucky Teachers No Longer Need Master’s Degrees

Choir Teacher Charged With Sexual Abuse

Federal taxpayers give school more than $138-thousand USD for mass shooting!

School threats in Kentucky rose dramatically

LOUISIANA: Christian school kicks out girl with hair extensions

superintendent who got big pay raise placed on paid leave

Teacher accused of hitting special needs student charged with second count

MAINE: teacher sentenced for sexually assaulting girl

Teacher-student texting under new scrutiny

Maine christians demanding federal taxpayers fund their christian schools!

MARYLAND: ‘Dark side of college sports’

trauma training for teachers

91% Of Md. Teachers Buy Their Own School Supplies

Art Teacher Arrested After Biting State Trooper

Former students allege decades-old sexual abuse at private school

MASSACHUSETTS: High School Teacher Charged With Possession of Child Porn

Retired Music Teacher Accused of Raping Student

Teacher Charged With Indecent Assault

school nurses receive mass shooting trauma training

Massachusetts colleges are the most homosexual friendly

MICHIGAN: school sign calls for detox

teacher who has porn site under investigation

Report reveals continued ‘shell game’ with Michigan education dollars

MINNESOTA: court rules against teacher injured in student attack

discipline disparities at MN schools

Bus driver shortages are the new norm

MISSISSIPPI: 12-Year-Old Has Asthma Attack at School, Dies

Why Mississippi Teachers Are Crowdfunding Classrooms

Jackson schools start school years missing 175 teachers

MISSOURI: Teachers Are Moonlighting as Airbnb Hosts

Teacher Given Suspended Sentence for Student Affair

School District Embraces Gender-Neutral Bathrooms

St. Louis University and Drury University misreported data

MONTANA: 17-year-old charged in shooting at Sentinel High School

teacher accused of having sex with student 25 times

teacher pleads no contest to molesting students

Teacher With Assault Record Resigns

NEBRASKA: schools offered sanctuary for illegal immigrant families

math teacher kills self

NEVADA: Washoe County School District forcing taxpayers to build houses for teachers, in attempt to address teacher shortage

Nevada schools have largest average class sizes

teacher convicted of child sex abuse mysteriously dies in prison

PE teacher arrested after incident with student

students arrested for allegedly threatening behavior

Student arrested for loaded gun

NEW HAMPSHIRE: 11 Prep School Staff Accused of Abuse

Teacher Sentenced to Four Months, banned from teaching

Bus Driver, Kids Injured in Crash

Schools Not Receiving Expanded Medicaid Funds

NEW JERSEY: Recess is now mandatory

Teacher forced to resign after allegedly forcing school bus off the road

Charges of spreading facebook threats against junior high school teacher dropped

Smoke and mirrors as new school funding plan increases state level taxpayer funding supposedly to offset local level tax breaks!

in-school laundry room to combat bullying (?)

NEW MEXICO: Over one-third of NM schools get D, F grades

High School Teacher Had Sex With Girls

School-funding lawsuit

NEW YORK: Rockefeller University canceled its food service contract with Compass Group, 36 jobs affected. College of Mount Saint Vincent canceled its food service contract with Compass Group, 43 jobs affected. William Floyd School District canceled its contract with Floyd Bus Company, 276 jobs affected!

NYC junior high schools Face Concentrated Poverty

Free Tuition for All NYU Medical Students

Back-to-School Shopping: Armed Guards, Cameras and Metal Detectors

NORTH CAROLINA: After 11 years hands-on science center Port Discover shutting down due to lack of operating funds. Local news media reported that while the center got lots of grants they weren’t allowed to use them for operating costs, however, they could have conducted fundraising to pay for operating costs, but for some reason most of the officials running Port Discover found plenty of excuses not to engage in fundraising (sounds like it was intentionally run into the ground). After 70 years Chadbourn Middle School (note the evil British empire way a referring to a Junior High School) was suddenly shutdown (three weeks notice) due to what I call DSS (the school was designed for 7-hundred kids, but actual enrollment was only about 1-hundred).

Hundreds of teachers are flunking math exams

Pole-dancing teacher suspended after video leaked

student punished for calling teacher ‘ma’am’

Parents want schools to keep spanking their kids.

School districts accuse state leaders of withholding $730-million in taxpayer funding!

NORTH DAKOTA: Police Demand Assault Rifles for School Cops!

North Dakota schools ranked number one in the nation for salad bars!

Teacher Pleads Guilty to 6 Sex-Crimes

School administrator denied a teaching license

OHIO: Taxpayers forced to spend ‘millions’ on ‘improved’ school cop training

Task force recommends closing 5 schools in Columbus as well as “vacate numerous administrative and support properties” (due to what I call DSS)

teacher charged over relationship with student

Elementary teacher among 12 arrested in online child sex sting

OKLAHOMA: Request of more than 900 emergency teacher certifications approved

shortage of teachers despite pay raise

teacher arrested on child pornography charges

facebook threats against transgender student shutdown school

school to fine students for tardiness, missing class

OREGON: teacher, union president banned from teaching

2nd teacher loses license for sexual misconduct

School bomb shelters for mass shootings

National Study Finds Oregon A Big tax Spender On Teacher Benefits

taxpayers forced to give schools additional $2.6-million USD, for ‘safety’

$22 billion pension hole: How did we get here?

One in ten Portland Airbnb hosts are teachers

PENNSYLVANIA: Back to school training for public school teachers now focuses on Barricades, active shooters and hiding places.

Mold, excessive heat plague schools

school drops archbishop’s name amid sex abuse report fallout

100-plus new teachers hired

How much do Pennsylvania educators get paid?

PUERTO RICO: High Court Clears Way for Vouchers, Charter Schools

SOUTH CAROLINA: God’s own Bob Jones University laid off 50 christians after discovering it was short more than $4-million USD, the funding loss is blamed on scholarships for an increasing number of poor christian students, and skyrocketing health insurance costs caused by ObamaCare-ACA.

teacher mass exodus?

For proof of what the teacher’s think is important for your child’s edumacation, Schools Let Students Out Early to see Beyoncé !

Mercury contamination discovered in 4 Beaufort County schools

SOUTH DAKOTA: Janitor leaves loaded gun at school

more school districts are arming employees

School Bus Driver Shortage

Leftist liberal nanny state news media considers “unsupervised” kids after school to be a danger, even if they’re at home, wants taxpayers to be raped of more money to create more prison state after school programs!

RHODE ISLAND: Math, science teachers in short supply

may offer jobs to teachers certified out of state

Guns banned from schools (except for police-state cops)

School district forced by federal government to increase taxpayer funding of English language classes for migrant students (the fastest growing segment of public school students)

TENNESSEE: Lowest performing teachers are in Maury County Public Schools

School District officials blame teachers for a failure to report teacher misconduct cases

Veteran Metro Teacher Arrested For Meth

In one district at least ten classes have no teachers

In violation of 1st Amendment (separation of church and state) ‘In God We Trust’ motto now required to be displayed in all taxpayer funded schools

TEXAS: teacher accused of improper relationship with student

teachers sue state education boss for being anti-public school

State wants taxpayers to somehow cough-up additional $3.3-billion USD for special education students

teacher who though he had great health insurance stuck with $108951 medical bill

UTAH: 28 people injured after school bus crashes

University of Utah instructor punished after shaming gun carriers

teacher convicted of sex abuse now arrested for illegal drugs

Davis School District sued over sex crimes

student accused of bringing bomb to school pleads not guilty

man threatens school using 3D printed gun

VERMONT: school hit with MS-13 graffiti

43 investigations of teachers, 26 disciplinary actions, state school officials didn’t want you to know about!

One school official explains problem teachers by saying ‘Firing people is really hard.’

high schools add competitive bass fishing to curriculum

Vermont meat company prints commentary on failed education system on packaging

VIRGINIA: State attorney general blocks schools from arming teachers

‘We are already at bare bones’: Why teachers are leaving

Teacher Found Guilty on 4 Counts of Molesting Student

Music Teacher, Church Worker Faces Child Sex crime charges

student shaken after brutal attack by bullies

Thousands of students put in restraints or seclusion each year in Virginia (who’re the real bullies?)

WASHINGTON: School District Shortens Week to 4 Days

WASHINGTON DC: Man arrested over alleged threats to shoot school crossing guard

Hundreds of DCPS teachers don’t have proper certification

few DC students are passing national standardized test

WEST VIRGINIA: Mold Found in 25 Rooms of High School

Teacher Charged With Sexual Abuse

WISCONSIN: Privately funded Beloit College eliminating at least 30 jobs and slashing pay for employees making more than $45-thousand per year, due to the budget being reduced by about $5-million USD (due to DSS).

Suicide rates rise when school starts

school district wants to punish students for having cellphones

WYOMING: School district with less than 13-thousand students spends $9.6-million in taxes on employee’s food, travel, entertainment, even charity, but not on education!

ACT scores drop for second-straight year

DUMBING DOWN THE U.S.A., JULY 2018: SCHOOL CRIMES SKYROCKETING!

U.S.

“It’s definitely a cult.”: U.S. Christian Rapture, July 2018

October 6, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. Christian shutdowns, layoffs and Rapture oddities for the Gregorian (western christian calendar) month of July 2018.

ALABAMA: Man reportedly admits to 5 church burglaries

local missionaries stuck in Haiti during riots

man arrested for reaching for gun at church

East Walnut Baptist closing

ALASKA: Another case of evil NIMBY as Residents fed up with homeless camp near Central Lutheran Church

ARIZONA: Dust storm starts church fire in Mesa

Man found dead in front of Phoenix church

church bus driver accused of molesting young girls

Aggressive man escorted from Avondale church

United Pentecostal Church changes name to First Pentecostal Church

Once zealously controlled by fundamentalist Mormons, a small town tries to rehab its image — with beer

ARKANSAS: In violation of the U.S. 1st Amendment (religious freedom/freedom of expression) Arkansas Secretary of State objected to The Satanic Temple’s request to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument.

150 People Laid Off From Presbyterian founded Walmart Optical Lab

Burglar took van, debit card from church

More than $3000 worth of electronics reported stolen from Little Rock church

Cause of fire that destroyed church unknown

Osceola Church Deacon, Son Among 17 Killed in Missouri Boat accident

Church finds child porn on a man’s computer, there was no explanation of why the ‘church’ was looking at his computer, or even if the man was a member of the church!

Economy so bad that Bentonville church lends hand in providing summer meals for kids

CALIFORNIA: Too Big to Jail Anglican/Episcopalian/Presbyterian co-founded Wells Fargo issued a shutdown WARN for its Irvine ops, 126 jobs gone in August! Non-profit Bethesda Lutheran Communities issued a shutdown WARN for its Redding location, 34 jobs gone by the end of August. In Tustin, Trinity Christian Center issued a layoff WARN, 166 jobs gone by the end of September!

Vandalism of North Hollywood Church

Los Olivos landmark church damaged in crash

Bethel Church explains why it didn’t help local wildfire victims

Video of police Shooting That Killed hostage Held at Knife-point in church

Church worker killed by loader

Church Plans to Build Brewery

Economy so bad Hundreds turn to local church for school supplies

COLORADO: Another case of evil NIMBY as church’s attempt to build housing for homeless women is shot down by city residents (most of whom claim to be christians).

Castle Rock neighbors at odds with church construction, because it’ll obstruct the view

Church youth pastor pleads guilty to attempted sex assault

CONNECTICUT: burglary at Stratford church

‘Mother Church’ is getting a makeover

Lawsuit Filed By Church Against Its Own Rector

DELAWARE: Priest hospitalized after savage attack inside church

Lawyer Stole $600K From Church During Land Deal

Delaware Missionaries Stranded in Haiti

‘Christian’ city employees force Muslim Children to Leave taxpayer funded Public Pool Due to Clothing (shows you how far we’ve come, there was a time you’d get kicked out of public pools for skimpy bathing suits)

FLORIDA: Tampa area church youth group stuck in Haiti

After 65 years, St. David’s Episcopal Church in Lakeland may close

Little Havana church to be replaced by apartment building

Officials hit pause on Bayside Church purchase

91 years old man threatens pastor over ex-girlfriend

Man arrested for stealing Florida church van

Civil war as Pentecostal church excommunicates five members for opposing leadership’s worship of money, leadership is also charging the congregation $6-thousand USD for legal fees as well as posting local police to guard the building: “They have the po-po going down there, one on on the east side, one on the west side. Why? We have no clue. Nobody’s ever threatened anybody.”-Patricia Boyd, excommunicated

“The head deacon is packin’ a gun every Sunday.”-Barbara Roberts, excommunicated

Economy so bad Local church gives out back-to-school supplies

GEORGIA: In Lake Park, after 22 years Baptist Village nursing home shutdown, apparently in preparation for sale to the Francis Lake Baptist Church.

Georgia church mission group stuck in Haiti

Alleged church vandal arrested

The House of Hope Atlanta church refuses to dedicate homosexual member’s baby

GUAM: Economy so bad Harvest Baptist Church says school supplies still needed

HAWAII: Honolulu Diocese was a ‘dumping ground for troubled clerics‘

58 Hawaii priests accused of child sex abuse

Murder suspected in death of man at church

IDAHO: In Mormon dominated School District 25 (aka Chubbuck/Pocatello) students experiencing skyrocketing disciplinary problems, “More children were expelled… …and even elementary students got in trouble more often for threats, drug possession and sexual offenses.”

couple arrested in child abuse case part of faith-healing church

priest’s home gets exorcism following child porn arrest

ILLINOIS: priest ordered indefinitely to facility for sex offenders

Fire at vacant downtown Rockford church

INDIANA: Presbyterian founded Walmart suddenly laid off 108 people from its Optical Lab in Crawfordsville, no warning!

Judge Rules First Church of Cannabis Can’t Use Marijuana

Second member of Church of Jesus Christ appears in court on sex-related charges

“LGBTQ is a hate crime against God. Repent”-Remnant Fellowship Church

landlord evicts church over sign saying ‘LGBTQ is a hate crime’

Church burglar gets 10 years in prison

IOWA: Church vs. church in a small town split by an immigration raid

KANSAS: church supporting pastor amid child sex crime accusations

Storm causes damage to Ellis Catholic school

KENTUCKY: After 119 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) furniture shop Alles Brothers shutdown by its new owner the Catholic Church. The store founder died last month and willed the shop to the church.

church revokes memberships for nonattendance

Religious organizations, non-profits subject to new sales tax law

Car crashes into Bourbon Co. church, injuring four members

LOUISIANA: God’s own Loyola University New Orleans suddenly laid off more than 24 people, and suspended its payments into the employee retirement 403(b) plan. The christian university is dealing with a deficit of more than $25-million USD blamed, in part, to the sudden and unexpected loss of 2-hundred freshmen students back in 2013 (The Rapture?).

Missionaries from area churches stuck in Haiti

Economy so bad Church gives fans to old people to fight global warming

MAINE: After 141 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) god’s own sexist Maine Girls’ Academy-Saint Elizabeth’s Academy shutdown due to lack of students (The Rapture?).

Economy so bad church filling backpacks for students in need

MARYLAND: Bible Burned Outside Mardela Springs Church

Car Rolls Backward, Kills Woman in Church Parking Lot

Fire damages Funkstown church

church sues city after being prohibited from holding worship services in its coffee shop

“A priest kicked a funeral out of a Maryland church and the family says he disrespected the deceased.”

MASSACHUSETTS: Cardinal Warns Church Amid Sex Abuse Scandal

Mission Street Church buys St. Joseph Catholic Church

MICHIGAN: British empire United Kingdom based Salvation Army shutdown its 10 years old thrift store in Coldwater, due to lack of sales.

man electrocuted while power-washing Michigan church

Cash found in ceiling at home of priest accused of theft

State closes Greater Christ Baptist Church Credit Union for ‘unsafe’ practices

Michigan church group stranded in Haiti

MINNESOTA: Mega church pastor resigns after investigation into ‘inappropriate conduct’

Minnesota Churches Are In Steep Decline

CENTRAL MINNESOTA PASTOR ACCUSED OF SEX WITH PARISHIONER

La Salle Lutheran Church reflects declines in attendance

MISSISSIPPI: Benton County church destroyed by fire

Suspects in custody for church vandalism

Police investigate recent church break-ins

MISSOURI: man guilty in church theft case

Fulton church vandals

homicide victim found in alley behind church

City rejects plan to build a new church, for second time

MONTANA: Bishop criticizes priests who attended Trump rally

Montana diocese must identify 27 former clergy as abusers

NEBRASKA: church sues city for blocking expansion plans

Teen reported man groped her at Lincoln church

NEVADA: Las Vegas pastor killed on anniversary trip in Alaska

1 dead, suspect in custody after shooting at Mormon church in Nevada

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Lightning strikes 186 years old church

Man Sentenced For Lebanon Church Fire, Stabbings

Anti-Semitic Graffiti Drawn On Church Door

NEW JERSEY: Pastor Sentenced to 18 Years in Child Sexual Abuse Case

Woman Accused of Faking Brain Cancer, Conning Baptist Church

NEW MEXICO: Tears from ‘weeping’ Virgin Mary statue? Olive oil

Children break into, vandalize church

Church Arson

NEW YORK: Islamic State supporting Hobby Lobby shutdown its store in Depew, local news media pointed out that a year ago the ‘christian’ owner of Hobby Lobby swore he was not going to shutdown stores! Presbyterian founded Walmart issued a shutdown WARN for its White Plains store, 396 jobs gone by November! God’s own Niagara Catholic Junior/Senior High School shutdown without warning, due to a “significant” reduction in church funding and students (The Rapture?).

The NYC based Episcopal Church debates god’s gender in Book of Common Prayer.

NYC based Episcopal Church considers investing in gun makers as way to covertly eliminate your 2nd Amendment gun Rights!

Man stabbed in front of Spring Valley church

NORTH CAROLINA: Sunday school teacher accused of child sex offenses, “It’s definitely a cult.” says church member

NORTH DAKOTA: Local church leader suddenly dies at age 29

School teacher accused of sex crimes is married to pastor, who was suddenly placed on administrative leave from the River City Church.

OHIO: 1 dead, 10 sick linked to Parma church

Ohio cafe suffers discrimination backlash after openly favoring christian customers

video shows 2 break-ins of the same church

boy drowns at christian camp

OKLAHOMA: Economy so bad First United Methodist Church conducts “Back to School Blessings” event.

Suspect tries to flush items she stole from Walmart down church toilet

Mormon Church creates new geographical area in Edmond

OREGON: Trinity Church Pastor Admits to ‘Sexually Immoral’ Acts

Church expects weddings to continue after land use dispute

faith-healing couple sentenced to 6 years in prison for baby’s death

Economy so bad Local church braving the heat to build a homeless village

PENNSYLVANIA: Bankrupt busted Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Pittsburgh shutting down three locations in August, affecting 234 employees!

Catholic Church abuse grand jury report should be public

Massive Fire Rips Through Catholic School

126 years old church burns to the ground

RHODE ISLAND: Deadly duck boat driver in Missouri was co-founder of Olneyville church

SOUTH CAROLINA: Upstate church vandalism

Episcopal Church asks court to order accounting of assets

“There’s no point in pastoring a sick church full of sick members.”-Reverend Juenarrl Keith

Man with machete threatening to kill churchgoers

SOUTH DAKOTA: Rapid City priest charged with embezzlement, theft

Catholic Church considers declaring sainthood of Lakota leader Black Elk

church recovering after fire

TENNESSEE: United Methodist Meharry Medical College suddenly laid off 55 people in order “to optimize our resources”.

church group on Haiti mission trip told to shelter in place

pastor charged with trying to rape girl, 12

top official resigns from Tennessee diocese

TEXAS: Catholic founded Too Big to Jail Bank of America shutting down its office on Midwestern Parkway, in Wichita Falls, by the end of October.

Need money for your church? Pray for a false flag shooting and get $3-million USD in donations.

Driver Facing 270 Years for Church Bus Crash

Woman admits to stealing $67000 from local church alliance

UTAH: Mission at Bear River Rehabilitation Center shutting down its 40 years old Tremonton location, some employees will move to a new facility near Brigham City.

Illegal immigrant vows to fight for asylum from Utah church

Can The LDS Church Be Blamed For LGBT Suicides?

LDS Church seeks to dismiss sexual abuse case

Man goes on hunger strike to protest “…one-on-one bishop’s interviews with children and youth and to end the use of what he described as sexually explicit questions during those interviews.” The interviews are really covert interrogations to find out if Mormon youth are sexually active.

VERMONT: revelations against Catholic orphanage; “We saw nuns kill children.”

pastor uses gun to try to catch church burglar, the church has been burgled multiple times

Church as god to “Forgive the U.S.A.”

VIRGINIA: Virginia churches join growing illegal immigrant movement

man accused of sexual abuse while serving as church youth leader

Pastor goes online for video game church

WASHINGTON: Jehovah Witness worship halls targets of organized shootings and fires!

Pastor misconduct complaints rattle Tacoma megachurch

Economy so bad Edmonds church offers safe parking to people living in cars

WASHINGTON DC: Prominent progressive DC church, accused of racism

WEST VIRGINIA: Pastor taken hostage inside Berkeley Springs church

Man threatens missionaries with knife

WISCONSIN: pentecostal church to be torn down

Police were called to Peace Lutheran Church after people were observed doing illegal drugs

Woman Faces 20 Years in Prison for Embezzling Over $800K From Church

WYOMING: Abuse allegations against retired bishop ‘credible’

U.S. Christian Rapture, June 2018: FIRE AND HONEY BEES…IT’S ‘GOD’S PLAN’!

“No man can work for two masters, for either he will hate one and will love the other, or he will honor one and the other he will ignore. You cannot work for God and for money.”-Matthew 6:24, Aramaic Bible

“But the root of all these evils is the love of money, and there are some who have desired it and have erred from the faith and have brought themselves many miseries.”-1 Timothy 6:10 Aramaic Bible

“And Yeshua [Jesus of Nazareth] entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And he said to them, It is written: ‘My house will be called the House of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’ “-Matthew 21:12-13 Aramaic Bible

“Yeshua said to them, ‘Give what is Caesar’s to Caesar and what is God’s to God.’ And they marveled at him.”-Mark 12:17 Aramaic Bible

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.-1st Amendment, U.S. Constitution

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance (or even be counted as unemployed): “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

Business/Economics, Idaho

“We survived Target. We survived Walmart, but we couldn’t survive the road construction…”: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, July 2018

October 4, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in July 2018:

WFMYNews2.com: These 11 retailers may not survive 2018

The Washington Post: Millions of educated, experienced workers have been tossed aside

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ALABAMA: After 83 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Zoghby’s Department Store shutdown so the owners can focus on their more profitable commercial real estate business. After 70 years Friedman’s Fine Jewelry shutdown.

ALASKA: The last two Blockbuster video stores in the state shutdown.

ARKANSAS: 150 People Laid Off From the Walmart Optical Lab

CALIFORNIA: In San Louis Opisbo, after 45 years Betty’s Fabrics shutdown. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Apple Valley, 135 jobs gone by the end of August! Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo issued a shutdown WARN for its Irvine ops, 126 jobs gone in August! Banc of California eliminated 45 jobs in Santa Ana. Stearns Lending issued a shutdown WARN for its Santa Ana ops, 136 jobs gone in September! Airlines Swissport South Africa issued a shutdown WARN for its LAX ops, 829 jobs gone in September! Best Buy issued a shutdown WARN for its Long Beach store, 68 jobs gone by October. Selma Hote laying off 81 people in September. BMA Car Wash issued a shutdown WARN for its Canoga Park location, 47 jobs gone in September. In Peteluma, property management company Pyramid Petaluma Management eliminating 89 jobs in September.

FLORIDA: After 30 years, Massachusetts based gas station operator shutdown the only two Cumberland Farms gas stations in Citrus County, as part of the company’s restructuring. In Tampa Bay, employment agency CareerSource eliminating 130 jobs due to fraud investigation by the federal government! Menzies Aviation eliminating 21 jobs at Tampa International Airport.

HAWAII: Jack’s Tours shutdown due to crashing tourism caused by the volcano.

IDAHO: In Twin Falls, Elite Health Club forced to shutdown because “The owner of the building was not willing to renew the lease with us.”

ILLINOIS: New York owned Chicago stock exchange laid off 11 people. In Rockford, after 48 years Fisher’s Ethan Allen furniture store shutdown. After 72 years, Curtis Brothers Furniture & Mattress shutting down when the inventory is gone. Famous Footwear shutting down its store in Fairview Heights, at the Lincoln Place Shopping Center. Graphic designer Schawk issued a layoff WARN, 55 jobs lost to crashing sales. Too Big to Jail JPMorgan Chase issued a shutdown WARN, 53 jobs in Downers Grove gone in September.

INDIANA: Fleet Services eliminating 25 jobs in Fort Wayne, due to the city not renewing the taxpayer funded contract. Walmart suddenly laid off 108 people from its Optical Lab in Crawfordsville, no warning!

LOUISIANA: In Baton Rouge, after 30 years Classic Jewelers shutdown so the owners can travel.

MICHIGAN: In Saint Johns, after 37 years Radio Shack-Clinton Electronics shutting down in August. After seven decades Teboe Flourist shutdown due to increased competition.

MINNESOTA: AAA (American Automobile Association) shutdown its office in Mankato, because the lack of customer traffic didn’t “justify it”. In Rochester, after more than 50 years The Barber’s Hut shutdown. In Excelsior Mill, after 34 years gift store DB & Company shutdown. In Alexandria, the owners of the 54 years old Ben Franklin Crafts remember when there was no such thing as minimum wage and they were paid only 25 cents per hour, now they’re forced to shutdown the store they’ve owned since the 1960s, not because of big box competition but because of taxpayer funded gentrification and online shopping: “We survived Target. We survived Walmart, but we couldn’t survive the road construction and we can’t survive the Internet.”-Judy Meyer, co-owner

MISSOURI: Law firm Lathrop Gage shutdown its Springfield office due to all the employees at that office being hired by a competitor!

NEW JERSEY: In Trenton, after 110 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Perlstein Plumbing shutdown blaming online competition, however local news media says the owners of the old-school plumbing store can find plumbing parts faster than a search on Google! The saddest shopping mall in America, Burlington Center, shutting down by September (when the last store, a Sears, shutdown). Natirar Resort Development eliminating 160 jobs in September! Toys R Us eliminating 212 jobs in Wayne!

NEW YORK: Islamic State supporting Hobby Lobby shutdown its store in Depew, local news media pointed out that a year ago the ‘christian’ owner of Hobby Lobby swore he was not going to shutdown stores! NYC based JetBlue warning of mass layoffs due to restructuring. In Upper West Side-NYC, after 57 years Laytner’s Linen & Home shutdown because in the past few years “business was not good.” In Gates, after 72 years Becker’s Furniture shutdown so the tired third gen owner can focus on being an author. Walmart issued a shutdown WARN for its White Plains store, 396 jobs gone by November! Sterling National Bank issued shutdown WARNs for its Melville Financial Center and East Rockaway Financial Center. Canandaigua Hotel Corporation-Inn on the Lake issued a shutdown warn, 202 jobs gone, supposedly temporarily, due to remodeling! In Ithica, Vanguard Printing issued a shutdown WARN, 120 jobs gone by the end of October! Spa Bliss World issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC Lexington Avenue location, 89 jobs gone in September.

NORTH CAROLINA: In Winston-Salem, after 26 years Long Jewelers shutdown due to increasing online competition. Gildan Activewear shutting down its ops in Hildebran, at least 1-hundred jobs gone by mid-September! It’s blamed on “changes in the marketplace.”

OHIO: DTV-Danny Vegh’s Home Entertainment retailer now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to a lawsuit saying it hasn’t paid back-due rent on stores that were shutdown. PNC Bank issued a shutdown WARN for its call center, 96 jobs gone by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. In Cincinnati, after 80 years Greenhills Barber Shop shutdown due to years of crashing sales, with the final nail being the landlord jacked up the rent. In Zanesville, after 25 years Then & Now Antiques shutdown, the owner blames gentrification: “…Zanesville needs to save some of its history. People in Ohio and the United States go to Europe to see the old past – we’ve got it here, but we’re tearing it down.”-Shirley Labaki

PENNSYLVANIA: FYE (For Your Entertainment) shutdown its store at the Lycoming Mall. Battlespace Flight Services suddenly shutdown. In Greensburg, after more than 30 years Patty Weir’s Paperbacks shutting down in August after failed attempts to sell it, local news media said it was the only book store in town. Bling Bridal now chapter 7 bankrupt busted and being liquidated, people who had paid for orders were told no orders will be delivered. After 67 years the Erie Sport Store shutting down when the inventory is gone. In Wilkes-Barre, British empire Canada owned clothing retailer Lord & Taylor laid off 83 ‘fulfillment center’ workers, this is apparently in addition to the 202 jobs eliminated in April! In Locust, Palachick’s General Store sold-off due to the owner’s bad health, one loyal customer is old enough to remember when there were no credit cards and credit was based on the honor system, and it obviously worked: “There were times when they would write down what we owed them. We could come and pay them later.”-Cynthia Raugh

SOUTH CAROLINA: In Bennetsville, after 25 years close-out clothier Hi-Lites shutdown with no explanation from the corporate owners. Jewelry Warehouse shutting down its Harbison location due to not being able to renew the lease.

SOUTH DAKOTA: In Watertown, after 114 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Mahowald’s Hardware is for sale and will shutdown if a buyer is not found soon.

TENNESSEE: Bad health forcing the owner of four years old Clementine’s Women’s Boutique to shut it down.

TEXAS: In El Paso, after 58 years Holland’s Department Store shutdown, the owner said in the 1960s the cost of living was so low, and the economy so good, that his father started the store with only $1-thousand USD, however James Holland said “Business has been tough the last five years…With the internet going on, you have to reinvent the business…Sometimes to reinvent, you have to start from scratch.” Too Big to Jail Bank of America shutting down its office on Midwestern Parkway, in Wichita Falls, by the end of October. In Midland, after several decades Terry’s Kids Shoes shutdown due to not being able to compete, even after spending $20-thousand USD remodeling the shop. The owners blamed ‘big box’, online, and even the city of Midland: “…it’s just too hard for a small shop, like us, family-owned, to compete with the big stores and online shopping….The location wasn’t great back here. The city wouldn’t let us put signs up without fining us a ton.”-Marcella Cato, co-owner

VERMONT: In Danby, White’s Fuel Stop now up for sale, asking $175-thousand USD.

VIRGINIA: After more than 97 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Bluefield based Magic Mart shutting down all 16 stores between now and September, saying “… the difficult economic conditions that continue to persist in the markets we operate in have left the company no other choice.” In Lynchburg, after four years comic book seller Star Port shutting down in August, blaming online competition.

WASHINGTON: In West Seattle, after 50 years Terjung’s Studio of Gifts shutdown, the owner blames his 88 years of age and crashing sales for his decisions to retire. What housing market recovery? Kent based online mortgage company The Money Store suddenly laid off 60 people, without warning, executives claim the layoffs are part of their ‘growth’ plan.

WISCONSIN: In Milwaukee, after five years Rusty Sprockets Antiques shutting down in August so the owners can focus on their more profitable coffee shop. In Superior, Engwall Florists shutdown due to the decision to consolidate stores into fewer locations. In Lake Geneva, after seven years second hand store Chris Ann’s Helping Hands shutdown. In Madison, after 18 years Capitol Kids shutting down in August, the owner blames the anti-mom & pop attitudes of toy and kids clothing makers/suppliers. Gold’s Gym shutdown its Waukesha location due to “unsuccessful negotiations regarding its rent structure.”

U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE, JUNE 2018: “ANEMIC”

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, JULY 2018: “THE RISE OF BIG BOX STORES”

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, JULY 2018: “THIS WAS THE SLOWEST ICEBERG HIT.”

U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, JULY 2018: “WE NEED TO GET THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OUT OF THEM.”

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS layoffs, JULY 2018: “GET YOUR STUFF IT’S TIME TO LEAVE.”

U.S. GOVERNMENT SHENANIGANS, JULY 2018: TAXES & NEW LAWS PROVE IT’S NO LAND OF THE FREE!

DUMBING DOWN THE U.S.A., JULY 2018: SCHOOL CRIMES SKYROCKETING!

OBAMACARE ACA DEATH SPIRAL, JULY 2018: ‘PHANTOM MEDICAL’ CLAIMS

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, JULY 2018: “A STATE OF NEAR DEATH.”

Idaho, U.S.

“the rise of big box stores”: U.S. Food Crisis, July 2018

October 3, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of July, 2018:

Farmers are using artificial intelligence to force cows to be more productive

Goldfish Crackers recalled over salmonella

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ALASKA: We can’t survive more cuts to Alaska king-salmon quota

ARIZONA: In Tucson, after only ten months Classic Spaghetti Western Steakhouse shutdown, the owner saying that even though the food is great the sales are not, and he has other restaurants to worry about.

CALIFORNIA: DW Berry Farms suddenly laid off 380 strawberry pickers, apparently without warning! The J.M. Smucker Company issued a shutdown WARN for its San Francisco ops, 1-hundred jobs gone by Halloween! Apple Gilroy-Apple By The Bay-Applebee’s issued a shutdown WARN for its Milpitas location, 51 jobs gone in September. Ingredient provider Ingredion issued a layoff WARN for its Stockton ops, 65 jobs gone by October. Upscale restaurant Hakkasan issued a shutdown WARN for its West Hollywood location, 99 jobs gone by the end of September. P.F. Changs issued a shutdown WARN for its El Segundo restaurant, 94 jobs gone by the end of September. In Vista, after 40 years popular Village Cafe shutdown so the owners can retire. In Bakersfield, the Sweet Factory shutdown its Vally Plaza Mall location. Struggling Chipotle shutdown its San Louis Opisbo, Higuera Sreet, location. Marie Callender’s shutdown its 40 years old ‘flagship’ restaurant in Los Angeles, because the landlord demanded a new lease that doubled the rent! In San Francisco, after 28 years Castro’s Harvest Ranch Market shutdown, the owner blaming lack of sales and greedy landlords: “If you can’t make any money, there’s no sense in keeping it open. We did our best and we negotiated with the landlord, and it didn’t work out.”-Gilles Desaulniers

FLORIDA: In Deerfield Beach, after 17 years Marlee’s Diner suddenly shutdown after failed restaurant management deals forced the owner to sell the property to a developer. Evil Cerberus Capital owned Albertsons-Safeway issued a mass layoff WARN, 452 grocery workers jobless by the end of August! Food service contractor Aramark issued a mass layoff WARN, 428 jobs in Miami gone in August! After 34 years Betty’s Laughing Horse Tavern shutdown, the property was sold.

IDAHO: Chipotle shutdown locations in Twin Falls (open less than one year) and Chubbuck (open less than two years).

Farm worker impaled by baling spike

Future Treasure Valley farmers face a tough road

Six wildfires ignited in Boise region, on July 4 holiday

Idaho-based Lamb Weston trying to deliver fries that stay crispy longer

Quigley Farm annexed for major property re-development (gentrification)

ILLINOIS: In Chicago, Howells & Hood Restaurant issued a shutdown WARN, 133 jobs gone by October due to the business being sold!

INDIANA: In Newburgh, after being brought back to life in 2014 Pizza Chef shutdown for good because the owner wants to try a different food venue. In Evansville, after four years Cisse’s Bread Bakery shutting down in August “because of the time the bakery is taking away from family.” Grocery store Wesselman’s shutting down when the inventory is gone, blaming ‘big box’ competition. Also in Evansville, Schaum’s Pizzeria suddenly shutdown. In Greenwood, after 45 years Hampton’s Market shutdown due to “the rise of big box stores”. Monarch Beverage issued a shutdown WARN for its Wine Division, 94 jobs gone by the end of August.

KENTUCKY: In Owensboro, after 44 “fun” years The Bakers Rack shutdown, the owner said she wants to “go out on top”.

MAINE: Border Patrol Stops Canadian Fishermen in Disputed Waters

MARYLAND: Giant Food shutting down its store in Windsor Mill by mid-August, calling the store “outdated” but also admitting they have too many newer grocery stores in the area.

Some residents will pay more for water

MASSACHUSETTS: Without warning, the new owners of America’s oldest candy company (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) shutdown its Necco factory in Revere: “Round Hill Investments was very excited to acquire Necco’s historic brands and to be part of their national resurgence. After careful engagement and consideration, however, the firm decided to sell the brands to another national confection manufacturer and today announced the closure of the operations in Revere, Massachusetts.”

In Boston, after four years restaurant Bisito shutdown its Burlington Mall location, local news media say its the third restaurant in the mall to shutdown this year. In Worcester, after 89 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Mrs. Mack’s Bakery shutdown, the owner saying her health problems might force her to move back to Ireland.

MICHIGAN: Ken’s Fruit Market shutdown its two years old Wyoming location to “focus on our other locations” because “this one isn’t doing as well”. In Detroit, after 19 years restaurant Andiamo shutdown, the owner saying in the past six years too many new restaurants have opened, meaning the local restaurant market can’t support them all.

MINNESOTA: Coburn’s-Save-a-Lot Food Stores shutdown its Saint Cloud, West Division Street, location due to low ‘customer count’ and the fact the company is spending money remodeling other Save-a-Lot stores in the area. Coborn’s also suddenly shutdown its grocery store in Montevideo, 59 jobs gone. In Duluth, Grizzly’s Wood Fired Cooking shutdown with short notice, the restaurant and a car dealership on the property are being torn down after the city approved a redevelopment plan.

MISSOURI: In Saint Louis, the owner of Porana Pasta shutdown his Washington Avenue location, blaming crashing sales on declining activity at the nearby convention center.

NEVADA: A 15 years old Dairy Queen in Northwest Reno shutdown, the aged owners (who claim they’ve worked with Dairy Queen since they were teenagers) say that for health reasons they’ve been advised to reduce their stress by reducing the number of restaurants they own. Local news media said the shutdown came as a shock to the employees.

China builds giant indoor vertical farm just east of Las Vegas

NEW JERSEY: In Parsippany, Cups Frozen Yogurt That’s Hot shutdown. Italy owned food service company HMS Host issued a WARN for its ops in Trenton, 287 jobs gone by mid-September!

NEW YORK: In Albany, after 42 years, and failed attempts to sell the property, Grandma’s Pies & Restaurant shutdown. In Great Neck, after only four months Ren Wen Noddle Factory shutdown, the owners saying “Based on your feedback, we will be temporarily closing this location to readjust”. In Larchmont, after 40 years La Riserva shutdown. In NYC, after less than two years the pro-veggie restaurant Hemlock shutdown. Gourmet Management issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC Penn Station TGI Fridays, KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Haagen Dazs, Tim Hortons & Beer Cart Restaurants, 92 jobs gone by mid-October due to lost lease. Chipotle issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC corporate office, to happen between now and March 2019. Also in NYC, Union Square Catering Facility blamed the bad economy for issuing a shutdown WARN for its The Coffee Shop, 150 jobs gone by mid-October! Food service contractor Compass Group issued a shutdown WARN, 84 jobs gone due to losing a contract with Credit Suisse.

NORTH CAROLINA: Greensboro base The Fresh Market announced it will shutdown 15 stores across the U.S. “for a variety of reasons unique to each retail location”. Four years old The Fresh Market store in Charlotte on the shutdown hit list.

607 poisonous plants of North Carolina

NORTH DAKOTA: State sues Dakota Access oil pipeline over farmland ownership

ethanol plant to explore use of barley feedstock

ND State University accused of negligence after dozens of farm research animals were crushed to death! (the future farmers of America?)

OHIO: In Mason, after 56 years Angilos Pizza shutdown, the owners saying “Mom and I are tired, we work full time jobs and run Angilo’s.” In Mount Adams, after 55 years Celestial Steakhouse forced to shutdown after the landlord suddenly leased the location to a competing food venue!

OREGON: In Salem, after 22 years Croissant & Company shutdown after failed attempts to sell, and even give away, the restaurant!

Wheat Farmers Fight to Stop Substation Fire

fire crushes wheat farmers during bountiful harvest

Feral pig population plummets

PENNSYLVANIA: In Allentown, two Grain & Centro restaurants were shutdown with short notice, it’s blamed on the “challenging” design of area, local news media pointed out the restaurants were located in the failed Neighborhood Improvement Zone where dozens of restaurants have come and gone since 2014. J.M. Smucker Company issued shutdown WARNs for its Sewickley and Meadville operations, 131 jobs gone by between the end of August and the end of September! France owned food service company Sodexo issued a shutdown WARN for its St. Luke’s Hospital Allentown Campus ops, 67 jobs gone by the end of September.

SOUTH CAROLINA: In Greenville, DishOut Cafe & Catering shutdown because the owners were making more money with their new taco joint.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Lawsuit over prison food going to court

New breed of salmon to be stocked

North American Manure Expo

TENNESSEE: On Oak Ridge Highway, after five years Archer’s BBQ shutdown due to lack of profits, the owners saying “businesses have to be profitable to survive.” The Fresh Market store in Hendersonville shutting down, 61 jobs gone by August.

TEXAS: In Houston, after 72 years Kegg’s Candies suddenly shutdown its retail store, as well as its chocolate factory, due to the “slow economy”. Also in Houston, El Tiempo Cantina forced to shutdown its Montrose location so that apartments can be built. In Austin, after 65 years The Frisco (the last of the Frisco Shop/Night Hawk chain of restaurants) shutdown. In Beaumont, after three years Wood Fired Grill-Backyard Dance Hall shutdown, the owner blamed lack of sales on the current “entertainment and dining landscape”.

UTAH: McDonald’s soda spiked with synthetic heroin

VIRGINIA: In Richmond, after 22 years Nacho Mama’s shutting down in August, the property has been sold.

WASHINGTON: Farm equipment plows into Fairfield fitness center

Washington DC: financial aid offer to farmers criticized as tax-funded ‘welfare’

WEST VIRGINIA: CKE Restaurant Holdings shutdown its Hardee’s in Oceana due to lack of sales, local news media said local customers were interested only in the breakfast menu.

WISCONSIN: After less that two years of operations, New Jersey based Schuman Cheese suddenly laid off 51 people from its ‘new’ Imperia Foods factory in Fall Creek, local news media blames it on automation. The Fresh Market issued a shutdown WARN for its stores in Fox Point and Brookfield, 102 jobs gone in August!

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, JUNE 2018: “A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS”

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