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Investigation reveals auto theft ring

...March. Two were taken from residential areas.Three were taken from Interstate 20 ? two in Aiken County and one in Madison County, Ga. The two remaining vehicles were taken from Bobby Jones Express way and Willis Fore man Road.Police have charged...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-18/investigation-reveals-
After fake heroes steal valor, real heroes fight to get it back

...battle a fake Marine?A real Marine.Jay Town served as a Marine major. Now he's an assistant D.A. with the Madison County District Attorney's Office in Huntsville, Ala., and chairs the Executive Council of the Congressional Medal of Honor...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/joe-hotchkiss-columns/2013-03-31/after-fake
Police continue to investigate death of Athens banker

...missing on Jan. 16, they interviewed Blockum, who told them that the day before he and Parker had viewed some land in Madison County for the poultry company, after which time Parker dropped off Blockum at his home, between 4 and 4:30 p.m. Jan...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-01-15/who-killed-athens-bank
Dr. Janice Turner Ph.D.

...Turner, PhD, entered into rest Monday, February 4, 2013 at Harbor Chase Assisted Living Facility in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama after an extended illness. Visitation will be at Platt's Funeral Home, North Belair Road Chapel on Sunday...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000162928453
More charges against buxom Athens shoplifter

...created public spectacles before, like when she was arrested in January for shoplifting at a grocery in Madison County.The Madison County Journal reported that when the officer tried to take Appling into custody, she started taking her clothes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-07-11/more-charges-against-b
GBI asks public's help in solving the killing of Athens banker whose body was found in well

...at a church in Lithonia on Jan. 15.Later that day, Parker went with another man to inspect a piece of land in Madison County, authorities said.Parker's wife filed a missing person report with police in Monroe on Jan. 16 after he didn't...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-07-15/gbi-asks-publics-help-solving
Hoy Payne

...Hoy Dale Payne, age 73 of KyFields died Friday, September 28, 2012. Mr. Payne was born March 7, 1939 in Madison County and was a resident of North Augusta, SC for most of his life and a resident of Weaverville since 2000. He retired...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000160219826
BCS agrees on idea of playoff

...football coach Benjamin Blacknall died. He was 63. The university said in a statement that Blacknall died Wednesday. Madison County Coroner Craig Whisenant said Thursday that the probable cause of death was a diabetic coma.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/2012-04-26/bcs-agrees-idea-playoff
Athens shoplift suspect pepper-sprays pursuers

...officer, police said.At the time, she was wanted for a felony probation violation because of a shoplifting arrest in Madison County in January, according to Clarke County Superior Court records.Authorities in Oconee and Fulton counties also had...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-05-25/athens-shoplift-suspec
Arkansas' Bobby Petrino feels 'fortunate' after motorcycle accident

...51-year-old said he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, which occurred on Arkansas Highway 16 in Madison County ? about 20 miles southeast of Fayetteville. State law does not require an adult rider wear a helmet, but Petrino...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/2012-04-03/arkansas-bobby-petrino-fe