Update: Big Lots says it reached a deal in late December to keep hundreds of U.S. stores open. Big Lots is preparing to close all of its stores, the bankrupt discount retailer said Thursday.

There’s good news for Big Lots fans, though, because it was just announced that many stores are indeed sticking around.

Big Lots is preparing to close all of its locations following months of store closures and a September filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

And over at the Big Lots store at Dauphin Plaza on Union Deposit Road in Susquehanna Township, outside of Harrisburg, it wasn ...