Former town clerk charged with theft in New Ellenton
Kimberly Ashley Bledsoe former town clerk faces theft charges for allegedly siphoning about 97 611 dollars from New Ellenton utilities and municipal accounts between December 1999 and February 2002. She was arrested and held on a 25 000 dollar bond at the Aiken County Detention Center.
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New Ellenton
Kimberly Ashley Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Ellenton
Ber
Dennis Bledsoe
Aiken County
Barbar
Morgan
S. C. Law Enforcement Division
Red Carpet Awards Honor Aiken Schools
Aiken County Board of Education members presented red carpets to North Aiken Elementary, Aiken Elementary, and Jackson Middle School for winning Red Carpet awards from the State Department of Education. Principals Rhonda Ray Sharon Foret Cagle Dr David Yates and Dr Angela Burkhalter accepted the recognition during the Tuesday meeting.
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Aiken County Board of Education
North Aiken
Aiken
Jackson Middle
State Department of Education
State Department
Rhonda Ray
Sharon Foret Cagle
Jackson
David Yates
Angela Burkhalter
North Augusta
Distressed psychiatric patient escapes EMS sparking multi-vehicle crash
At 8:22 pm Tuesday the Aiken County Sheriff's Office ordered an ambulance to US 1 and Cherokee Drive to transport Christopher Alexander Smith to Aurora Pavilion Behavioral Health Center. The escape led to a three car collision on the Aiken Augusta highway and involvement in a stolen vehicle. See collision page.
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Aiken-Augusta
Aiken County
Murder defendant claims self defense
Prosecutor says Charles Barton shot unarmed men four times and twice, then asked a neighbor to hide the guns. Barton faces life if convicted for the October 2001 killing of Jonathan Kitchings and assault on Patrick Weber. He did not testify as his defense hinges on self defense.
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Charles Richard Barton
Jonathan Kitchings
Patrick Nelson Weber
Heould
Barton
Ben Moore
Kitchings
Weber
Jason Jones
Nau
Tilus Street Nomin
Moore
SKS
Kelley Brown
Tennis complex plans adjust for better high school matches
Crews grade for 12 tennis courts at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center as City Council weighs changing from eight hydro clay and four asphalt surfaces to secure six asphalt courts. The plan aims to accommodate Silver Bluff and Aiken High Schools for practice and matches, with two matches on southern courts and four on newer ones, improving coach access to all games.
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H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Jane Vaughters
Bush says Saddam a menace. may attack without full ally support
The Bush administration portrays Saddam Hussein as a danger to world and regional peace and signals a possible US strike without waiting for complete allied backing. Rumsfeld stresses prioritizing right action over unanimity amid Bush Hussein discussions with Prince Bandar at Crawford Texas.
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Washington
Bush
Saddam Hussein
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Crawford
Texas
Saudi Arabia
Prince Bandar bin Sultan
White House
Ali Fleischer
Fleisch
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