{"id":14943,"date":"2016-01-18T01:33:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T06:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14943"},"modified":"2016-01-18T01:33:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T06:33:53","slug":"quickhits-11816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/18\/quickhits-11816\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (1\/18\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SouthsideCentral had a busy day on Sunday, so we&#8217;re moving our QuickHits! article to Monday this week. Let&#8217;s take a look at the stories that have caught my eye this past week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll shuffle out a Big Board for these QuickHits!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/sheriff-turner-died-as-a-result-of-gunshot-wound\/article_096056b4-6ede-54a5-a185-5479a7b5ff90.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Axton man found dead with gunshot wounds did indeed die from gunshot wounds.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/parent_airs_frustration_over_spanish-speaking_teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Spanish teacher speaks great Spanish. It&#8217;s just that she can&#8217;t really speak English.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160114\/mistrial-declared-in-shooting-case-defendants-whereabouts-not-known\" target=\"_blank\">The defendant in an Alamance County shooting case never comes back to court for the rest of his trial and hasn&#8217;t been seen since.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_176477aa-b9fd-11e5-9206-d3fcff59fb92.html\" target=\"_blank\">The old Burlington Industries site in Hurt has a new owner.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altavistajournal.com\/news\/article_211a2122-bba7-11e5-bf1b-8f36b0d225ea.html\" target=\"_blank\">And the town of Hurt seems to have run off their town clerk\/treasurer?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/bicyclist-is-hit-head-on-is-charged\/article_b04e7ec8-67e5-5462-8c39-30cafe0c2ad0.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Collinsville bicyclist was hit head-on by a car and taken to the hospital&#8230;then charged in the accident.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160117\/man-killed-skydiving-in-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\">A skydiver with over 1800 parachute jumps&#8230; um, you can probably finish this tragic headline for me.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_0d8ec4e2-b9fd-11e5-8d02-4f48d22a749a.html\" target=\"_blank\">The town of Pamplin is looking to upgrade their sewage system so that houses on the west side can have indoor plumbing. Wait, What?!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/news\/crime\/gaston-county-sheriff-chief-deputy-injured-in-car-wreck\/article_939cdb3b-3baa-5e44-8f9f-efde815d3262.html\" target=\"_blank\">A drunk driver rear-ends a car while going about 35 mph&#8230; and the occupants of that car are the county sheriff and his chief deputy. Whoops!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/will-recapture-of-el-chapo-guzman-impact-the-flow-of\/article_b3f33fcc-6d87-52b5-b681-bafa1e76c80f.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Martinsville Bulletin reporter apparently nothing to write about so he asks a stupid question to local law enforcement.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_25a2c5b0-b9fd-11e5-9764-a38ccb16077d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Appomattox&#8217;s interim town manager has been interim for five years and is ready to go. Well, there&#8217;s no hurry, I guess?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/walmart_evacuated_saturday_after_receiving_bomb_threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">There was a bomb threat at the South Boston Walmart Saturday night. The Walmart did not explode<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whoa, whoa, whoa! That&#8217;s 12 Monday reading assignments for you. That should keep you busy!<\/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<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SouthsideCentral had a busy day on Sunday, so we&#8217;re moving our QuickHits! article to Monday this week. 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(12\/21\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"December 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's Sunday! That means it's time for some QuickHits... stories that have caught my eye over the past week. Let's put them on a Big Board... \"If new chief of schools succeeds, we all win\" - Thank you, Captain Obvious. A horse is a horse, of course of course... unless\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":21070,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/10\/quickhits-41016\/","url_meta":{"origin":14943,"position":1},"title":"QuickHits! (4\/10\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"April 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's Sunday! Or it's Monday when you read this. 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