{"id":17166,"date":"2016-02-29T18:55:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=17166"},"modified":"2016-02-29T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T00:12:43","slug":"quickhits-22916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/29\/quickhits-22916\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (2\/29\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normally Sunday is QuickHits day, but I wanted to make a special February 29th edition because I could. Heh. Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the last week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s QuickHits, there&#8217;s a Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/rocky-mount-woman-discarded-stillborn-infant-in-garbage-bag-police\/article_4825be0a-dbe8-11e5-8ff9-e3d0927f33fc.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Rocky Mount woman delivered her own stillborn baby at her house, then put it in a trash dump and tossed it in a dumpster.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160227\/burlington-resident-thwarts-robbery-with-shotgun\" target=\"_blank\">A Burlington man uses a shotgun to stop a burglary.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/lack-of-tax-credits-puts-apartments-on-hold\/article_0f694178-db74-11e5-8c2c-a353f414ec20.html\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that we talked about an apartment project coming to a downtown Martinsville warehouse? Well, forget it!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_40af3706-db01-11e5-b5d5-7f9bf70f9dee.html\" target=\"_blank\">A law enforcement agency is about to crack down on Fire Lane Parking Jerks. Hooray!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/nelson_miller_gain_backing_for_judgeships\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halifax County supervisor &amp; lawyer Bryant Claiborne is getting a little snippy about not getting picked for a judgeship.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/custom-wrecker-took-two-years-of-design-construction\/article_46a1ea88-dc9f-11e5-b979-db312a418a77.html\" target=\"_blank\">What can you do if nobody sells the tow truck that you want for your business? Custom build your own!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/parking-issues-a-thing-of-past-at-fast-track\/article_824aeb74-6270-59f9-828a-fc201353706e.html\" target=\"_blank\">The annual Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce Fast Track trade show will be open to the public on Wednesday from 4 to 7 PM. It&#8217;s worth the drive!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionstar.com\/news\/article_ae5128c8-da3e-11e5-903f-077ce65e3861.html\" target=\"_blank\">A William Campbell High School senior has organized a forum for 5th District Congressional candidates all by himself.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/franklin-county-to-host-inaugural-moonshine-festival\/article_bd886786-da46-11e5-958d-2f4fb3b963d4.html\" target=\"_blank\">Franklin County is getting ready for the inaugural Moonshine Festival!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/mecklenburg_supes_buy_south_hill_y_site_wipe_out_tax_debt\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors bails out the now-closed South Hill YMCA and clears their IRS debt.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_bf0642aa-db03-11e5-9bd4-4381cbfd6b7f.html\" target=\"_blank\">After two years of research, Patrick Womack has published a book featuring family letters &amp; diaries from <span class=\"paragraph-1\">1854 to 1863<\/span>.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whew! That&#8217;s eleven reading assignments for you! 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<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally Sunday is QuickHits day, but I wanted to make a special February 29th edition because I could. Heh. 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(11\/17\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a long while since we've done a QuickHits article. QuickHits articles feature Quick articles & thoughts that we Hit Quickly. Get it? Right. Let's Quickly Hit the QuickHits... Hear that sound of lips smacking? It came from Eric Deaton's ass when the Register & Bee printed a feature\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NewsCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NewsCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/newscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12116,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/09\/quickhits-3815\/","url_meta":{"origin":17166,"position":1},"title":"QuickHits! (3\/8\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"March 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday is QuickHits! day. Let's take a look and see what has caught my eye over the past week. Here comes that regularly scheduled Big Board... A retired Martinsville deputy is in jail after shooting up his house and \"abducting with the intent to defile\". The Hometown Inn became the\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":12188,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/15\/quickhits-31515\/","url_meta":{"origin":17166,"position":2},"title":"QuickHits! (3\/15\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"March 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday! QuickHits Day! Let's see what's caught my eye over the past week. QuickHits are placed on a Beautiful Big Board! Henry County ties Danville's 2015 murder count at one. 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I'm not sure about this advice from the police. \"If they are caught vandalizing, they can be charged with vandalism or damaging property.\" So don't get caught, kiddies!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;QuickHits!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"QuickHits!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/quickhits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11530,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/14\/quickhits-121414\/","url_meta":{"origin":17166,"position":5},"title":"QuickHits! (12\/14\/14)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"December 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week... We need a Big Board for today's QuickHits! Happy Trails, Ginny Wray! 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