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YouCentral: Bad Hair Day (by Henry Hurt)

Henry Hurt tells us what happened when the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors blew it when they picked DCC Foundation executive director Shannon Hair for a seat on the Institute’s Board of Directors instead of Joyce Wright.

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Danville United – (7/16/15)

If there had been enough room, the headline would be “(A very few people in) Danville (make the effort to be) United”. We can do better than this, people.

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (7/16/15)

Editor’s Note: This article is now complete up to the point where I had to leave the meeting. Once I get the recap of what else happened, I’ll add that to this article.

 

We’re LIVE! at tonight’s Danville School Board meeting. Because Danville United has also scheduled a meeting tonight, so we’re going to […]

Industrial Development Authority – LIVE! (7/14/15)

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for today’s Danville Industrial Development Authority meeting. This article is now complete.

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Danville Planning Commission – LIVE! (7/13/15)

We continue the LIVE! coverage here at SouthsideCentral with our next stop at Danville City Hall. The Planning Commission will approve setback requirements for the Biscuitville remodeling on Piney Forest Road and will approve some new cell tower construction sites.

This article is now complete.

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RIFA – LIVE! (7/13/15)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at the Danville Regional Airport for today’s Regional Industrial Facilities Authority meeting. This article is now complete.

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Danville City Council – LIVE! (6/7/15) – Part #1

Editor’s Note: I’ve decided to break this up this Danville City Council meeting article up into two parts. This is Part #1, featuring everything up to the end of the public comment section. We’ll have what happened in the business section of the meeting in Part #2. This is a long article, but it’s worth […]

Chamber Breakfast with Dr. Stan Jones – LIVE!

We’re LIVE! at the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research for this morning’s Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce’s “Business At Breakfast”. Today’s speaker is new Danville Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Stanley Jones.

Be sure to refresh the page for the latest photos. We’ll try to get some commentary and happenings in as well. We’ll […]

Danville School Board – LIVE! (7/2/15)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at the Danville Public Schools office for Thursday’s Danville School Board meeting. This article is now complete, so enjoy the recap.

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Today’s Rumor Control Adventure-O-Fun

The Danville Public School system did not remove plaques with American flags and “In God We Trust” from Forest Hills School to not offend Muslim students.

If I’m going to spend two hours destroying a stupid rumor, I’m going to turn it into a SouthsideCentral article.

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The Mayor’s Flag Flip-Flop Flop

Why make half of the people mad at you when you can get someone else to do the dirty work for you?

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Pittsylvania County Elections – Update #1 – (Part #2)

We’ll wrap up our first look at Pittsylvania County’s upcoming November elections in this article. In the first part, we looked at four of the Board of Supervisors races, and we’ll cover the other three districts and the constitutional offices here.

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Pittsylvania County Elections – Update #1 – (Part #1)

It’s July 1st, so it’s time to take our first look at the upcoming November 3rd elections. We’ll start with Pittsylvania County’s slate.

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (6/26/15)

We’re LIVE! at the Danville School Board office at a special called meeting of the Danville School Board. The meeting starts at 3:30 PM. Be sure to refresh the page often for the latest photos, happenings and commentary. We’ll clean the article up when we get home tonight.

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The Confederate Flag Controversy Script – Round #2

Hey everybody! The Confederate Flag on the grounds of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History is back in the news again! Hooray! Yay! Meh.

In this article, I’m going to predict the outcome of Round #2 and tell you how it’s going to happen.

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Danville Utility Commission – LIVE! (6/22/15)

We were LIVE! at Danville City Hall for today’s Danville Utility Commission meeting. This article is now complete, so enjoy the recap.

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (6/18/15)

We’re LIVE! at tonight’s Danville School Board meeting. Refresh the page often for the latest photos, happenings and commentary. We’ll clean this article up tonight when we get home. This article is now complete, so enjoy the recap. We’re underway!

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Danville City Council – (6/16/15)

Editor’s Note: Well, that didn’t go as planned. I was tied up at another coverage event and wasn’t able to make it to City Council’s meeting until 7:30 PM. I’ll update the article on Wednesday.

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for tonight’s Danville City Council meeting. Due to a scheduling conflict, I wasn’t able […]

Danville IDA Meeting (5/9/15)

No other media source covered this meeting. Honestly, I can’t fault them for that.

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RIFA – LIVE! (6/8/15)

We’re LIVE! at today’s RIFA meeting at Danville Regional Airport. This article is now complete.

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Danville City Council – LIVE! (6/2/15)

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for Tuesday’s Danville City Council meeting. This article is now complete, so I hope you enjoy the most detailed coverage from any media source.

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School Repairs AND a New Stadium!

Sunday’s Register & Bee editorial went down the wrong track by saying that Danville City Council had more enthusiasm for a new football stadium than for school repairs. Considering that they didn’t even have a reporter at the discussion that night, they’re totally wrong.

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Tim Barber’s Big Mouth (Again)

Yesterday, US District Court Judge Michael Urbanski denied Pittsylvania County’s motion to dissolve the injunction that stopped the Board of Supervisors from leading Christian prayers from the dais. If they’re not doing it anymore, why would this injunction still be needed?

Thanks, Tim Barber.

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Danville City Council – LIVE! (5/19/15)

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for tonight’s Danville City Council meeting. Refresh the page often for the latest photos, happenings and commentary.

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Let’s Talk: The Halifax County Recall Effort

We haven’t had a straight up opinion piece in a while here on SouthsideCentral, so we’re dusting off the “Let’s Talk” category and getting one done.

Today, a recall effort was officially started in Halifax County. The goal is to get Bryant Claiborne, Lottie Nunn, Barry Bank and Larry Giordano recalled from office. It’s a […]