Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar to a pair of private equity firms in a deal worth approximately $1 billion after unsuccessfully trying to incorporate it into its business for a decade.

44-year-old Leander Vales, of Lynchburg, has been arrested and charged with robbery in connection with the armed robbery at Family Dollar Wednesday evening.

Discount retailer Dollar Tree says it’s looking at strategic options for the Family Dollar stores that it owns, including a possible sale of the segment.

Dollar Tree will close nearly 1,000 stores and swung to a surprise fourth quarter loss as the discount retailer took a related $1.07 billion goodwill impairment charge.

The case for a man who was arrested and charged in connection with an officer-involved shooting at a Family Dollar/Dollar Tree in Clifton Forge on Dec. 8 was certified to a Grand Jury.

Virginia State Police are investigating after a man with a knife allegedly tried to attack an officer and was shot several times in Clifton Forge.

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.

U.S. regulators have announced a settlement with the company that runs Dollar Tree and Family Dollar aimed at improving worker safety at thousands of the bargain stores across the country.

Family Dollar has recalled more than 400 over-the-counter medicine products due to improper storage.

More than 1,000 rodents were found inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday as the chain issued a voluntary recall affecting items purchased from hundreds of stores in the South.

The Lynchburg Police Department is investigating a shooting that broke out in the Family Dollar parking lot Monday evening.

A Lynchburg man is dead after a shooting on Monday evening.

DANVILLE, Va. – UPDATE - Jan. 15, 2021 at 9:00 p.m.Perla Mendoza, who was reported missing out of Danville this week, has been found and is safe, according to the Danville Police Department. UPDATE - Jan. 15, 2021 at 2:51 p.m.Danville Police told 10 News that they believe she left on her own and was last seen around noon on Friday at the Family Dollar on North Main Street. Authorities said she is not dressed for the cold weather and was wearing shoes too big for her feet, leggings and a dark-colored jacket. ORIGINAL STORYThe Danville Police Department is asking for your help in searching for a missing teenage girl. 13-year-old Perla Mendosa was last seen around 9:00 p.m. Thursday night and police are still actively searching the area.

GLADYS, Va. - Authorities in Campbell County say they are searching for two men who robbed a Family Dollar using a handsaw. Officials say the incident happened at the Family Dollar at 8438 Brookneal Highway in Gladys around 9 p.m. Tuesday. The two wanted men reportedly entered the store, one of them with a handsaw, and robbed the Family Dollar before running away with an undisclosed amount of money. Anyone with information is asked to call the Campbell County Sheriff's Office at 434-332-9574. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

Authorities in Campbell County say they are searching for two men who robbed a Family Dollar using a hand-saw. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

Tampa (WFTS) - ABC Action News has learned that the Florida Attorney General has already fielded hundreds of complaints about price gouging while people prepare for Hurricane Dorian. A company spokesperson sent ABC Action News a brief statement on Friday after we asked about the price inflation. Doyel also notified the state's price gouging hotline and says she spoke directly with Florida AG Ashley Moody. Individuals or businesses found guilty of price gouging could face fines up to $1,000 per violation, or up to a maximum of $25,000 per day. I have activated Florida's Price Gouging Hotline in an effort to prevent gouging, so Floridians can afford essential items now.

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.