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QuickHits! (8/17/15)

So I took the weekend off…

It’s Sunday Monday, and that means it’s QuickHits! day. (Except last week when it wasn’t, but who’s counting?) Let’s take a look at some stories that have caught my eye over the past week.

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“Say, That’s Odd”: Good Seats Still Available

We admit that this article could be crappy. Heh.

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BettingLine!: Flagmageddon Day (Part #2)

If you’ve got the virtual money, we’ve got the virtual BettingLine. Here comes some more proposition bets for Thursday’s Danville City Council meeting. I think they’re going to have a lot of people there and talk about a Confederate flag. Or something like that.

If you need an explanation of a money line, I’ve got […]

BettingLine!: Flagmageddon Day (Part #1)

(Editor’s Note: Everybody likes making a friendly wager once in a while! For Entertainment Purposes Only, of course. That’s why we’re introducing a new category called “BettingLine!”. If Las Vegas won’t take any action on what’s happening here in the Southside region, we will! Not really, because SouthsideCentral discourages all forms of illegal gambling. That […]

RottenReporting: A Bad Decision to Copy & Paste

If you looked at Star News’ Facebook page this weekend, you’d have thought that they were putting on a Confederate Flag rally at Danville’s museum. They had nothing to do with the rally, but a bad decision to copy and paste an email gave people the wrong impression.

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QuickHits! (8/2/15)

Sunday is the day where I go over the stories that have caught my eye in the past week. It’s QuickHits! time, folks.

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BreakDown: “Hey, Norhurst? It’s Payback Time.”

August 6th will be a very important night for Danville City Council. I’m expecting them to recognize me for spending my birthday night covering their meeting. Heh. Seriously, we’ve already done a BreakDown on what’s going to happen about the Confederate flag issue. But wait, there’s more! Council will approve the repayment agreement between Norhurst […]

BreakDown: The Upcoming Confederate Flag Vote

On Thursday, August 6th, Danville City Council will vote on an ordinance to restrict what flags can be flown on city-owned flagpoles. It’s obvious that this will be an up-or-down vote on the Confederate flag that flies at the museum. In this BreakDown article, I’m going to give my analysis of where I believe each […]

OddsMakers! (7/27/15)

Hey, hey! Our writing crew has been busy making a new OddsMakers! board… so what are the chances? Let’s play.

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LightningRound! (7/25/15)

Let’s take a look at things that are happening, have happened or will happen. Hands on your buzzers, contestants.

It’s time for today’s LightningRound!

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Introducing the SouthsideCentral SmellTest!

Who doesn’t like roses and horsecrap?

SouthsideCentral gets asked to do factchecking a lot, so we’ve came up with a rating system that doesn’t blatantly rip anybody else off.

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QuickHits! (7/19/15)

I find them, you read them. Let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. Sunday is QuickHits! day.

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“…I KNOW are true!” (7/18/15)

It makes me feel good to say things that are true. If people get uncomfortable after hearing the truth, that’s even better. Let’s spread some truth about the Confederate flag issue.

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Parking Jerk of the Day! (7/13/15)

Let’s go to Danville Mall for today’s edition.

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QuickHits! (7/12/15)

They’re not SickHits, nor are they LickHits. They’re QuickHits, and they usually show up on Sunday. Let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week.

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BreakDown: The Threat to Larry Campbell

I’ve spoken with State Police on this, so now I can give out more information on the “threat” that Larry Campbell talked about at last night’s Danville City Council meeting. Let’s do a BreakDown.

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QuickHits! (7/5/15)

Yikes! We missed a few weeks worth of QuickHits, so we’ll get back on track. Let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the last week or so.

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RandomThoughts! (7/4/15)

Maybe I should call these IndependentThoughts? Since it’s July 4th? Independence Day? Get it? Fine. RandomThoughts it is.

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Thumbs! (6/24/15)

UP! or DOWN! ’em if you got ’em, boys. Thumbs, that is.

Let’s play.

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Parking Jerk of the Day! (6/21/15)

My goodness! It’s been a while since we mocked to jerk parking habits shown by some in the SouthsideCentral region.

Let’s leap to South Boston’s Walmart parking lot for today’s award recipient.

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TYOB!: “The Lion King Jr.” – This Weekend! – (Part #2)

It’s time for Part #2 of our look at a Thing You Oughta Be doing this weekend and next…

The North Star Theatre Project is putting on an amazing production of Disney’s “The Lion King Jr.” over the next two weekends. Over 30 local kids (and many behind-the-scenes adults) have come together for this summer’s […]

TYOB!: “The Lion King Jr.” – This Weekend! – (Part #1)

I’ve got a Thing You Oughta Be doing this weekend and next…

The North Star Theatre Project is putting on an amazing production of Disney’s “The Lion King Jr.” over the next two weekends. Over 30 local kids (and many behind-the-scenes adults) have come together for this summer’s feature show. Let’s take a look at […]

UPDATED: RottenReporting: The $10,000,000 Mistake

UPDATE: The Register & Bee corrected the article within two hours of this article being published. Behold the power of SouthsideCentral.

I did my best to avoid writing this edition of RottenReporting, but the Register & Bee wouldn’t modify their story.

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QuickHits! (6/12/15)

There’s been enough going on over the past few days that I’ve already built up enough for a QuickHits! article.

Let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye this week. It’s QuickHits! time.

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RottenReporting: Swallowing Shelley’s Spin

Shelley Blackwell has been orchestrating one heck of a Poor Me campaign about her furniture store. Register & Bee reporter Vicky Cruz completely fell for it.

It’s time to hand out another RottenReporting award.

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