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Danville City Council Race – Update #5

(Last update – Danville City Council Race – Update #4)

The candidate forums are now finished, and it’s time to see what the five candidates for the four Danville City Council seats have to do to win.


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Lynchburg animal control officer kills bear

And I’m pissed about it… seriously pissed. What a waste of a beautiful example of wildlife.


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Some thoughts about today’s Danville City Council forum

The five candidates for City Council got together today at Danville’s Liberty Hill Baptist Church for a forum sponsored by the Danville Ministerial Alliance. Let’s go to some random thoughts…


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How about some BBQ with your anesthesia?

It’s Two for the Price of One! And they’ll throw in some interior design work as a bonus.


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Five injured in Danville DUI crash


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BREAKING: Body of Kolton Karnes found in Dan River

It’s sad news, but it will bring closure to the family.


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Tom Perriello opens Danville campaign office

November 2nd is a long way away, but the first campaign office has opened in Danville. (Caution: This is in the OpinionCentral category for a reason.)


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Photos from Saturday’s Piedmont Mall Cruise-In

Danville’s Piedmont Mall held there first Cruise-In of the season on Saturday night. SouthsideCentral was there for some photos.


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Danville’s newest “movie star”?

Some guy originally from Danville is now a “movie” “star”. (Yes, those “quote marks” are “supposed” to be there.) Whoopee.


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“Danville Tonight” on StarNews at 7:15!

The Friday edition of “Danville Tonight” is now back on WGSR (Star News)!


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Ward Armstrong’s latest publicity stunt

Ward Armstrong must not have seen his name in the spotlight lately.


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Some thoughts about the DPC Chamber’s candidate forum…

Tuesday morning, the Danville-Pittsylvania Chamber of Commerce sponsored a breakfast meeting at the Stratford Courtyard Conference Center. The five candidates for Danville City Council had a chance to address the business community. Let’s take a look at what happened in yet another “random thoughts” format article. 😉


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Some thoughts about the drowning incident…

By now, everybody’s heard of the tragic story of the drowning incident involving a 5-year old boy at Danville’s Dan Daniel Park. Here’s some thoughts about the incident…


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Dr. Dognapper has his day in court.

Forty hours of community service and a $1,000 fine for hauling his neighbor’s dogs 50 miles and dropping them off at an animal shelter. Seriously.


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Economic development announcement coming up on Tuesday

At this time, we’ve got no idea what it’s about. As soon as we get details, we’ll let you know.


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Hey, Paula? You got busted!

Over a year ago, I issued a challenge to the Gazette-Virginian columnists to quit reprinting forwarded emails. Needless to say, they didn’t change their ways and this past week, Paula Bryant (the editor) got busted for reprinting copyrighted material.


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ThreadSpotting: “You’re gonna make it after all!”

Some new blood flows into the HalifaxTalk message board and gets caught up in two trainwrecks within a month. Yep, he’s going to fit in just fine. Giant thanks go out to the three people who sent this in as a ThreadSpotting potential!


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Some thoughts about today’s Danville Tea Party “Freedom Rally”

The Danville Tea Party sponsored a “Freedom Rally” at Danville’s Ballou Park today. Let’s take a look at what happened using the infamous “random thoughts” format.


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Photos from Friday night’s Reidsville Cruise-In

Friday night was a great time over in Reidsville NC, as the first Cruise-In of the season got underway. Here’s a photo slideshow of some of the participants.


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Danville Tea Party’s “Freedom Rally” – Saturday (4/10)

It’s happening at Danville’s Ballou Park on Saturday. We’re going to try and attend.


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It’s Reidsville Cruise-In time! (4/9)

Friday night starts the Cruise-In season over in Reidsville NC. WGSR-TV and SouthsideCentral will be there LIVE!


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Danville City Council Meeting (4/6) – LIVE!

Click the cutline to go to a Cover It Live! archive of what happened at tonight’s Danville City Council Meeting.


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“I’m Robert Hurt, who the hell are you?”

Ouch. Laurance Verga takes a gamble and it doesn’t pay off.


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ThreadSpotting: “I’m right. You’re going to hell.”

Who said HalifaxTalk was dead? There’s still some signs of trainwreck life over there.


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Updated: “Who’s #1?” – Dead Shopping Centers

It’s time to see “Who’s #1?” again, and this time we’re talking about the area’s shopping centers and malls that have seen better days…much better days.

(Update #1: We’ve added two more in-bad-shape shopping centers to the list thanks to some comments.)


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