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Danville City Council – LIVE! (9/1/15)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Danville City Hall for Tuesday’s Danville City Council meeting. This article is complete, so enjoy the most detailed coverage that you’ll find anywhere!

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UPDATED: BREAKING: Industrial Fatality at Goodyear

UPDATE #1: We’ve added Goodyear’s official statement to the article.

Tragic news coming from Danville’s Goodyear plant tonight…


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PhotoCentral: Museum Meets Margaritaville – Part #1

In the middle of our regular coverage of things happening in the Southside region, we’re trying to squeeze in some PhotoCentral articles to catch up with events that have been held. Hey, let’s add another PhotoCentral series of articles into the mix!

This past Saturday night, the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History held their annual “Museum Meets Margaritaville” fundraiser and SouthsideCentral was there. We’ve already published an article with our LIVE! photos from the event, but we’ve got a bunch of other photos from the event as well. We’ll mix these PhotoCentral articles in with our regular coverage. Enjoy!


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Parking Jerk of the Day! (8/31/15)

You post ’em, I’ll roast ’em. Let’s Funky Chicken!

This one just came in less than an hour ago, folks.


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Thumbs! (8/31/15)

Let’s wrap up the month of August by sticking our Thumbs! in the air.


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PhotoCentral: August Reidsville Cruise-In – Part #3

You love to see the cars, and SouthsideCentral loves to show them to you. Part #1 & Part #2 of the Reidsville August Cruise-In series have already been published, so let’s get to Part #3. And yes, I’m partial to any AMC car because the AMC Hornet that I had burned up spectacularly. Heh.


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QuickHits! (8/30/15)

Sunday is (usually) QuickHits! day, so let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week.


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Museum Meets Margaritaville – LIVE!

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Danville’s Community Market for Saturday’s “Museum Meets Margaritaville” event. The Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History had the fundraiser from 5 to 9 PM and lots of people were there. I had an awesome time with good music, food and friends. I hope you enjoy these photos from the event. We’ll have more coming in a series of PhotoCentral articles this week.

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PhotoCentral: August Reidsville Cruise-In – Part #2

One down, and lots to go! We’re continuing our PhotoCentral series of articles about Reidsville’s August Cruise-In. We’ve already published Part #1, but we’ve got plenty of photos left. Let’s move along with Part #2.


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PhotoCentral: August Reidsville Cruise-In – Part #1

Downtown Reidsville NC had their monthly Cruise-In on August 14th, and SouthsideCentral was there! We’re starting a series of PhotoCentral articles with lots of photos from the event. We’ll keep pushing more in this series of articles out over the next week, but let’s get started with this first PhotoCentral as we arrived at the event around 6:00 PM.


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RandomThoughts! (8/27/15)

I haven’t Randomly Thought in over seven weeks. Let’s fix that problem now.


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Folks, this isn’t helping one damned bit.

I get it. You’re mad that the 3rd National Flag of the confederacy isn’t flying on the Sutherlin Mansion grounds anymore.

This isn’t the way to show your objections.


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Danville Utility Commission – LIVE! (8/24/15)

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

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QuickHits! (8/23/15)

It’s still Sunday, so it’s still QuickHits! day. Let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye in the past week.


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Sneak Preview: “Me’s Burgers & Brews”

“Jake’s On Main” is in the middle of their last weekend in Danville’s River District, but a new restaurant is moving right in after they shut down.


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NumbersCentral: How many students in Danville Public Schools?

At Thursday night’s Danville School Board meeting, they discussed the customary enrollment count taken at the start of the school year. I found these numbers to be quite interesting, so I wanted you to see them too.


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Danville School Board – LIVE! (8/20/15)

We’re LIVE! at the Danville Public Schools central office for tonight’s Danville School Board meeting. This article is now complete.

We’ll also be swinging by Music on Main at the Main St. Plaza and then head to Texas Steakhouse & Saloon where Matt Crowder is tonight’s “Tunes at the Saloon” musical guest from 6 to 9 PM. Click on the Texas Steakhouse banner above to get a coupon for a free appetizer with your meal.

Let’s get this night started!


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Danville City Council – LIVE! (8/18/15)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Tuesday’s Danville City Council meeting. This article is now complete.


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“…I KNOW are true!” (8/18/15)

I’m going to make a lot of people mad but the truth sometime hurts. Get ready because… “These five things I KNOW are true!”


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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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“Tunes at the Saloon” – Ricochet Biscuit

This weekend at SouthsideCentral, we’re catching up with videos of recent musical guests from Danville’s Texas Steakhouse & Saloon‘s “Tunes at the Saloon” music series. We’re there every Thursday night for a great meal and great music. Join us! Click on this link to get a free appetizer with your meal purchase.

In this article, we’ve got videos from Ricochet Biscuit’s recent performance. Glenn Davis & Spark Schmitt make an excellent duo. Enjoy the extended video clips.


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“Tunes at the Saloon” – Ray Martin (8/13/15)

If you weren’t at Danville’s Texas Steakhouse & Saloon on Thursday night, you missed a great performance by Ray Martin. Let’s take a look and listen to three extended-length videos from his show last night. We’d also like to remind you that you can click on this link to get a coupon for a free appetizer with your next meal there.

Let’s hear some great music!


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Industrial Development Authority – LIVE! (8/11/15)

We’re moving along in our SouthsideCentral coverage of Tuesday meetings. Now, we’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for today’s Industrial Development Authority meeting. This meeting starts at 11 AM. Be sure to refresh this page for the latest happening, photos and commentary. We’ll clean the article up and hopefully add bonus coverage when we get to the editing process. Let’s get started!


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“State of the Region” – LIVE!

We’re running behind on cleaning up our previous articles, but that’s not going to stop us from covering a busy Tuesday here on SouthsideCentral. We’re LIVE! at the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research for this morning’s Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce’s “State of the Region” breakfast meeting.

Today, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors chairman Brenda Bowman & Danville Mayor Sherman Saunders will talk about what’s going on in the region. Refresh this page often for the latest photos, happenings and commentary. We will eventually clean the article up and add bonus coverage in the editing process. Today’s meeting starts at 7:30 AM.


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Danville Planning Commission – LIVE! (8/10/15)

The best local government coverage keeps coming here at SouthsideCentral. We’re now LIVE! at Danville City Hall for today’s 3 PM Planning Commission meeting. Be sure to refresh this page often because we’ll have the latest happenings, photos and commentary added on a continuous basis. We’ll clean the page up in the editing process. Let’s get started.

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