About 500 Big Lots stores are planned to close, including 23 more in Ohio. Here's a look at the latest on the Columbus-based retailer's bankruptcy.

The company buying Columbus-based Big Lots has identified about 500 Big Lots stores, including several in central Ohio, that it plans to close.

The company that's purchased Big Lots has put up for sale the leases of hundreds of locations around the country, indicating those stores may likely be closing for good. Big Lots, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year,