{"id":11689,"date":"2015-01-04T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T21:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=11689"},"modified":"2015-01-04T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T21:06:57","slug":"quickhits-142015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/04\/quickhits-142015\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (1\/4\/2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for the weekly edition of QuickHits! Let&#8217;s take a look at some stories around the area that have caught my eye this week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s roll out the Big Board&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/article.cfm?ID=28919\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Bill Alexander retires (and Pittsylvania County will never forget his decision in the Frankie Betterton case).<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/columns_and_blogs\/blogs\/dan_casey\/thrown-out-of-the-terps-michigan-state-game--\/article_8a55fa20-6eab-11e4-ae1c-c306a80c7fd6.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Casey gets ejected from a college football game and wants to know why.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/columns_and_blogs\/blogs\/dan_casey\/thrown-out-of-the-terps-michigan-state-game-part\/article_8f3bb4e4-7031-11e4-8023-e7ba367795ae.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Casey learns why he was ejected from a college football game and confesses.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/news\/photo-vultures-congregating-near-dog-in-greensboro-cause-concern\/article_c900e168-910b-11e4-9704-db9c7636aff0.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vulture Culture (Say, That&#8217;s Odd).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yeah, this was a dead news week. 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>It&#8217;s time for the weekly edition of QuickHits! 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