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Police and Fire

Authorities say the 73-year-old victim is in the intensive care unit at Athens Regional Medical Center after being struck repeatedly with a blunt object while she was in bed at her Peacock Drive home Thursday night.

The 73-year-old Oconee County woman who was beaten in her home late Thursday night is improving and no longer in intensive care, according to Sheriff Scott Berry.

The Oconee County, Ga., deputy and suspect struggled near a CSX railroad track. An arrest does not mean a conviction.

Oconee County Sheriff's deputies searched a trailer in Pinewood Estates South mobile home park Friday and seized methamphetamine, marijuana, digital scales, nearly $1,500 and a shotgun.

 

Schools

Assistant Superintendent of Financial Operations Randy Morrison says the fiscal year 2013 budget should be balanced through a combination of raising revenue and cutting expenses.

The new institution's mission statement has also been approved.

North Oconee High School is ranked No. 11 in a U.S. News and World Report survey.

 

Business

The shopping mall, which will include a 16-screen movie theater, is being built along the Oconee Connector Extension.

 

Opinion

Women have more control in the delivery room.

 

Local Voices

-- Lee Becker

-- Laura Leiden

 

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