{"id":32689,"date":"2016-07-17T13:53:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T17:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=32689"},"modified":"2016-07-17T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T17:54:38","slug":"quickhits-71716","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/17\/quickhits-71716\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (7\/17\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take our (almost weekly) look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. Sunday is QuickHits! day.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s roll out another QuickHits! Big Board&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/heath-to-retire-as-superintendent\/article_c2ec8d20-2687-5a8b-9072-137f476ad040.html\" target=\"_blank\">Martinsville&#8217;s school board <del>fires<\/del> accepts the resignation of their long-time superintendent.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/talley-settles-into-new-position\/article_db973961-cffa-56a5-9fd0-f688659f276c.html\" target=\"_blank\">And a Danville native steps in as interim superintendent.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/judge-certifies-charge-against-woman-accused-of-throwing-away-stillborn\/article_797dd836-4a86-11e6-99ad-4bb5746d6e72.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Rocky Mount woman who threw her stillborn baby into a trash dumpster has her felony charge certified to circuit court.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/driver-files-to-answer-m-suit\/article_ca480aa4-29e9-51cf-bae9-96431468528a.html\" target=\"_blank\">The drunk driver who almost killed two people while driving a Comcast truck files his horsecrap response to the lawsuit against him.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/image_1c3757b2-490d-11e6-a722-6b839529db2b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Former Pittsylvania County Commissioner of Revenue Sam Swanson gets his congratulatory General Assembly resolution from Delegate Les Adams.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/harvester-profits-impact-exceeding-expectations\/article_2afa9a44-49f7-11e6-b49a-af61acc6590a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rocky Mount&#8217;s Harvester Performance Center is now making a profit and bringing in lots of tax revenue.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/money_for_coaches_cut_as_trustees_shift_funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halifax County&#8217;s school board slashes coaching stipends so that student athletes traveling more than four hours to events can get $8 in meal money.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/cemetery-s-condition-concerns-local-officials\/article_269ab92e-85d5-59ad-85b4-a83f47708eed.html\" target=\"_blank\">What can you do when all the owners of a private cemetery are dead?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caswellmessenger.com\/news\/article_2e7c84dc-4904-11e6-a7fa-17bec1f20956.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amy, the Caswell Messenger&#8217;s office cat, had a lack of attention this week. She wasn&#8217;t happy.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/interim_y_director_moving_on\/\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Trails to the interim director of the South Boston\/Halifax County YMCA!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/blogs\/crime_scene\/public-picks-name-for-new-greensboro-police-k\/article_75375628-bc73-526d-a45a-3f2ffdd91e87.html\" target=\"_blank\">Meet Sully, the new Greensboro police bloodhound!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, look at that. We went into double digits again, so you have eleven Sunday reading assignments! 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