{"id":17478,"date":"2016-03-21T22:07:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T02:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=17478"},"modified":"2016-03-21T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T02:10:18","slug":"quickhits-32116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/21\/quickhits-32116\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (3\/21\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday is QuickHits! day. Well, so is Monday, darn it! 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>We&#8217;ll bring out a Big Board for the QuickHits&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160316\/tax-bankruptcy-fraud-land-burlington-funeral-home-director-in-federal-prison\" target=\"_blank\">Remember Faiger Blackwell and his Yanceyville &#8220;movie studio&#8221;? He&#8217;s heading to federal prison for 2 years on bankruptcy and tax fraud charges.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/final-co-defendant-in-moneta-homicide-to-serve-five-years\/article_0fbf6090-eac3-11e5-a067-c30d4fb505ff.html\" target=\"_blank\">The fourth and final defendant in a Franklin County murder case gets five years in prison for being an accessory.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/former-county-deputy-enters-plea-in-shooting\/article_bfac620d-c31e-52e0-a002-07b4b35fa913.html\" target=\"_blank\">The former Henry County deputy who drunkenly staggered into his neighbor&#8217;s house, shot him, then passed out drunk in the house makes a plea deal.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sovaparents.com\/2016\/03\/family-calendar-spring-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jessamyn Rubio&#8217;s SoVaParents website is an excellent resource for things to do in the region, and she&#8217;s outdone herself with her well-compiled list of spring happenings.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/after-years-korea-veteran-is-coming-home\/article_519c70e0-ebf2-11e5-8aac-637fb0d636ae.html\" target=\"_blank\">After 65 years, the remains of a Henry County Korean War veteran have been identified using DNA technology and his funeral will be held on Saturday.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/terry_pleads_guilty_to_terrible_crimes_in_widows_murder\/\" target=\"_blank\">James Terry pleads guilty to the April 2011 brutal murder of Charlotte Rice to avoid a jury trial.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/patrick-prosecutor-will-not-contest-plea\/article_05f16160-ea57-11e5-901e-3305cfc2f81a.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Patrick County Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney isn&#8217;t going to challenge an insanity defense on a first-degree murder case.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/local\/roanoke-writer-settles-copyright-lawsuit-against-virginia-republicans\/article_6556eb60-e71b-5a04-b84c-529071ef27c4.html\" target=\"_blank\">Valerie Garner&#8217;s Roanoke Free Press wins and settles a lawsuit against the Republican Party of Virginia for copyright violation on her photo.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/mcclure_wins_bid_for_halifax_county_gop_party_chair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halifax County&#8217;s Republican Party unit chair Pat Barksdale gets ousted after 10 years in the position.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_7f81713c-eba6-11e5-90f4-c71773e4cf3f.html\" target=\"_blank\">Womack Publishing buys up three more local Virginia newspapers.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We made up for missing Sunday by giving you 10 reading assignments! We&#8217;ve got more coming up here 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>Sunday is QuickHits! day. Well, so is Monday, darn it! 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