The Latest Breaking News from Gwinnett County

Gun incidents, lockdowns stir anxiety among metro Atlanta students

ATLANTA — Black is the only color Gwinnett County student Taylor Jones wears to school.

Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023

More US counties lack a clear racial majority — and people are getting along pretty well, experts say

Some booming suburbs, many of them in the Sun Belt, are becoming as racially diverse as major coastal cities — and often with less racial conflict.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Georgia voter sues over false election fraud accusation in ‘2000 Mules’

ATLANTA — An auditor from Gwinnett County who was falsely accused of election fraud in the film “2000 Mules” is suing the movie’s makers, Dinesh D’Souza and True the Vote, alleging they lied to advance a phony narrative at his expense.

Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022

Education takes an unusual back seat in Georgia election

Both Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams are touting education proposals in Georgia's race for governor

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna posts bond following DUI arrest

ATLANTA — Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested in Gwinnett County on Friday on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, Norcross police said.

Tribune News Service · Aug 19, 2022

Braves’ Marcell Ozuna Arrested for DUI Early Friday Morning

The left fielder was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail a little after 4 a.m.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 19, 2022

Snoop Dogg starring in football comedy film ‘The Underdoggs’ shooting in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Snoop Dogg, who shot some scenes last year in Gwinnett County for the upcoming Netflix vampire hunter film “Day Shift,” will be back in metro Atlanta soon for a new comedy, “The Underdoggs.”

Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022

Big Tech fails on Big Lie vigilantism

Trumpworld is using social media to chase down a fictional breed of fraudster known as a “ballot mule”

Salon · Jun 22, 2022

How 2 competitive districts in Georgia became a very red one and a very blue one

Redrawn congressional maps pit two Democratic incumbents against each other in the Atlanta suburbs.

WEKU · May 23, 2022

Georgia voters showed us these 3 things about the fall election

NPR asked 36 people in Democratic-leaning Gwinnett County and Republican-leaning Forsyth County, Ga., what's on their minds heading into the midterms. Their answers are relevant to the entire country.

WEKU · May 22, 2022