Sunday is QuickHits! day. Well, so is Monday, darn it! Let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week.
We’ll bring out a Big Board for the QuickHits…
- Remember Faiger Blackwell and his Yanceyville “movie studio”? He’s heading to federal prison for 2 years on bankruptcy and tax fraud charges.
- The fourth and final defendant in a Franklin County murder case gets five years in prison for being an accessory.
- The former Henry County deputy who drunkenly staggered into his neighbor’s house, shot him, then passed out drunk in the house makes a plea deal.
- Jessamyn Rubio’s SoVaParents website is an excellent resource for things to do in the region, and she’s outdone herself with her well-compiled list of spring happenings.
- After 65 years, the remains of a Henry County Korean War veteran have been identified using DNA technology and his funeral will be held on Saturday.
- James Terry pleads guilty to the April 2011 brutal murder of Charlotte Rice to avoid a jury trial.
- The Patrick County Commonwealth’s Attorney isn’t going to challenge an insanity defense on a first-degree murder case.
- Valerie Garner’s Roanoke Free Press wins and settles a lawsuit against the Republican Party of Virginia for copyright violation on her photo.
- Halifax County’s Republican Party unit chair Pat Barksdale gets ousted after 10 years in the position.
- Womack Publishing buys up three more local Virginia newspapers.
We made up for missing Sunday by giving you 10 reading assignments! We’ve got more coming up here on SouthsideCentral!
You should have included this in your Quick Hits >
Economic development consultant Linwood Wright makes Sunday’s front page with discussion about the “chinese strategy”. No one in Danville believes a word he says except 7 city council members.
I try to not include newspaper sites that have paywalls.