LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin has fired her grandson from her office after his arrest earlier this month for an assault on an ex-girlfriend.

Flanked by her two sons, Shanklin read a two minute statement announcing the firing of 28-year-old Gary La'mont Bohler.

"I have been in the dark on a lot of things that have come to light but I want you to know that I have raised all of my children to be accountable and sometimes family can disappoint us more than the outside world, sometimes people let you down," said Shanklin.

Bohler was arrested after he missed a court appearance for the assault earlier this month. That charge was a misdemeanor. However, a WAVE 3 check on court records found six felony arrests in the last seven years for Bohler for things like drug trafficking, possession and robbery. Most of those charges were dismissed.

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Dollar General seems to be the new Starbucks with new stores popping up on every street corner. The company recently opened store number 10,000 with 625 more planned for construction.

Unlike the Starbucks chain, customers won't spend high prices on coffee or anything else in the stores including top brand items recently added along with coolers to now sell milk and eggs and other basic need perishables.

Tawn Earnest is Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Dollar General. She says the economy has been a driving force for new customers to the store.  

"Saving money never goes out of style," Earnest said. "Our company has built a model more relevant than others because we focused on keeping prices low."

She says even though stores are small, Dollar General has more retail locations across the country than any other retailer in America.