Update: LL Flooring signed a last minute agreement with F9 Investments for a going-concern sale of its business as part of its Chapter 11 process. The asset purchase agreement includes the acquisition of 219 stores, inventory, intellectual property, and other assets. The transaction is expected to close by the end of September, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval. The company will continue to operate normally, serving customers with a broad range of flooring products both online and in stores. LL Flooring is also proceeding with previously announced store closings at 211 locations. 

“Closing sales are continuing at 211 store locations, including the recently initiated 117 store closings and the 94 store closings already in process that had been previously announced on August 11, 2014. These locations will remain open and serving customers through the store closing process.”Additional information can be found at the LL Flooring Restructuring website.


The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is offering a reward of $10,000 for credible information leading to the recovery of Mrs. Mischa Mabeline Kaalohilani Johnson. An update by the 25th Infantry Division on social media stated that Mischa Johnson’s husband, Private First Class Dewayne Arthur Johnson II (of Frederick, MD) is currently in military pretrial confinement in Hawaii.

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Shane Lee, who is a Montgomery County native from Burtonsville, signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent this past spring after three years at Alabama and his senior year at USC. As Lee took a knee after practice on Thursday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh brought Lee’s parents out for an emotional reunion before his father Mark Lee spoke to the team (clip below).

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Baskin Robbins, with many locations locally, is offering running a fun promotion on Wednesday, August 14th known as Melt Insurance– offering free scoops to anyone whose ice cream has melted in ANY ice cream shop before they could eat it, with “no proof of melt required.”

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Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky made history in her final race of the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning the women’s 800m freestyle for the fourth consecutive Olympics. She ended with two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in 2024, and took to Instagram to send her well wishes to fellow Marylander Kevin Durant as the men’s basketball team aims for a gold medal.

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Buca di Beppo, the family-style Italian dining brand, today announced that it has voluntarily filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Buca di Beppo closed its only Montgomery County location at 112 Kentlands Blvd in Gaithersburg on Sunday, June 23. A replacement has not yet signed on.

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The Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. have disclosed the specific locations of stores, distribution centers, and a plant they plan to sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers ahead of their proposed merger with four Maryland stores on the list (two in Montgomery County).

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