News from the Black Community of Gwinnett County Georgia.
The Republicans of Gwinnett County are attempting to change the political game in a now Democratic-run county commission. Here is a reprint of an article written by Greg Bluestein and Tyler Wilkins …
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Gwinnett County Sheriff Department arrested Brittany Hall, 27 and her domestic partner after finding Hall’s 8-year-old daughter dead. Hall initially lied and reported her daughter missing. Read the full story below.
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By By Arielle Kass, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution For the first time in living memory, Gwinnett County commissioners this week acknowledged the lynching of Charles Hale 110 years ago in Lawrenceville’s downtown …
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By Arielle Kass, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gwinnett County will distribute more than $12 million in coronavirus relief funding to nonprofits for help with housing and other pandemic needs. And federal money …
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Richard Garcia and Dominique Horton are opening Reyna’s Espresso and Sweets on West Crogan Street in downtown Lawrenceville. The new business will start serving coffee, espresso-based drinks, smoothies, tea and desserts before the …
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The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (AJC) reports the Gwinnett County Board of Education voted 3-2 on Thursday to buy out the contract of Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks almost a year …
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by Brian Hill for Fox 5 Atlanta | Reprint African-Americans who grew up in Gwinnett Count before schools were desegregated likely attended the Hooper-Renwick School. It was the only public …
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Gwinnett County will have a new sheriff for the first time in more than two decades. Sheriff-elect Keybo Taylor received 57% of the county’s vote against Republican Luis “Lou” Solis …
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Despite voting for Joe Biden eighteen percentage points greater than Donald Trump and electing what will be a 5-0 Democratic majority county commission starting in January, Gwinnett County voters showed …
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Democrats remain optimistic Georgia will go to Biden Among the new elected leaders taking control of Gwinnett is the country’s first-ever Black sheriff, Keybo Taylor. “I think it finally hit …
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