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A very melancholy “Happy Trails” to Lyle Lacy

The city of Danville has lost a great man and public servant. Lyle Lacy helped SouthsideCentral start up our governmental coverage and we’ll always owe him that debt of gratitude.

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Dumbass of the Day! (3/3)

We’re heading to Bedford for this dumbass.

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UPDATED: There’s Panic In the Streets!

The sheriff’s wife has had her purse stolen out of her car while it was parked at South Boston’s First Baptist Church. The South Boston Police Department & the Halifax County Sheriff’s Department are out in full force! We’ve got Breaking News & a ThreadSpotting all combined in one! Oh, this is going to be […]

Dumbass of the Day! (3/1)

I know you’re not supposed to “blame the victim” in criminal cases, but this one makes it way too easy to do just that.

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Breaking News!: Adam Tomer announces re-election bid for Danville City Council

Danville City Councilman Adam Tomer announced his bid for re-election today.

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Tank Museum Terrors!

There are so many ways to look at this story, but we’re going to stick with the hilarious & mocking ones.

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Happy Trails, Implant Bill!

We’re going to have to wait at least another year to be safe from the fear of Human Tracking Devices! The Horrors!

“An evening filled with periodic gunfire”

When that’s the lead sentence in a news story, things aren’t going to go well.

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Happy Trails, Jerel Humphrey!

The latest in a series of Danville Regional Medical Center CEO’s “resigns”.

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Debra Buchanan fights her battle courageously

Debra Buchanan is the chairman of the Henry County Board of Supervisors and on-camera talent for Martinsville’s NewsChannel 18. She’s a courageous woman who’s fighting cancer and she’s talking about it.

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Bronx Boy Bagels cited for failing to submit meal taxes

It really pains me to write this article and I’m really hoping for a happy ending to this.

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You’ve just saved $51,900,000! (not)

That’s right, folks. Taxpayers have just saved just shy of $52 Million Dollars*. (That sounds better if you do it in a Dr. Evil voice, by the way) Oh, you noticed that asterisk behind “52 Million Dollars”, did you? Very observant. Let’s see why it’s there…

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Happy Trails, Danville’s Harris Teeter!

It looks like Jennifer Thompson was either mistaken or full of crap.

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UPDATED: Danville police help out Halifax County Sheriff’s Office

Teamwork gets a bunch of idiot kids off the road and into jail.

UPDATE: We’ve got the information from the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office about how this incident started.

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Gary Miller’s re-election kickoff speech

Dr. Gary Miller announced his bid for re-election to Danville’s City Council on Wednesday, and SouthsideCentral is glad to give you the full text of his speech.

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Super Saturday Southside at the Institute! (2/13)

Heading to college? Well, Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning & Research is hosting Super Saturday Southside on Saturday, February 13th. It’s an event that will help students and parents look at sources of funding.

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Dumbass of the Day! (2/8)

What do you do if you’re frustrated because you don’t have power at your house? Give some utility workers the finger and throw tree limbs in the road!

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Three strikes. You’re out!

The anti-uranium mining foes people picked up yet another strike in their attempts at another preemptive ban.

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One more sign of a very slow news day…

And it’s not even recent news!

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Scare the hell out of them!

Want a good (but underhanded) tactic to make sure your upcoming Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office budget isn’t cut severely?

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$5,350,000 lawsuit filed in Seamster death

With any luck and a small bit of justice, this lawsuit will get tossed out quickly.

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UPDATED: Jeff Clark starts Independent campaign for 5th District House seat

The field gets even more crowded. Catherine Amos, reporter with the Danville Register & Bee, will have an article on this in Wednesday’s newspaper.

UPADTE: The story’s online now.

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Happy Trails, Pigs in the Park!

3½ months until Danville’s 36th annual “Festival In The Park”, but a big fan favorite is not coming back.

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Yuck of the Day!

It’s the new flavor of soft drinks… Yuck!

Powerball comes to Virginia!

You’ll have 2 more (very remote) chances every week to become a millionaire.

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