{"id":30996,"date":"2016-06-12T14:07:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T18:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=30996"},"modified":"2016-06-12T14:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T18:07:01","slug":"quickhits-61216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/12\/quickhits-61216\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (6\/12\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the news stories from around the region that have caught my eye in the past week. In other words, you&#8217;ll get your Sunday reading assignments on Sunday for a change!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here comes the trusty QuickHits! Big Board&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_71d8c802-2d7b-11e6-96a4-db2de8ca43ed.html\" target=\"_blank\">A 72-year old Appomattox man gets over 13 years in prison for shooting his wife in the head in a convenience store parking lot.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/father-indicted-in-shooting-death-of--year-old-son\/article_b09cf98c-2cc7-11e6-aa97-f74de745b708.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Franklin County man is indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his 3-year old son.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southhillenterprise.com\/news\/article_dd170c84-2ce3-11e6-80d9-831adf593e9a.html\" target=\"_blank\">The final price tag for Dominion&#8217;s Brunswick County Power Station is over $1 billion. But the county&#8217;s getting $5 million in new tax revenue yearly.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/local\/martinsville-police-work-to-establish-safe-zone\/article_b75ac882-2ea5-11e6-8d44-dbb08e40f5b9.html\" target=\"_blank\">Martinsville&#8217;s police department establishes a &#8220;Safe Exchange Zone&#8221; for online and yard sale transactions.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160610\/updated-police-say-victims-gave-false-information-on-city-park-assault\" target=\"_blank\">The two teenagers who said they were jumped in a Burlington city park and beat up bad? They were lying.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/local\/patrick-springs-couple-indicted-on-fraud-charges\/article_acc223a9-fa3f-57f9-bf4b-a91f3190b844.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Patrick County couple is busted for welfare fraud for the second time.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionstar.com\/news\/article_dbf74830-2cae-11e6-911f-afbc0090aee1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Five-time Super Bowl winner Charles Haley returns home to Naruna to be inducted into the town&#8217;s Hall of Fame.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionstar.com\/news\/article_1dcec932-2cae-11e6-84ff-53b120af8b9c.html\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Henry&#8217;s 280th birthday is observed at Red Hill, the Patrick Henry National Memorial located near Brookneal.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_0b5595ba-2d7b-11e6-805f-63015d0052ed.html\" target=\"_blank\">50 years of working at Dairy Queen!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caswellmessenger.com\/news\/article_7842d99c-2db9-11e6-9ae4-f33680941777.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amy, the Caswell Messenger&#8217;s office cat, has her first bird encounter!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we&#8217;ll stop at ten for today. There&#8217;s your Sunday (and into Monday) 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\" 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>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the news stories from around the region that have caught my eye in the past week. 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