Gwinnett County News Archives

Gwinnett County authorities said an Auburn man was killed and his passenger critically injured in a Friday afternoon accident.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Rescuers have found the bodies of two people killed after a small airplane crashed Friday afternoon in Gwinnett County.

Authorities in Georgia say two people are believed dead after a small plane hit an Atlanta-area house and burst into flames.

A judge has ruled in favor of Gwinnett County's 15 municipalities in their tax dispute with the county.

A spa in Gwinnett County was busted for offering more than massages, police said.

Arrest warrants were sworn out Thursday for two former Gwinnett County narcotics investigators, one of whom is accused of using county funds to pay for a motel room and items at an adult novelty store.

Investigators with the Gwinnett County Police Narcotics unit Tuesday announced the successful conclusion of a long term narcotics operation.

A Gwinnett County church has been dealing with a smelly problem. Members of the church have been finding dead animals at the cemetery behind the church.

Two other districts have joined a lawsuit filed by Gwinnett County Schools last month alleging that the Georgia Charter Schools Commission is illegal.

What do a Hispanic grocery store, a mobile home in Lawrenceville and a ranch house in Dacula have in common? All three were bases of operation for eight local drug pushers who were arrested during a four-month-long investigation, Gwinnett County police announced at a press conference on Monday.

Gwinnett County Police have issued a "Mattie's Call" for a missing 81-year-old man.

A Duluth man who says he is in the U.S. illegally was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for stabbing his married lover to death and then fleeing the state.

This week a judge told 17-year-old Jonathan Redding to tell a grand jury tomorrow who was with him on the night John Henderson was killed at the Standard Food & Spirits.

The Drug Enforcement Administration says raids conducted in suburban Gwinnett County have led to dozens of arrests.

A woman charged in the fatal shooting of her daughter-in-law in a parking lot is being held at the Gwinnett County jail without bond.

As about a dozen kids looked on from the police tape, a swarm of undercover agents brought out all the makings for methamphetamine from a home on La Maison Drive in Gwinnett County.

Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter says he's concerned about the lack of emergency notification when a defendant removes an electronic ankle monitor.

Police say a 32-year-old man whose car plunged into a sinkhole after a Gwinnett County road was washed out by heavy rains last month has been arrested.

The man whose car ended up in a Gwinnett County sinkhole is now under arrest, charged in the incident.

A county north of Atlanta has sown so many seeds in its blueprint's three years that Nick Maseno, a top executive in Gwinnett County's Economic Development & Partnership initiative, claims he's had 500 interviews on the subject.

Gwinnett County police said one person was killed in a crash Friday afternoon. The one-vehicle crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. on Georgia Highway 124 at Hog Mountain Road.

The State Ethics Commission wants more information before deciding whether Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine's campaign for governor received illegal contributions.

Lilburn Police met with the 25-year-old woman at a library near her home around noon on Saturday to investigate accusations that Hendryx Colon, 45, caused superficial injuries by striking her with his fists.

Gwinnett County commissioners laid the groundwork Tuesday for what has been termed the largest economic initiative in the county's history, approving a measure to permit creation of five tax allocation districts.

Authorities have identified the three sisters who died after becoming trapped by a fire in their Duluth townhome.

Gwinnett County police are searching for a 26-year-old man wanted for allegedly killing a motorist following a Sept.

According to Louis Svehla, the Public Information Director for the Richmond County School System, a bullet was fired into a bus that was returning from Gwinnett County with All County Chorus students from Cross Creek High School and Murphey Middle School.

This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools.

Authorities say a fire trapped three girls in a suburban Atlanta townhouse, killing two of them and leaving another in critical condition.

A fatal fire in Gwinnett County has killed two teens and left one in critical condition.

Gwinnett County school board members say they remain opposed to the existence of an independent Georgia Charter Schools Commission after hearing pleas from supporters of a charter school it had rejected.

The Gwinnett County district attorney said he will not pursue charges against the fiancee of a Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department deputy who was shot and killed in April.

FYI: Just got this press release. It should be a lively assemblage tomorrow at the Gwinnett Board meeting.

Gwinnett County police arrested a mother on child cruelty charges after she allegedly sprayed her son in the eyes with cleaning fluid and locked him out of their apartment as punishment.

Police have ruled the shooting deaths of a man and woman who were found on the side of a Buford road as a murder-suicide. The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday that 67-year-old Margie Gibbs shot and killed 53-year-old Jimmy Watts before turning the gun on herself Saturday.

A fatal double shooting in Buford Saturday has now been ruled a murder-suicide. Gwinnett Police spokesman Brian Kelly said 67-year-old Margie Gibbs of Columbus shot 53-year-old Jimmy Watts of Tiger multiple times before turning the gun on herself.

The grapevine out here in Gwinnett is very active these days, all thanks for Gwinnett DA Danny Porter.

People who depend on Gwinnett County Transit are questioning the reliability and safety of buses, after a fire forced everyone off a bus last Wednesday.

Lt. David Butler appeared on track to become a senior executive in the Gwinnett County Police Department until allegations of theft derailed his career this summer.

Gwinnett County investigators are trying to determine the relationship between the man and woman found fatally shot on the side of a Buford road, and whether anyone else was involved in the killings, police said.

The school system is in the process of building 5 new elementary schools and one new middle school.

A disaster recovery center opened this week to assist residents and business owners who were victims of recent flooding.

A Gwinnett County family escaped from their burning home Tuesday night after a fire in their fireplace sparked a chimney fire that spread to the attic.