{"id":29131,"date":"2016-05-31T00:05:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T04:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=29131"},"modified":"2016-05-31T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T04:05:10","slug":"quickhits-53116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/31\/quickhits-53116\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (5\/31\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s wrap up the month with a special Tuesday edition of QuickHits. We&#8217;ll take a look at stories around the region that have caught my eye over the past week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If the QuickHits are coming, we&#8217;ve got to have a Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/womack_due_back_in_court_to_answer_on_restitution\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goodbye, Earl! Hello, Earl! Former Halifax County resident Earl Womack is ordered to appear in court to explain why he hasn&#8217;t paid back over $3100 in restitution for stealing from the Halifax County school system.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/charges-certified-in-drive-by-shooting\/article_6a2edbbf-eb85-512a-9e57-18c48991ad44.html\" target=\"_blank\">Charges of shooting a shotgun at a Martinsville man (and the pellets hitting the newspaper office) are certified to circuit court.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/local_trial_for_farley_postponed_for_now\/\" target=\"_blank\">You can&#8217;t expect Kathy Farley to attend her Halifax County trial for theft charges when she&#8217;s in a Florida federal prison.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/county-supervisors-told-i--project-appears-to-be-over\/article_1a5d2a02-2225-11e6-a372-9b23997f96d8.html\" target=\"_blank\">Henry County&#8217;s Board of Supervisors are told that the I-73 project is dead&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/opinion\/virginia-senator-i--effort-alive-in-region\/article_0469865e-2442-11e6-9261-7f31c381fab8.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230; and State Senator Bill Stanley says &#8220;Horsecrap!&#8221; to that.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160530\/putting-history-back-on-track-signs-downtown-offer-erroneous-information-about-burlingtons-past\" target=\"_blank\">Burlington&#8217;s downtown historical markers have a lot of information, but a lot of that information is wrong.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/reed-is-arrested-for-attempted-murder\/article_cd97a4e2-26d7-11e6-96ed-cb39bd0c63d5.html\" target=\"_blank\">Driving directly at a deputy who&#8217;s trying to arrest you gets you charged with attempted capital murder.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_167b49aa-2365-11e6-bc32-7bcf06e5683f.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby Roach does a great job in building a new website for the Gretna Merchants Association.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/goodwill-hosts-prom-for-rocky-mount-clients\/article_ffb2838c-21de-11e6-b8f3-3795975cfad7.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rocky Mount&#8217;s Goodwill hosts a prom for 55 of their clients.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/news\/local_news\/food-lion-co-founder-ketner-dies-at-age\/article_bec85088-8a9f-5518-8556-e3aca47190be.html\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Trails, Ralph Ketner!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s ten Tuesday reading assignments for you, and we&#8217;ll stop right there. 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