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Gwinnett Animal Welfare to offer free adoptions during Clear the Shelters event
Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement is set to join several shelters and rescues in the nationwide Clear the Shelters adoption drive Saturday. Gwinnett Animal Welfare will offer free pet adoptions and host a celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare center. The celebration will feature activities, crafts, music, local vendors, and more.
GCPS to host 5K race this fall to support Book Mobile
7:00 a.m. - Packet Pick-Up and Registration. 5K Early Bird Registration - $30 on or before August 29. Family Discount - (4+ registrants) $5.00 discount per registrant. J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center (ISC) 437 Old Peachtree Road NW. Suwanee, GA 30024. Links:. Registered participants have two options for getting...
Teagle, defense lead Cougars in season opener
Conditions did not seem favorable. A young Newnan Cougar team traveled to Gwinnett County to play an opponent that qualified for the playoffs last year, and storms were on the way. The Cougars scored on their first drive of the game and the final drive before halftime and withstood a...
Why a developer is building $2,400 rental townhomes in Gwinnett
A metro Atlanta-based homebuilder is following through on plans to build inside rapidly growing Gwinnett County. <\p> Vertical construction has begun on Parkland Residential’s Sugarloaf Landing, a build-to-rent townhome project about 40 miles east of Atlanta. <\p>
Man paralyzed in attempted robbery shooting sentenced to life in prison
A man who was left paralyzed during a 2021 attempted robbery that left another man dead has been handed a life prison sentence for the attack.Twenty-year-old Jaiden Williams was 17 when he shot Orbit Pough III, 17, on 26 July 2021 in Grayson, Georgia, about 37 miles from Atlanta.Last week, a Gwinnett County jury found Williams, who is from Buford, guilty of two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, criminal attempt to commit a felony and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, according to WSB-TV.Williams met Pough in the parking lot of a Kroger grocery...
Jury selection to begin in retrial of man accused in daughter’s death
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Gwinnett County father accused of child cruelty will go before a judge for a new trial this week in connection to the death of his young daughter after a mistrial was declared. Cledir Barros’s 8-year-old daughter – Sayra – was beaten to death...
InterSearchMedia’s Growth Continues with Atlanta Digital Marketing Office
After nearly two decades of impactful work in New York City, Dr. Celestine Chukumba, Ph.D., has expanded his influence by opening a new office for InterSearchMedia in Gwinnett County, Atlanta. This move is significant, reflecting Dr. Chukumba’s unique blend of economic expertise and deep involvement in the music industry, particularly in the thriving Afrobeats scene.
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