{"id":11663,"date":"2014-12-28T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T18:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=11663"},"modified":"2014-12-28T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T18:47:40","slug":"quickhits-12282014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/28\/quickhits-12282014\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (12\/28\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a look around the internet and see some stories that have caught my eye. It&#8217;s QuickHits! time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Get that Big Board ready!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/article.cfm?ID=28854\" target=\"_blank\">Let&#8217;s hear it for the Rocky Mount Police Department!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/ymca_gains_new_ceo_directors_in_turnaround\/\" target=\"_blank\">The bizarre South Boston YMCA board of directors &#8220;rents&#8221; a CEO. It&#8217;s not Marcus Hargrave. He&#8217;s still fired.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altavistajournal.com\/news\/article_2fd7e64c-8acd-11e4-a94d-af6feb909f44.html\" target=\"_blank\">When your defense attorney says &#8220;The defendant\u2019s track record is not the best&#8221;, you&#8217;re going to jail.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionstar.com\/news\/article_2c84a4fc-8a06-11e4-b8d6-abe9ece782c0.html\" target=\"_blank\">The judge was nice. He suspended 100 years of the man&#8217;s prison sentence, only leaving him 755 years to serve.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/top-news\/burlington-s-wpcm-switches-to-country-music-1.418247?tc=cr\" target=\"_blank\">Goodbye, WPCM&#8217;s beach and oldies music. Hello, country music. (Like there&#8217;s not enough of that on local radio now&#8230;)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s five QuickHits! for you on a Sunday afternoon. We&#8217;ve got more coming up on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/HdKuMCl.jpg?resize=376%2C211\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a look around the internet and see some stories that have caught my eye. 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