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J.C. Penney Among DeKalb Big Box Closures

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JCPenney is closing in DeKalb after 87 years in the city. Company officials announced the DeKalb store will be one of 40 closing across the country on or around April 4. 

JCPenney has been in DeKalb since 1928, first in the downtown and later in the Northland Plaza.