{"id":12965,"date":"2015-06-07T20:12:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T00:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2015-06-07T20:12:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T00:12:19","slug":"quickhits-6715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/07\/quickhits-6715\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (6\/7\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oops. I just realized that I missed last week&#8217;s QuickHits! article. Let&#8217;s get back on track.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to look at some of the articles that have caught my eyes over the last week. Sunday is QuickHits! day (um&#8230; except for last week).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Big Board, please!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/bulletin-to-move-printing-operation\/article_7d742b88-09a1-11e5-85b0-e38ccfb689b8.html\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Trails to fifteen former Martinsville Bulletin employees as the new owners move the printing operations to Roanoke.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_cdda0d78-0469-11e5-8a3a-27a61a79a8bf.html\" target=\"_blank\">A local doctor&#8217;s son uses his father&#8217;s guns to shoot somebody in a Pittsylvania County home invasion last year. Bizarre.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altavistajournal.com\/news\/article_a128d65e-0484-11e5-ba94-7b39e6d3cb0d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Altavista&#8217;s suspended police chief conveniently decides to retire and the town has &#8220;no hesitancy&#8221;. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/vdot-odd-sign-has-a-purpose\/article_6ec01a42-0b3c-11e5-9a6f-bff84070db38.html\" target=\"_blank\">There&#8217;s a reason that VDOT flips a road sign around twice a year so people can&#8217;t see it. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionstar.com\/news\/article_ae3e946a-03d9-11e5-ab50-1f80b2a8372d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eighty police calls a month &#8220;is a lot for 1.5 men police officers&#8221;. Say what? That includes traffic stops and is less than three per day.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/logan_throws_hat_in_ring_for_halifax_county_sheriff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halifax County&#8217;s upcoming sheriff&#8217;s election just got a lot more interesting. SouthsideCentral moves the outlook on this race to SAFE &#8211; Fred Clark all the way down to LEANING &#8211; Fred Clark. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that&#8217;s one heck of a QuickHits! for you to read about. Always remember, the comment section is open for you.<\/p>\n<p>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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oops. I just realized that I missed last week&#8217;s QuickHits! article. Let&#8217;s get back on track.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to look at some of the articles that have caught my eyes over the last week. 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Let's see what has caught our eye in the past week. Can you say Big Board? I thought you could. The Official Martinsville Bulletin story on that damned Official Martinsville Speedway hot dog. Now go away. Charles Poindexter will run for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;QuickHits!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"QuickHits!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/quickhits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/HdKuMCl.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12255,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/22\/quickhits-32215\/","url_meta":{"origin":12965,"position":5},"title":"QuickHits! (3\/22\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"March 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Hits! Quick ones! Let's take a look at some articles that have caught my eye over the past week. Today's QuickHits! are served on a Big Board! 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