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Danville City Council – LIVE! (9/6/16)

(Editor’s Note: A new phone, a new version of WordPress on the phone, incompatible settings on the website, photos archived to somewhere that I can’t find and a Facebook Live attempt that looked like Amateur Hour. That’s the reason that this article is a complete mess. On Wednesday night, I’ll start rebuilding this article from […]

BREAKING: EcomNets head pleads guilty to visa fraud charges

Back in May, SouthsideCentral was the first to publish the federal indictment against Raj Kosuri (the head of Danville’s EcomNets) and others associated with the business. Kosuri & Friends was indicted on charges regarding visa fraud. Kosuri & his wife were also indicted on more fraud charges in attempting to certify a non-existent business to […]

Hey, Your Ice Cream Is Bitter!

So you’re a small business owner that now has three ice cream shops in the area (up from one this time last year). What’s the best thing that you can do when a new specialty ice cream shop opens in Danville?

The wrong answer is “Bash them on your own business Facebook page”.

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The “EcomNets” Indictment

On April 26th, Raja Kosuri (the owner of EcomNets, with a Danville office in the Airside Industrial Park) and five other people were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury. There were a total of 21 charges and a Forfeiture Notice as well. SouthsideCentral is publishing the full indictment so that you can read all about […]

Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #8)

It’s been two months since we published an article in the “Pennrose Mall: Still Dead” series. I bet you thought the series was dead. But no! Well, yep. The mall is still dead. But it’s still funny, too!

For some unknown reason, the entire Pennrose Mall series got popular again over the weekend, so let’s […]

It’s “Grill The Candidates” Time!

Texas Steakhouse and SouthsideCentral are working together to let you learn more about this year’s candidates for Danville City Council. You’ll be able to talk to candidates in a casual setting… and Texas Steakhouse will be offering as special menu for their great food and great prices!

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Spectrum Medical’s Announcement

The doctors and staff from Danville Orthopedic Clinic held a press conference in front of the River District Tower building project on Friday to announce a new name for the multiple medical offices. SouthsideCentral is glad to publish senior partner Dr. Mark Hermann’s speech unedited so that our readers can read it in its entirety.

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Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #10

SouthsideCentral has had a great time with our PhotoCentral journey inside God’s Pit Crew. This is the tenth and final article in the series and we hope you’ve enjoyed them. We also hope you have learned a lot about the organization. This all started when the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for hosting February’s […]

Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #9

We’re almost finished with our PhotoCentral journey at God’s Pit Crew. We’ve made it to the main warehouse where the trucks are loaded, so let’s take a look around here. Special thanks go out to the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for hosting February’s Business After Hours here.

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Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #8

Our PhotoCentral journey at God’s Pit Crew is continuing and we’re glad you’re on the tour with us. Thanks to the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for hosting February’s Business After Hours here.

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Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #7

We’re taking the tour of the entire building at God’s Pit Crew and you’re coming along with us. We were able to take this tour at the end of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce‘s February Business After Hours. We’ve published six articles in this PhotoCentral series so far and the links are below […]

Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #6

You’ve seen the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce‘s Business After Hours activities in our previous PhotoCentral articles, and now you’re coming along with us on our tour of the God’s Pit Crew warehouse. We’ll continue where we left off looking at their woodworking shop. Let’s go!

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Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #7)

We just got some comments laughing at our Dead Pennrose Mall series, so I’m going to throw out another article in the “Pennrose Mall: Still Dead” PhotoCentral series. If you don’t like this series, that’s perfectly fine with me. But the numbers are showing that a lot of people are reading them… so here comes […]

Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #5

We’re working on photos this weekend here on SouthsideCentral. Here’s another article on the insides of God’s Pit Crew. Special thanks go out to the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for having the February Business After Hours event here!

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Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #4

Our PhotoCentral series about the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce‘s February Business After Hours at God’s Pit Crew rolls on. We’ll wrap up the Business After Hours part in this article with our tour of the rest of the facility starting in the next article. Let’s keep going!

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Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #3

SouthsideCentral’s look at February’s Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce‘s Business After Hours rolls along. This event was held at God’s Pit Crew on North Main Street. We’ve already published Part #1 & Part #2, and here comes Part #3!

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Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #2

Let’s continue with our look at February’s Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce‘s Business After Hours held at God’s Pit Crew. We published Part #1 yesterday and we’ll move right along with Part #2.

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Business After Hours: God’s Pit Crew – Part #1

SouthsideCentral loves the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, and for good reason. They’re an amazing organization that works to make the region better in things like tourism initiatives, workforce development, educational outreach and business support. It’s well worth it to join the chamber.

The chamber’s February Business After Hours was held at God’s Pit […]

Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #6)

After a long hard day at work, I could use some laughs. So let’s throw up (intentional choice of words) another PhotoCentral article in the “Still Dead” series about Reidsville’s Pennrose Mall. The links to the previous five articles in this series are below the cutline. Let’s resume our tour!

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BREAKING: Danville IDA To Buy Auction Property

SouthsideCentral has learned that Danville’s Industrial Development Authority will buy the properties at 701 & 705 Loyal Street and 706 & 720 Wilson St at a bankruptcy auction. Although this might sound like a regular real estate transaction, there’s a twist to this one.

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Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #5)

In the National Football League, piling on is a 15-yard personal foul penalty. Here at SouthsideCentral, it’s just an excuse to have fun at Reidsville’s Pennrose Mall’s expense. Part #5 is ready to go!

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Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #4)

With a small break in the action here at SouthsideCentral, we’ll run Part #4 in our second series on the almost deceased Pennrose Mall in Reidsville, NC. The links to the first three articles in this series are below the cutline.

We are not alone.

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Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #3)

You’re loving our second series on Reidsville’s Pennrose Mall. Well, the numbers tell me that. We had a few hours to get lots of photos for this second series, so we’ve got lots of articles planned. We’ve already published Part #1 & Part #2. Let’s start Part #3 where we left off…

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Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #2)

We’re back with more on our second PhotoCentral tour of Reidsville’s Pennrose Mall. We had fun with Part #1 and we’re going to have fun with Part #2. Laugh along with us!

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Pennrose Mall: Still Dead (Part #1)

The series of PhotoCentral articles that we did on Reidsville’s dead Pennrose Mall turned out to be our top-viewed articles of the year here at SouthsideCentral. That means we just had to go back and see if anything had changed since our last visit.

If you laughed at our articles last time, you’re going to […]