Dollar Tree is slashing its full-year earnings and sales forecasts as its customers continue to struggle with higher prices and spend less.

The U.S. Department of Labor says Dollar General has agreed to pay a $12 million fine and improve conditions at its thousands of retail stores nationwide to make them safer for workers.

The Jacksonville sheriff says the gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General used to work at a dollar store and had stopped in at one before a security guard’s presence apparently led him elsewhere.

Three people killed in a weekend shooting at a Florida discount store are being remembered as a devoted father, a beloved mother and a 19-year-old working to help support his grandmother and younger siblings.

Macy’s, Target and Dollar General are warning investors their sales will suffer this year as consumers shift spending to essentials.

A South Boston resident has been arrested after stabbing another man multiple times and injuring a woman at a Dollar General Sunday, according to the South Boston Police Department.

Macy’s slashed its outlook for the entire year with sales weakening sales in the first quarter during an increasingly challenging economic environment, including stubbornly high inflation.

Asian stock markets are following Wall Street higher ahead of an update on the U.S. jobs market.

A man is in critical condition after authorities said he was shot at a Dollar General in Lynchburg.

The Dollar General employees across the country participated in a walkout today to protest work conditions.

Getting more bang for your buck used to be the mantra of dollar store shoppers everywhere, but times are changing - and prices are rising.

More than twenty organizations in Virginia received large literacy grants to help with their education initiatives.

One cute four-legged thief has stolen thousands of hearts across the internet. The Duplin County Animal Services in North Carolina said the dog repeatedly broke into Dollar General to take a purple plush unicorn on March 21. When animal control was called, they decided to buy it for one-year-old Sisu. This is what happens when you break into the dollar general consistently to steal the purple unicorn that you layed... Posted by Duplin County Animal Services on Monday, March 22, 2021Since then, both the stuffed animal and Sisu will have a place they can call home. Mary Shannon Johnstone adopted and rescued Sisu on Thursday.

Dollar General is one of the first major companies to announce extra pay for workers who get vaccinated. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)As vaccinations continue across the U.S., some companies are offering financial incentives to encourage their workers to get the shots. Instacart Inc., the grocery delivery service, announced Thursday that it would provide a $25 stipend for workers who get the COVID-19 vaccine. It joins others, including Trader Joe's and Dollar General, which plan to pay workers extra if they get vaccinated. Those challenges provide a strong incentive for companies to get their workers vaccinated, said Laura Boudreau, an economics professor at Columbia Business School who specializes in labor rights.

RUSTBURG, Va. – The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two suspects they say are responsible for an armed robbery at a Dollar General in Rustburg Wednesday night. At 8:00 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a call for an armed robbery at the Dollar General located at 329 Campbell Highway. According to authorities, deputies were on the scene within a minute of being dispatched and found the suspects left the scene before they arrived. Video surveillance showed two men entered the store just before the initial call for help was made, but their faces were partially covered by their jacket hoods, deputies say. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office at 434-332-9707.

Quintaris Wade, 20, of Farmville, and Adrian Robinson, 22, of Rice, are each charged with armed robbery, abduction, using a firearm in the commission of a felony and grand larceny. APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. - The Appomattox County Sheriff's Office arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery at a Dollar General. ORIGINAL STORYThe Appomattox County Sheriff's Office is searching for two individuals responsible for an armed robbery Wednesday night. Shortly after 10 p.m., deputies responded to the Dollar General on Pamplin Road after a reported armed robbery. Anyone with information about the armed robbery is asked to contact Central Virginia Crime Stoppers at 1-888-798-5900 or the Sheriff's Office at 434-352-8241.

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. - Authorities arrested two South Boston men in connection with three recent armed robberies. Shyheim Williams, 21, and Tyquanta Moorman, 23, were arrested Friday in connection with two armed robberies in Halifax County and one robbery in Campbell County. Williams and Moorman are each charged with three counts of armed robbery, three counts of burglary and three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the Halifax County Sheriff's Office. The charges stem from the Aug. 11 robbery at the Dollar General of Chatham Road in Halifax County, the July 11 robbery of the Country Express in Volens and the Sept. 29 robbery of the Dollar General in Brookneal. Williams and Moorman are both being held at Blue Ridge Regional Jail without bond.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. - UPDATEAuthorities arrested two people in connection with a robbery at a Dollar General store in Campbell County on Sunday. Shyheim Williams, 21, and Tyquanta Moorman, 23, have been arrested and are in custody in connection with the robbery. Two robbers held up a local Dollar General over the weekend, and authorities are requesting the public's help to locate them. On Sunday around 10 p.m., two men entered the Dollar General store on Brookneal Highway in Campbell County. The Campbell County Sheriff's Office and Brookneal Police Department, along with other law enforcement agencies, are investigating and need the public's help to find the robbers.

DANVILLE, Va. - Danville police say they've arrested Carl Wilson, 40, for the robbery of the Dollar General on West Main Street around 10 p.m. Saturday. The store clerk reported that while she was completing a customer transaction, a man came behind the counter, reached into the cash drawer and took an undisclosed amount of cash before running from the scene. After reviewing the surveillance video, an officer recognized Wilson. They arrested him at his home in the 100 block of Withers Circle. He is currently being held in the Danville City Jail under no bond.

BEDFORD, Va. - At least one person was airlifted after a car crashed into a motorcycle in front of the Dollar General on Route 460 in Bedford County around 5 p.m. Sunday, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. Deputies say Virginia state police are investigating the accident. This is a developing story. Check back for more updates.

Police in Columbus, Ohio, are looking for a bandit they've dubbed the "Bobcat Burglar." The thief was captured on camera repeatedly failing to break into a Dollar General store. First, the suspect tried to break a glass door using a cinder block. That didn't work. Still, the Bobcat Burglar took alcohol, food, cigarettes and electronics from the store.

But Dollar General's humble, $5-and-under cosmetics line has gone viral, thanks to social media beauty bloggers. Dollar General executives say they developed the brand to bolster the company's hold on existing customers and improve its thin profit margins. "We're seeing really good results," Dollar General CFO John Garratt said at a presentation in June. Dollar General added its own beauty brand to an industry that is surging. Dollar General is following a similar strategy to Walgreens, Target, Zara, Forever 21 and even 7-Eleven.

Yet a wave of cities and towns have passed laws curbing the expansion of Dollar General and Dollar Tree, which bought Family Dollar in 2015. Advocates of tighter controls on dollar stores say the big chains intentionally cluster multiple stores in low-income areas. Dollar General and its dollar store rivals mostly sell snacks, drinks, canned foods and vegetables, household supplies and personal care products at rock-bottom prices. Dollar stores can open quickly in new areas because they are small and have lower operating costs than grocery stores. Family-owned grocery stores operate at razor-thin profit margins and dollar stores can pressure them with lower prices, experts say.

Dollar General has become a dominant force in retail by offering everyday items at rock-bottom prices, often in remote areas of the country. Dollar General is looking for other ways to draw customers in an effort to capitalize on rival Dollar Tree's struggles. Dollar Tree gets a higher percentage of its sales from home products and party goods than Dollar General, and Dollar General sees an opportunity to gain market share from its competitor, noted Karen Short, analyst at Barclays. Dollar General is also adding produce sections, healthier snacks and a new private-label cosmetics brand to thousands of stores to woo shoppers. Dollar General recently struck partnerships with FedEx for package drop-offs and pickups and Western Union for wire transfers in stores.

Fed-Ex will soon offer services to thousands of Dollar General stores across the country. The company will offer secure shipping options for customers living in rural communities as part of Fed-Ex's on-site program. Customers can drop-off and pick-up pre-packaged and labeled parcels sent via Fed-Ex express or Fed-Ex ground to their neighborhood dollar general. Fed-Ex and Dollar General plan to roll out the service at $1,500 general stores later this summer and expand to 8,000 stores by 2020. The company says more than 90% of Americans will ultimately live within five miles of a Fed-Ex hold retail location.