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Fifty years of BBQ history is gone from downtown Reidsville…

Another of the organizations’ stupid-ass ideas goes down in flames…

Without any training or testing whatsoever, I’m 100% sure that everything is fine.

It’s been nine months since we’ve found a news item that qualified for this award, but this one fits the bill.

(Originally published on Mar 7, 2010 @ 17:18 – Updated to review Motley’s appearance on Jessica Griffith’s TV show tonight)
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If Thomas Motley wants to have a real chance at getting elected to Danville City Council, his choosing not to look back or comment on his past isn’t going to cut it.

Governor Ward Armstrong. Aaaaaaiiiiiiieeeeeee! No. No! NO!!! Make it stop!

We had made it 22 days without an article on the 5th District race. That streak comes to an end after a stupid-ass comment by Verga, who said Robert Hurt raised taxes “once again”.

Literally.

It’s a tragic situation, but this photo says it all.

The city of Danville has lost a great man and public servant. Lyle Lacy helped SouthsideCentral start up our governmental coverage and we’ll always owe him that debt of gratitude.

We’re heading to Bedford for this dumbass.

The sheriff’s wife has had her purse stolen out of her car while it was parked at South Boston’s First Baptist Church. The South Boston Police Department & the Halifax County Sheriff’s Department are out in full force! We’ve got Breaking News & a ThreadSpotting all combined in one! Oh, this is going to be [...]

I know you’re not supposed to “blame the victim” in criminal cases, but this one makes it way too easy to do just that.

Danville City Councilman Adam Tomer announced his bid for re-election today.

There are so many ways to look at this story, but we’re going to stick with the hilarious & mocking ones.

We’re going to have to wait at least another year to be safe from the fear of Human Tracking Devices! The Horrors!

When that’s the lead sentence in a news story, things aren’t going to go well.

The latest in a series of Danville Regional Medical Center CEO’s “resigns”.

Debra Buchanan is the chairman of the Henry County Board of Supervisors and on-camera talent for Martinsville’s NewsChannel 18. She’s a courageous woman who’s fighting cancer and she’s talking about it.

It really pains me to write this article and I’m really hoping for a happy ending to this.

That’s right, folks. Taxpayers have just saved just shy of $52 Million Dollars*. (That sounds better if you do it in a Dr. Evil voice, by the way) Oh, you noticed that asterisk behind “52 Million Dollars”, did you? Very observant. Let’s see why it’s there…

It looks like Jennifer Thompson was either mistaken or full of crap.

Teamwork gets a bunch of idiot kids off the road and into jail.
UPDATE: We’ve got the information from the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office about how this incident started.

Dr. Gary Miller announced his bid for re-election to Danville’s City Council on Wednesday, and SouthsideCentral is glad to give you the full text of his speech.

Heading to college? Well, Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning & Research is hosting Super Saturday Southside on Saturday, February 13th. It’s an event that will help students and parents look at sources of funding.

What do you do if you’re frustrated because you don’t have power at your house? Give some utility workers the finger and throw tree limbs in the road!

The anti-uranium mining foes people picked up yet another strike in their attempts at another preemptive ban.

And it’s not even recent news!

Want a good (but underhanded) tactic to make sure your upcoming Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office budget isn’t cut severely?

With any luck and a small bit of justice, this lawsuit will get tossed out quickly.