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A very melancholy “Happy Trails” to Ruby Archie

Danville has lost a great leader and a great person.


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BREAKING NEWS: Danville Police report one dead, one wounded in shooting.

We just got this from the Danville Police department…


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Mr. Malvester teaches today’s history lesson.

Well, at least his own version of history.


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Some thoughts about the Uranium Mining Subcommittee meeting

On Tuesday night, the Uranium Mining subcommittee of the Coal & Energy Commission held a meeting at Chatham High School where people could comment on the proposed socio-economic study. I was there for Star News to record the early part of the comments, and here’s a “random thoughts” article about what I observed.


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Good news for Danville but it comes at a cost.

And that cost is paid by another city.


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5th District Happenings (Update #1)

Conventional wisdom says that the few weeks after a hard-fought primary should be downtime for the candidates as they rest up for a long general election run. That hasn’t happened in Virginia’s 5th District. Let’s kick off a series of updates on what’s going on…


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The dangers of blowing too hard

Hey now, I’m talking about vuvuzelas!


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Roanoke’s City Market problems back in the news.

Lots of people have been to Roanoke’s City Market building. It’s a beautiful building with some pretty good restaurants there… but things are about to change. Here’s the latest in the ongoing saga.


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Holier than thou.

His “we” doesn’t include me.


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PhotoCentral: Mammatus cloudwatching!

Today, Danville residents got a chance to see a very unusual cloud formation and I was lucky to be in the right spot to get a photo.


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A judicial decision that I can agree with.

As I said before… “Hello? He cut her friggin’ HEAD OFF!


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Breaking News: Man arrested in Martinsville C-store murder/robbery

SouthsideCentral & Star News are the first to bring this to you.


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UPDATED: Breaking News: Murder/suicide outside of Scottsburg C-store.

Thanks to our great sources for getting this news to us quickly.


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Photos from the June 12th Reidsville Cruise-In

The second Friday of every month (May through September) is Cruise-In night in Reidsville (NC)! Here’s a photo slideshow of some of the action for you to enjoy.


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Everybody Hates Bruce!

After somebody called me “generally rude & self important” then said “your show sucks”, I decided to have a little fun with it. Here’s the Thursday, June 10th edition of “The Local Buzz” for your entertainment!


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Who knew Roanoke has downtown caves?

Who knew that Roanoke has burning downtown caves? Who knew Roanoke has burning downtown caves with bodies in them?


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5th District Republican Primary – Final Thoughts.

So that happened. It’s over, yet we’ve only just begun. Final (?) thoughts coming up…


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5th District Primary Election Talk!

SouthsideCentral had a LIVE! chat going during the election returns. Click the cutline below to see what went on.


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ThreadSpotting: Chicken-fingering and meat-beating.

It’s not what you think, people. Or, maybe it is.


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A dose of 5th District thoughts for you.

I’m not a doctor, nor have I played one on TV. That being said, I’ve got a dose of straight talk and thoughts that’s probably going to make a lot of people mad. I don’t care. Dr. Bruce is about to write you a prescription of random thoughts.


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Bad sign for your city: City Hall may be foreclosed on.

But if they’re going to foreclose City Hall in Buena Vista, the police station’s going with it.


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More problems with DOVES

This is getting ridiculous.


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5th District Republican Primary – Update #3

(Last update: 5th District Republican Primary – Update #2)

Seven days to go until this election is decided is decided in the voting booth. Let’s do a quick update on whats happened in the last two weeks.


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Jigsaw Puzzle of the Day! (6/1)

Today’s a day to celebrate, so have some virtual birthday cake!


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Happy Birthday, SouthsideCentral!

SouthsideCentral is one year old today! Thanks to all of our readers and contributors for making SC a giant success in our first 12 months.


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