Lawrenceville GA

Gwinnett County Commission Chair Nicole Love Hendrickson used Friday’s State of the County address to roll out an ambitious redevelopment push aimed at turning long-dormant retail sites and underused land into jobs, housing and research-driven industry. At the center of her pitch: the troubled Gwinnett Place Mall and...

A Georgia jury found Colin Gray, the father of school shooter Colt Gray, guilty on 27 charges in connection with the mass shooting at Apalachee High School. In September 2024, Colin was arrested for second-degree murder after Colt killed two students and two teachers at the high school in Winder, Georgia, and left...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An Atlanta woman was arrested in Florida Tuesday and accused of helping run a fraud ring where scammers call victims and pose as law enforcement. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said D’Zyre Youngblood, 28, scammed a woman out of $79,000 in bitcoin by...

A man has pleaded guilty to murder in the strangling death of a woman in Gwinnett County.

Four Georgians were indicted Friday on accusations they forged checks from a state agency and stole tens of thousands of dollars.

Five years ago, DeKalb County exchanged about a quarter of the land in one of its public parks – including the park entrance – with a company seeking to expand the footprint of its movie studio. In return, the company promised the county new land nearby, funds to...

Gwinnett County prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for 35-year-old Kevin Andrews, the man accused of killing Gwinnett County Police Officer Pradeep Tamang during a February confrontation at a Stone Mountain-area hotel. The Feb. 1 shooting at a Holiday Inn Express also left Master Police Officer David...

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Battery company SK Battery America Inc. laid off nearly 1,000 workers at a manufacturing plant northeast of Atlanta on Friday amid automakers’ changing electrification plans and uncertain consumer demand for EVs. The company said Friday marked the last working day for 958 plant employees, about 37%...

A strong thunderstorm was moving northeast through parts of Gwinnett and Walton counties Saturday afternoon, prompting a special weather statement from the National Weather Service. What’s Happening: At 3:27 p.m., the storm was over Loganville, about 9 miles southeast of Lawrenceville, moving northeast at 5 mph. The...

A Georgia man found himself in hot water after he was allegedly captured on camera shoving kids over on their bikes, sending one careening into a fountain. The Sandy Springs Police released video footage of the alleged “juvenile bicycle assault” March 4 while announcing the arrest of Stephen Catterton.