Sears, Roebuck & Co. said Thursday it will repay bankrupt customers who were pressured to continue paying off their Sears credit cards even though their debts had been wiped out. Stock in the nation's ...

Sears, Roebuck & Co. will refund at least $100-million to customers who were pressured to pay off Sears credit card debts even though they were protected by bankruptcy laws under a deal reached with ...

The old Sears store at 21st Street and Yale Avenue (left) stands beside the new store under construction in August 1997. The old store was imploded after the new one opened in 1998.

Eastside Heritage Center’s oral history collection contains over 200 interviews. In the following excerpt from his 1997 oral history (edited for clarity) John Sears remembers what it was like to ...