{"id":34176,"date":"2016-08-08T23:48:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T03:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=34176"},"modified":"2016-08-08T23:48:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T03:48:04","slug":"quickhits-8916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/08\/quickhits-8916\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (8\/9\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re trying to keep our content flow going the best we can, so here&#8217;s a later-than-normal version of the weekly QuickHits! feature.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. <del>Sunday<\/del> <del>Monday<\/del> Tuesday is QuickHits day!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our QuickHits! Big Board has been waiting patiently to make an appearance, so let&#8217;s bring it out!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/patrick-county-woman-faces-murder-charges-in-son-s-death\/article_eeede6c2-5d9d-11e6-aba5-efe423f8ba6b.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Patrick County woman is charged with murder for smothering her 2 month old baby.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_a74ab404-5b3f-11e6-858c-039653f03b3b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chatham Star-Tribune assistant editor Bobby Roach recaps Thursday&#8217;s Danville School Board meeting.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/patrick-county-judge-rules-that-king-could-be-released\/article_e76db393-ee5a-5d01-aa8e-2f40585a0a30.html\" target=\"_blank\">He&#8217;s a sexually violent predator, but he&#8217;s not an undue threat to public safety. Huh?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/a_touch_of_beauty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom McLaughlin writes an excellent tribute to the life of the late Ronnie Bennett. Dammit, I&#8217;m gonna miss him (along with thousands of his other friends).<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/boones-mill-man-to-serve-years-for-drugstore-robbery\/article_566d86cc-5b28-11e6-a08e-5ba50f6e4e6b.html\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s a 12 year prison sentence (actually, a life sentence but the rest was suspended) for the Franklin County man who robbed a drugstore at gunpoint.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/halifax_county_trustees_roll_back_cuts_to_coaching_pay\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Halifax County School Board does an abrupt reversal and restores sports coaches&#8217; additional stipends back to the previous levels.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/policy-changes-set-for-fchs-this-year\/article_c05b4c4e-54e9-11e6-ab32-e3dff4e74649.html\" target=\"_blank\">Franklin County High School makes the cellphone usage policy way more lenient by establishing specified &#8220;usage zones&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caswellmessenger.com\/news\/article_566bcd6a-5988-11e6-8d0a-47ee56debda1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amy, the Caswell Messenger&#8217;s office cat, plays a game of hide-and-seek and causes panic in the office.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to freeze with eight reading assignments for you in this edition. 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<p>&nbsp;<\/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>We&#8217;re trying to keep our content flow going the best we can, so here&#8217;s a later-than-normal version of the weekly QuickHits! feature.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. 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