{"id":36474,"date":"2016-08-28T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=36474"},"modified":"2016-08-28T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T21:03:59","slug":"quickhits-82816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/28\/quickhits-82816\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (8\/28\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the last week. Sunday is QuickHits day!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And the Big Board is ready&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/local\/martinsville-business-owner-faces-fugitive-charges\/article_735d400f-f312-596c-9c50-8a99a2b55821.html\" target=\"_blank\">The &#8220;co-owner&#8221; of Martinsville&#8217;s Serendipity Metro Deli &amp; Coffee House is sitting in a Virginia Beach jail on fugitive charges after his fake identity is busted by Martinsville police.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/serendipity-regroups-remains-open-after-vanderwoods-arrest\/article_f48cf371-42c3-5a5f-b835-60da17244760.html\" target=\"_blank\">And the guy&#8217;s claim as &#8220;co-owner&#8221; was just as fake as his assumed identity. Heh.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caswellmessenger.com\/news\/article_af844140-6a0c-11e6-878a-8f0d4cb09bd4.html\" target=\"_blank\">Caswell County Sheriff Mike Welch calls out the county&#8217;s district attorney for a ridiculous fearmongering press release.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/n-c-woman-pleads-guilty-in-crash-that-killed-rocky\/article_e4ae5d0c-6aec-11e6-99ed-c789089ac7d8.html\" target=\"_blank\">The woman who killed a Rocky Mount teacher in a drunk driving crash pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter. This is the woman who had a near-empty 3-liter wine box in her car.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/news\/crime\/former-school-volunteer-of-the-year-indicted-on-sexual-exploitation\/article_b8dbb3e5-b532-50e5-95c8-cb8483498397.html\" target=\"_blank\">The 2014 &#8220;Volunteer Of The Year&#8221; for Winston Salem\/Forsyth County schools is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160827\/reverse-suspensions-get-try\" target=\"_blank\">Alamance County schools are trying optional &#8220;reverse suspensions&#8221;, where parents come to schools with their children.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/local\/martinsville-henry-county-christmas-parade-goes-through-changes\/article_045ae2f0-1a5e-5c87-935d-6eae179ea7f2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Star News takes over the Martinsville-Henry County parade and immediately jacks up the prices to participate.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/second_member_of_slain_toddlers_family_charged_with_murder\/\" target=\"_blank\">A second family member is indicted in the February murder of a 3-year old child in Mecklenburg County.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caswellmessenger.com\/news\/article_5161b958-6a0c-11e6-b5d8-ff7eceb4d432.html\" target=\"_blank\">A portion of Route 86 is dedicated in honor of a Caswell County army soldier who was killed in action.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_4ae875a6-696e-11e6-914e-57cf692e2d29.html\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s almost time for the annual Climax Ruritan Club&#8217;s Sorghum Festival.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/business\/local_business\/funeral-homes-forge-new-business\/article_6b529011-5c6e-59ea-af52-c51c6c3ed12f.html\" target=\"_blank\">Funeral home chapels aren&#8217;t just for funerals anymore. They&#8217;re for banquets and wedding receptions!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_78417c7a-6bc4-11e6-a059-4b2983d17227.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chatham&#8217;s Silas Moore Park will get a lot of needed upgrades.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/20160828\/open-and-shut-bov-store-closes-hwy-55-revisits-and-spirit-at-new-location\" target=\"_blank\">The last &#8220;big store&#8221; in the now quite-dead Burlington Manufacturers Outlet Center is closing.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caswellmessenger.com\/news\/article_0aa80096-6a0f-11e6-8c04-9f8273de0e4a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amy, the Caswell Messenger&#8217;s office cat, explains her weekend duties at the office.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh wow. We got carried away, eh? Let&#8217;s stop at fourteen reading assignments for you this week.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got more coming up here on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" 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>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the last week. 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(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! A Danville man is arrested for Greensboro armed robberies using a shotgun a few\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":14148,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/04\/quickhits-10415\/","url_meta":{"origin":36474,"position":1},"title":"QuickHits! (10\/4\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I took a rare day off yesterday, so let's catch up with the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. That's right... Sundays are QuickHits! days. Here comes the Big Board! Carilion pays $1,900,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit about the former Rocky Mount police chief.\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":14596,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/30\/quickhits-113015\/","url_meta":{"origin":36474,"position":2},"title":"QuickHits! (11\/30\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"All righty. After slowing down a little for the holiday, let's get back up to full SouthsideCentral speed. Let's get our weekly QuickHits! article published. I tell you what news stories have caught my eye over the last week and you get to read them. That's simple enough, so let's\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":14943,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/18\/quickhits-11816\/","url_meta":{"origin":36474,"position":3},"title":"QuickHits! (1\/18\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"January 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"SouthsideCentral had a busy day on Sunday, so we're moving our QuickHits! article to Monday this week. Let's take a look at the stories that have caught my eye this past week. We'll shuffle out a Big Board for these QuickHits! The Axton man found dead with gunshot wounds did\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":7468,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/03\/quickhits-5312\/","url_meta":{"origin":36474,"position":4},"title":"QuickHits! (5\/3\/12)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Back after a few days... Let's get it started. #1: Danville announces a hybrid vehicle company with 25 starting jobs is coming to town with a press release and little hoopla. When GSO Aviation made a smaller simlar announcement, the city called a press conference at RCATT and the owner\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;QuickHits!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"QuickHits!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/quickhits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17013,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/08\/quickhits-2816\/","url_meta":{"origin":36474,"position":5},"title":"QuickHits! (2\/8\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"February 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's get the work week started with some stories that have caught my eye over the past two weeks. It's QuickHits! time. As everybody knows, QuickHits! belong on a Big Board. Let's bring it out! 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