{"id":14575,"date":"2015-11-22T22:27:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T03:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14575"},"modified":"2015-11-22T22:27:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T03:27:26","slug":"quickhits-112215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/22\/quickhits-112215\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (11\/22\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SouthsideCentral took a day off to cover the Reidsville Christmas Parade, but we&#8217;re back with a QuickHits vengeance! Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Big Board time!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southhillenterprise.com\/news\/article_0ed45b42-87e3-11e5-a54d-13ce53c2e92e.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not going back to jail.&#8221; Um&#8230; yes, you are.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_f4ce64ae-8dff-11e5-8515-a762da38dbbd.html\" target=\"_blank\">The man who terrorized his wife over a weekend in April pleads not guilty and is saying that his wife was trying to drug and kill him.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southhillenterprise.com\/news\/article_f880f360-8d54-11e5-b52c-1bd62f0e498e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Former Halifax County Executive Director of Administration Paul Nichols is the new superintendent of Mecklenburg County Public Schools.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/opinion\/is-there-value-in-local-historic-districts\/article_13eab552-90dc-11e5-8cb4-8779cb6a22ef.html\" target=\"_blank\">The former mayor of Martinsville questions &#8220;the value&#8221; in local historic districts.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/article\/20151117\/NEWS\/151119008\" target=\"_blank\">The Bath &amp; Body Works store at the Alamance Crossing shopping center has a new drive-thru window thanks to a 73-year old driver.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sovaparents.com\/2015\/11\/santas-list-the-many-places-and-times-you-can-see-santa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jessamyn Rubio&#8217;s SovaParents.com website has a great list of upcoming holiday events for you to go to.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.newsadvance.com\/news\/local\/appomattox-still-awaits-chinese-company-s-plan-to-bring-new\/article_09b006a5-ee2a-5b7a-97c6-62da930aef77.html?mode=jqm\" target=\"_blank\">The Chinese furniture company that was supposed to come to Appomattox County is looking like a Job Bust.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/search-warrant-pills-wine-box-found-after-wreck-that-killed\/article_88a60a48-8eea-11e5-8b8c-3b6a0311d923.html\" target=\"_blank\">A &#8220;nearly empty&#8221; box of wine and pills were found in the car of the driver in a wreck that killed a Rocky Mount teacher.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brunswicktimes-gazette.com\/news\/article_a6897c48-87ec-11e5-907e-2f9b1c35ee90.html\" target=\"_blank\">A 19-year old is arrested after making a &#8220;plain view&#8221; drug sale at a Brunswick High School football game. Oh yeah, he had a gun, too.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/franklin-county-man-sentenced-on-human-trafficking-charges\/article_067f0218-8eea-11e5-9245-db0d7c58dff5.html\" target=\"_blank\">15 years in federal prison for a convicted Franklin County man in a human trafficking plea bargain.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starnewsonline.com\/article\/20151122\/ARTICLES\/151129932\/1177?Title=Two-charged-with-stealing-Venus-flytraps&amp;tc=ar\" target=\"_blank\">Two men from Bolivia are under a $1,000,000 bond for stealing&#8230; (wait for it)&#8230; Venus Flytraps.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s eleven articles for your Sunday reading assignment, folks! 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