{"id":14445,"date":"2015-11-08T23:29:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T04:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14445"},"modified":"2015-11-08T23:29:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T04:29:58","slug":"quickhits-11915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/08\/quickhits-11915\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (11\/9\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things are bad when you have to sell your pickup truck to pay your bills. Things are worse when your town has to sell their pickup truck to pay their bills. It&#8217;s QuickHits time!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get that Big Board out here quick!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/jury-convicts-rucker-of-manslaughter\/article_d3978390-8113-11e5-8561-5f97add4fa20.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Martinsville man who shot two men dead (one of them from Danville) is only found guilty of manslaughter, not murder.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/deatherage-fired-after-losing-election\/article_936bfe46-83ec-11e5-b1dd-0793327b68d1.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Franklin County assistant commonwealth&#8217;s attorney who lost the election gets fired by text message the next day.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_1dc1251e-8305-11e5-b209-2b257c15a5e3.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Town of Pamplin is forced to sell its pickup truck to pay their bills. Say, That&#8217;s Odd.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/article\/20151104\/NEWS\/151109607\/15209\/NEWS\" target=\"_blank\">A North Carolina judge tries to bribe an FBI agent with a couple of cases of beer.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/state-to-investigate-special-education-complaints-in-franklin-county\/article_a5c1afb2-7cc3-11e5-ad12-f3f64dd523ad.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Virginia Department of Education is investigating special education complaints from parents in Franklin County.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altavistajournal.com\/news\/article_6bedaa86-7d84-11e5-857a-4b49f238f240.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oh noes! The KFC is Altavista has closed!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/news\/crime\/winston-salem-couple-wanted-in-larceny-of-pairs-of-eyeglasses\/article_309927ee-57e8-51ac-9c06-5a1b9eee256a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Two people steal 55 pairs of eyeglasses and it takes two separate trips for them to steal them all.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After seven QuickHits! that are somewhat bizarre, I&#8217;m ending this article right here. It&#8217;s going to be hard to top this next week, folks.<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Things are bad when you have to sell your pickup truck to pay your bills. 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