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Danville Farmers Market – Part #1

The Danville Farmers Market is back in full swing, and SouthsideCentral was there. Let’s start a series of PhotoCentral articles showing you what was going on Saturday morning!


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BREAKING: Suspect Sought In Caswell County Double Murder

We’re just getting this information from the Caswell County Sheriff’s Office.


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YouCentral: Neal Morris on Danville Crime

SouthsideCentral is always glad to publish letters to the community from our readers. In today’s YouCentral, Neal Morris talks about the recent uptick in Danville crime.


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“The Little Mermaid Jr.” – Part #5

You’ve got two shows left in the run of “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at Danville’s Historic North Theatre. The North Star Theatre Project has put 46 local kids on the stage, and you can go see their terrific production on Saturday night at 7:30PM & a Sunday matinee at 2:30 PM. Tickets are only $15 (children & students $10) and active duty service members are free with military ID. You can get your tickets in advance by clicking on this link that will take you to the North Theatre’s webpage.

We’ve published four PhotoCentral articles in this series, with the links down below the cutline. We left off showing the beautiful costumes, and we’ll continue that here in Part #5.


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“The Little Mermaid Jr.” – Part #4

This is the last weekend for you to go see the North Star Theatre Project and their production of “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at Danville’s Historic North Theatre! There’s two shows left in the run, and that’s Saturday night at 7:30PM & a Sunday matinee at 2:30 PM. Tickets are only $15 (children & students $10) and active duty service members are free with military ID. You can get your tickets in advance by clicking on this link that will take you to the North Theatre’s webpage.

In this article in our PhotoCentral series, you’ll see some of the beautiful costumes in the play. I hope to see you there Saturday night!


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NumbersCentral: Who Placed What & Where?

In the May 3rd Danville City Council election, there were 18 different precincts reporting in to make the final vote total. In this NumbersCentral analysis of the results, we’re going to see who did what and where they did it. (That’s probably horrible grammar, but so be it.)


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NumbersCentral: Voter Precinct Statistics

The numbers are in and SouthsideCentral is churning them into interesting reports. In this first NumbersCentral from the May 3rd Danville City Council elections, we’re going to take a look at what precincts turned out the highest percentage of voters. We’ll also take a look at which precincts turned out the most voters.


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BreakDown: The Danville/Duke Energy Settlement

We’ve got our copy of the official Danville/Duke Energy settlement agreement for the coal ash spill. Let’s look at it and then do a comprehensive look at what’s in it.

Let’s do a BreakDown.


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2016 Old South Ball (Part #5)

While we’re waiting for the “OFFICIAL” sign to light up on the Danville City Council election toteboard, we’re going to catch up on some PhotoCentral series. We’re heading back to April 2nd and getting our fifth article in the series of the “Old South Ball” held at Danville’s Community Market. We’ve got the links to the first four articles in this series below the cutline, so catch back up and enjoy the beautiful costumes and decorations!


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RandomThoughts: After The Election

We’ve got a lot of SouthsideCentral articles coming up that will go in-depth on what happened in the 2016 Danville City Council election, but let’s get started with a quick bunch of RandomThoughts on election things. Oh yeah, before we get started…

I CALLED IT!

Anyway, on we go!


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The Worst Political Endorsement Of This Cycle

Sadly, really (and I mean really, really, REALLY kind of really) stupid people may just fall for this. Virgil Goode must have ran out of things to say.


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QuickHits! (5/1/16)

It’s been a few weeks, so let’s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eyes over the last few weeks. Sunday is QuickHits day!


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RandomThoughts: The City Council Election Edition

When I started writing this article, there were 72 hours left until the polls close in the 2016 Danville City Council election. It’s been one of the most bizarre elections that I’ve ever covered, so it’s time to think randomly about what’s happened, what’s happening now and what will happen. Let’s get started!


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“The Little Mermaid Jr.” – Part #3

We’re moving along with our PhotoCentral article series on the North Star Theatre Project and their upcoming production at Danville’s Historic North Theatre! Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” is about ready to premiere. Shows are this coming Friday & Saturday (4/29 & 4/30) at 7:30 PM and a Sunday (5/1) matinee at 2PM. They’ll run the same schedule for the weekend after that. Tickets are only $15 (children & students $10) and active duty service members are free with military ID. You can get your tickets in advance by clicking on this link that will take you to the North Theatre’s webpage.

We’ve already published Part #1 & Part #2 in the series. Let’s get Part #3 started!


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“The Little Mermaid Jr.” – Part #2

Let’s continue with our PhotoCentral article series on the North Star Theatre Project and their upcoming production at Danville’s Historic North Theatre! Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” is about ready to premiere. Shows are this coming Friday & Saturday (4/29 & 4/30) at 7:30 PM and a Sunday (5/1) matinee at 2PM. They’ll run the same schedule for the weekend after that. Tickets are only $15 (children & students $10) and active duty service members are free with military ID. You can get your tickets in advance by clicking on this link that will take you to the North Theatre’s webpage.

When we left off in Part #1, we were about ready for rehearsal to start. Let’s keep going!


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BREAKING: Pittsylvania County Standoff In Progress

UPDATE: The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed our original story in an 11 PM press release.

We’ve gotten the sourcing needed to publish this breaking news story.


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BreakDown: Danville City Council Campaign Funding (UPDATED)

Running a political campaign can be expensive, even at the local governmental level. So where is all of the major money coming from for this year’s Danville City Council election? SouthsideCentral has the answers after a lot of research. Let’s do a detailed look at each candidate’s contributions, starting with the incumbents and moving to the challengers.

We call this a BreakDown.


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Parking Jerk of the Day! (4/26/16)

If SouthsideCentral was a scourge of the internet clickbait site, our teaser line would be…

YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!

…but we’d never do that to our readers. Heh.


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“The Little Mermaid Jr.” – Part #1

It’s time for the North Star Theatre Project to put on another terrific show at Danville’s Historic North Theatre! This time, it’s Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” and it’s the biggest cast ever with over 45 cast members. Shows are this coming Friday & Saturday (4/29 & 4/30) at 7:30 PM and a Sunday (5/1) matinee at 2PM. They’ll run the same schedule for the weekend after that. Tickets are only $15 (children & students $10) and active duty service members are free with military ID. You can get your tickets in advance by clicking on this link that will take you to the North Theatre’s webpage.

We’re going to do a series of PhotoCentral articles in the next few days showing you some photos of the cast, the set, the crew and everything that’s happening to get the show ready. In our first article, we’ll take a look at the set and decorations. Let’s get started!


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Parking Jerk of the Day! (4/25/16)

It’s the last full week of campaigning for Danville City Council elections, so let’s take a breather from that action. Let’s point & laugh at a Parking Jerk of the Day!


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State Police Statement on Sunday Morning’s Halifax Shooting

SouthsideCentral was the first media source to confirm and publish that a shooting occurred last night at the VFW in Halifax. We are now publishing the full statement from the Virginia State Police for you to read.


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SouthsideRoundup! (4/24/16)

The SouthsideCentral brand isn’t just this website. It’s also our SouthsideCentral Facebook page, our Twitter account and our Instagram account. We also dabble with Tumblr & Flickr at times, and you can always find me on my own personal Facebook page.

This website is designed more for long-form articles and photo articles, so I strongly encourage you to follow as many SouthsideCentral branded social media feeds as you can handle. If you follow us, we’ll follow you. When we get breaking news or fast-paced happenings in the region, you’ll find those items on our other feeds immediately.

That’s why I’ve created the “SouthsideRoundup” category. This is where you’ll find a recap of some of the other content that we’ve published. It’s meant to be a quick recap of what’s been happening elsewhere in SouthsideCentral land. Let’s get to our first Roundup!


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Dan River District Friends of Scouting Wild Game Dinner Fundraiser (Part #2)

Earlier today, we published Part #1 of a PhotoCentral series from Thursday night’s Wild Game Dinner Fundraiser hosted by the Dan River District Friends of Scouting. The event was held at the Big Sky Ranch in Caswell County. District Commissioner Steve Adkins was kind enough to get us some photos from the event, and we’re glad to publish these articles so you can see what happened.


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Dan River District Friends of Scouting Wild Game Dinner Fundraiser (Part #1)

On Thursday night, the Dan River District Friends of Scouting held a wild game dinner fundraiser at the Big Sky ranch in Caswell County (NC). Thanks to District Commissioner Steve Adkins, we’ve got a pair of PhotoCentral articles from the event. Let’s go take a look at what happened.


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Racin’ & Tastin’ 2016 – Part #6

It’s Saturday, so let’s have a little bit of fun. We’ll continue with our PhotoCentral series from last weekend’s Racin’ & Tastin’ 2016 event held out Danville’s Community Market. Last weekend, we published five article in the series. We’ve got those links below the cutline so that you can catch up. Let’s keep the series going!


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