Sunday is QuickHits day! Let’s take a look at some of the stories around the region that have caught my eye in the last week.
Let’s bring out the old trusty QuickHits! Big Board…
- A Ferrum College student died in April, and six other students have been indicted on fraternity hazing charges…
- …and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office seized a phone that has a photo of the now-dead student passed out drunk.
- A retired Martinsville police officer going through the second trial on charges of shooting his wife may not be competent to stand trial.
- 35 years after it happened, a former Roanoke youth soccer coach gets three years in prison for sexually assaulting nine-year old boys.
- A Burlington citizens’ group forms an organization to try to get the city’s violence problem under control…
- …and they’re talking about about incidents like this Burlington shooting.
- How about a triple stabbing in Greensboro early this morning?
- Or a Greensboro home invasion and shooting early this morning? Violent crime happens everywhere, people. Not just Danville.
- Woolwine’s Bob White Covered Bridge washed away in a flood last September, but there’s an effort going on to rebuild it.
- Pittsylvania County’s Todd Haymore, Virginia’s Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, spoke at a Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce luncheon this past week.
- The newest Martinsville school board member says changes are needed but he doesn’t know what changes need to be made. Huh?
- Somebody broke Amy’s (the Caswell Messenger’s office cat) snack bowl!
Oh wow. We got carried away here. That’s 12 reading assignments for you on this QuickHits! Sunday. We’ve got more coming up here on SouthsideCentral!
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