South Dakota movie rental store to close

By PATRICK ANDERSONMarch 9, 2019 GMT

DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (AP) — It wasn't the digital era that forced Dan Ahlers to close his video rental store.

When national behemoths such as Blockbuster folded under competition from Netflix,...

Oregon city will have last Blockbuster store in world

March 7, 2019 GMT

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Blockbuster store in a city near central Oregon became the last one in the U.S. last year. And soon it'll be the only one in the world.

DVD rental returns to Baltimore with nonprofit Beyond Video

By CHRIS KALTENBACHDecember 15, 2018 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore will be getting back into the movie rental game this weekend.

Mauldin Family Video taps into nostalgia

By ABE HARDESTYNovember 26, 2018 GMT

MAULDIN, S.C. (AP) — At 10:50 a.m. on a crisp November morning, 10 minutes before the Family Video store was scheduled to open, Donna DuPage was waiting patiently in the parking lot with her daughter, Karen Crum. It was a Tuesday — her regular movie rental day.

Tulsa business helps man facing arrest for late DVD rental

July 8, 2018 GMT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A business has helped an Oklahoma man who had been facing a more than $200 fine and a warrant for his arrest for an overdue movie rental he had forgotten about after becoming homeless.

Tulsa television station KTUL reports Lonnie Perry had rented the movie "Ted" in 2014 from a rental store in Claremore, located northeast of Tulsa.

Indiana recommends bid for prison computer tablets

November 21, 2017 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Correction is negotiating with a company to provide tablets with educational and entertainment materials for all inmates.