{"id":12037,"date":"2015-02-15T20:40:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T01:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=12037"},"modified":"2015-02-15T20:40:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T01:40:27","slug":"quickhits-2152015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/15\/quickhits-2152015\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (2\/15\/2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday is QuickHits! day. Let&#8217;s take a look at some stories that have caught my eye in the last week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s pull out a Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/martinsvillebulletin.com\/article.cfm?ID=45452\" target=\"_blank\">Plans are almost finalized for the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Fast Track 2015 trade show. It&#8217;s worth the drive to visit this one.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"martinsvillebulletin.com\/article.cfm?ID=45445\" target=\"_blank\">No active jail time for the Ridgeway volunteer rescue squad worker who embezzled over $4200.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/article.cfm?ID=29190\" target=\"_blank\"> Not guilty verdict in a Franklin County child neglect case where a 12-year-old shot and killed his 7-year-old half-brother.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altavistajournal.com\/news\/article_e3b348de-b208-11e4-a906-834721bd92bc.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;A case of beer and a bottle of corn liquor&#8221;. Yeah, there was a shooting at that house. Bonus points for the defense attorney asking if the victim was a Muslim and a convicted terrorist. Seriously.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_704231f8-b1f9-11e4-a939-7fb076aa7e02.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Help me find ways to stay sober and clean for the future.&#8221; The judge listened to that request and gave the guy 190 years in prison. Heh.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/news\/crime\/pounds-of-meth-found-in-truckload-of-broccoli-greensboro-man\/article_2c1a9ca2-b525-11e4-bad4-0753ce1a5a7c.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Greensboro man found a way to make broccoli slightly more desirable. 40 pounds of meth stashed under it. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s this week&#8217;s edition of QuickHits! 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