{"id":14596,"date":"2015-11-30T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T06:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14596"},"modified":"2015-11-30T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T06:06:11","slug":"quickhits-113015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/30\/quickhits-113015\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (11\/30\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All righty. After slowing down a little for the holiday, let&#8217;s get back up to full SouthsideCentral speed. Let&#8217;s get our weekly QuickHits! article published. I tell you what news stories have caught my eye over the last week and you get to read them. That&#8217;s simple enough, so let&#8217;s get started!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And here comes the Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/article\/20151124\/NEWS\/151129457\" target=\"_blank\">Make your own &#8220;death &amp; taxes&#8221; joke about the funeral home owner who&#8217;s busted on tax evasion charges.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsadvance.com\/news\/local\/consignment-store-owner-pleads-guilty-in-campbell-court\/article_c6ccc412-b5b6-5f89-aab3-8b3599fc91d4.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Lynchburg consignment store owner who broke into houses to steal merchandise for her store pleads guilty.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/magna-vista-continues-playoff-roll-with---win-over\/article_e959e6fa-9658-11e5-8920-b763c44a7fba.html\" target=\"_blank\">Magna Vista High School&#8217;s football team wins again and moves into the Final 4 round.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairfuneralhome.com\/visitationdetails.php?visitID=1683\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Trails, Tommy Harrington. Tommy was a lawyer, a politician and a good friend.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/deatherage-finds-new-opportunity-at-local-law-firm\/article_e951e678-8efe-11e5-94a8-d7b14fb09b72.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Franklin County Assistant Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney who was fired by text message has quickly found a job.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/pedestrian_suffers_minor_injuries_after_being_struck_on_us_58\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hey, you scratched my side mirror! Walking on Highway 58 isn&#8217;t a very smart thing to do.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_22ddd7e6-92bd-11e5-8c94-fb8614e8ee4e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsylvania County&#8217;s first Little Free Library is dedicated in honor of a teacher who died of cancer.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caswellmessenger.com\/news\/article_3819424e-92bd-11e5-87b1-dbcad4291425.html\" target=\"_blank\">Caswell County&#8217;s county manager says that the county&#8217;s Parks &amp; Recreation department um&#8230; sucks.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Thanksgiving week is traditionally a slow news period. 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