{"id":21070,"date":"2016-04-10T23:14:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T03:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=21070"},"modified":"2016-04-10T23:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T03:14:22","slug":"quickhits-41016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/10\/quickhits-41016\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (4\/10\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Sunday! Or it&#8217;s Monday when you read this. That means it&#8217;s QuickHits day. Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s pull out the Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reidsvillereview.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/68000-totem-rises-from-scales-st.html\" target=\"_blank\">Reidsville gets their new downtown sculpture and it&#8217;s surrounded by Confederate flags soon afterwards. Hint: The Confederate flags didn&#8217;t last very long.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/deputies-arrest-father-daughter-at-tattoo-shop\/article_f553878a-f80b-11e5-89aa-1b6db7e46547.html\" target=\"_blank\">You can get a tattoo and some meth at the same time!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_f3940914-fbfe-11e5-bea0-d7a2ad50a86b.html\" target=\"_blank\">The 15-year old Appomattox County boy who shot his grandfather has been charged as an adult, not a juvenile.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/harvester-increasing-security-measures-after-tuesday-theft\/article_0b79316e-fce8-11e5-b997-734664740dda.html\" target=\"_blank\">Somebody stole cash and a camera from the band that was playing at Rocky Mount&#8217;s Harvester Performance Center.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/pilot_uninjured_as_plane_goes_down_in_clarksville\/\" target=\"_blank\">A home-built airplane crashes in Clarksville.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/injured-cyclist-dies-in-hospital\/article_569dae12-fd34-11e5-b752-27924c27043c.html\" target=\"_blank\">An 18-year old Martinsville woman is killed in a bicycle crash.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160405\/mebane-waitress-and-truck-driver-are-states-newest-millionaires\" target=\"_blank\">A $4,000,000 winning lottery ticket is sold in Alamance County (well, $1,662006 after the cash value and taxes).<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/local-man-is-jailed-on-porn-charges\/article_755344ec-fd35-11e5-8e49-1b15c5036b40.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children task force busts a Martinsville man for child porn &amp; solicitation charges.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/budget-plan-may-call-for-utility-hikes\/article_4126110a-28aa-5a78-b2c1-b857b18aa8fc.html\" target=\"_blank\">There&#8217;s no real estate tax increase planned for Martinsville, but everything else is on the table with an $800K+ projected shortfall. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/business\/news\/roanoke\/former-sports-anchor-pumo-to-run-wdbj\/article_bce2c2df-f8ce-5b8f-9bc8-b18283f42be4.html\" target=\"_blank\">WDBJ-TV gets a new general manager after the station is sold.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/crime\/roanoke\/former-roanoke-police-officer-charged-with-forcible-sodomy\/article_217b456d-a4c5-57c0-bb2a-cb11f5f2f510.html\" target=\"_blank\">A former Roanoke police officer is indicted for forcible sodomy.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wow. Eleven reading assignments. That will keep you busy for at least a few minutes. Heh. 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>It&#8217;s Sunday! Or it&#8217;s Monday when you read this. That means it&#8217;s QuickHits day. 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(8\/30\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday is (usually) QuickHits! day, so let's take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. Here comes the QuickHits! Big Board... A sad Happy Trails! to former Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt. The embattled former sheriff died Saturday at the age\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":14004,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/13\/quickhits-91315\/","url_meta":{"origin":21070,"position":1},"title":"QuickHits! (9\/13\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"September 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday is QuickHits! day. Let's beat the clock and give you a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. Here comes the Big Board! Kathy Farley is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Thursday. Bigger name on the other line,\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":13766,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/23\/quickhits-82315\/","url_meta":{"origin":21070,"position":2},"title":"QuickHits! (8\/23\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's still Sunday, so it's still QuickHits! day. Let's take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye in the past week. QuickHits are best served with grits on a Big Board! 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