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Dumbass of the Day! (2/8)

What do you do if you’re frustrated because you don’t have power at your house? Give some utility workers the finger and throw tree limbs in the road!

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Three strikes. You’re out!

The anti-uranium mining foes picked up yet another strike in their attempts at another preemptive ban.

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Fighting back against a notorious speed trap!

This guy’s got his act together.

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One more sign of a very slow news day…

And it’s not even recent news!

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Nature at work

Sometimes you’re just in the right place to snap the perfect photo…

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Scare the hell out of them!

Want a good (but underhanded) tactic to make sure your upcoming Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office budget isn’t cut severely?

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ThreadSpotting: It’s snowing. Let’s have an abortion!

This leap of logic would have taken Evel Knievel completely across the Snake River Canyon.

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Review of Danville’s “Isabel’s Pizza”

Make your way out to Cain Creek Shopping Center and have some great food!

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ZING! of the Day (2/4)

We โ™ฅ snark. We โ™ฅ snarky comments, We โ™ฅ zingers.

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Unions! Unions! We love unions!

Um… not me. Some of the Register & Bee commenters have already started to BBQ this letter writer before I get the chance. That ain’t gonna stop SouthsideCentral.

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$5,350,000 lawsuit filed in Seamster death

With any luck and a small bit of justice, this lawsuit will get tossed out quickly.

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UPDATED: Jeff Clark starts Independent campaign for 5th District House seat

The field gets even more crowded. Catherine Amos, reporter with the Danville Register & Bee, will have an article on this in Wednesday’s newspaper.

UPADTE: The story’s online now.

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LIVE! – Danville City Council Meeting (2/2)

Click the cutline for commentary on tonight’s Danville City Council meeting.

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Happy Trails, Pigs in the Park!

3ยฝ months until Danville’s 36th annual “Festival In The Park”, but a big fan favorite is not coming back.

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TYOB!: Reading “The A-Line” by Jim Alderson

Want some humor with your Virginia Tech (and other colleges, as well) sports commentary?
We’ve got a “Thing You Oughta Be” for you… You oughta be reading “The A-Line” written by Danville’s own Jim Alderson.

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Yuck of the Day!

It’s the new flavor of soft drinks… Yuck!

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Powerball comes to Virginia!

You’ll have 2 more (very remote) chances every week to become a millionaire.

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I quit. I’m also going to beat the snowstorm.

They’re dropping like flies in Brookneal, folks.

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Dumbasses of the Day! (1/29)

You get two for the price of one in this edition!

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Bob McDonnell for Vice-President!

One of Virginia’s best political bloggers has floated up an interesting political theory that partially makes some sense.

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UPDATED: Food Chain! – 5th District Candidates

We made it six days without a political article, so let’s get everybody upset at us with our first “Food Chain!” that ranks the candidates for Virginia’s Republican nomination for the 5th district.

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SoVaLife.com – Check it out!

There’s a new website in the Southside VA area and it’s got a lot to offer. We hope you check it out and visit often!

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Flood Rescue in Halifax County!

Halifax County rescuers saved a woman and two children from a potentially deadly situation today.

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Thumbs! (1/27 edition)

We’ve got Thumbs! and we’re not afraid to use them!

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VideoCentral: Monday Night Live & Mouthy, the Text-Messaging Tabby!

If you missed Monday Night Live last night, you missed one of the funniest shows ever. Mark Childrey & Ken Echols swapped text messages with SouthsideCentral’s very own Mouthy the cat! But don’t worry… we’ve got the video here on SC!

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UPDATED: ThreadSpotting: “I want to ride my bicycle…”

How could we pass up a trainwreck of a thread that features Jesus giving somebody the finger and Hitler? And that’s just the first page!

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Dumbass of the Day! (1/26)

Pants across yo’ face, pants across yo’ face, gonna go to jail for slappin’ pants across yo’ face.

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Rockingham County (NC) road flooding photos

Thanks to the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department for sending out these photos…

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Halifax police investigate rock-throwing vandalism

I’m betting that these vandals will be caught soon.

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(Melancholy) Happy Trails to Frank Deal.

It’s a sad day for the Piedmont Triad and Southside VA as one of the best weathermen and all-around guy passes away at the age of 84.

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