After nearly a month of waiting, hundreds of employees at Big Lots’ distribution center in Montgomery officially learned they will lose their jobs in the company’s sale to a private equity firm.

Dress in cowboy hats, boots, and other Texas-chic attire to the event on Saturday, Feb. 15 starting at 6 p.m. at the Brazos County Expo. Individual tickets start out at $150, and you can choose to ...