These days, Chris Billman is saving a lot of soles. The shoe repairman and Davenport business owner isn’t alone. The shelves at local shoe repair shops are filling up as customers tighten their purse ...

Walk into almost any shoe repair store and it’s like stepping back in time with the smells of polish, glue and leather, and shelves of worn shoes that call to mind a cobbler shop from another century.

Dan Forster would love to retire, but his passion to keep his shoe repair business going keeps those thoughts at bay. He's owned and operated The Cobbler Shop in downtown Highland for more than 30 ...