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Dollar Generals Close Over Weekend

Following up on a story Jeff Lane has been covering, as of last Friday morning, every Dollar General in Ohio were temporarily shut down.  As previously reported, Ohio had sued Dollar General for deceptive pricing and it is alledged that the stores continued the practice even after the lawsuit was file. Dollar General was also recently fined just under $400 thousand for hazardous work conditions. A spokesperson for Dollar General confirmed that "Dollar General closed select stores to address an overnight systems error."  and that “The issue has been resolved and all impacted stores were reopening.  As of earlier this last weekend, the stores were open again.