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Witness: Woman killed was in funeral procession
An 80-year-old woman killed Friday afternoon in a Gwinnett County crash was at the end of a funeral procession, according to witnesses.The woman and an elderly man, who was driving, were in a maroon sedan traveling behind the motorcycle officer assisting with traffic control for the procession, Margi Philbin told ...
East-west transit trip reveals riders’ woes
Two and a half hours. That’s about how long it takes to fly nonstop from Atlanta to New York City. It’s also how long it took me to travel from Duluth to Marietta on metro Atlanta’s public transit systems. Is this the best that a world-class city can do? Voters ...
Making the trip by car a stop-and-go affair
When we started this venture, reporter Andria Simmons and I joked that I might be getting the worst end of the deal. Everyone knows that battling traffic in metro Atlanta — especially during morning rush hour — is usually an extremely frustrating task. However, I knew that Atlanta Journal-Constitution readers ...
Lawmakers focus on transit coordination
When the transportation sales tax referendum sank last year, many feared metro Atlanta transit was doomed to remain disjointed and underfunded. Funding challenges remain, but an effort is under way at the state Capitol to unite the Atlanta region’s four major transit providers and create a more seamless system. A ...
3 Norcross teens arrested on rape charges
Three Norcross teenagers have been arrested and charged in the rape of a woman behind a restaurant on Buford Highway. Victor Cruz-Ramirez, 16, Marvin Leonel Sanchez, 16, and Kevin Dominguez, 18, are students at Norcross High School, according to police. They have been charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated battery, ...
Our Town: Norcross Artists create doors to hope
Shelly Howard finds inspiration in the oddest places. One of her latest brainstorms struck in the middle of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Lawrenceville. “I wasn’t that familiar with the store and how it connected to Habitat, but I’d heard they had a lot of interesting pieces,” said Howard, ...
No charge for class lesson, Gwinnett officials say
Some Gwinnett County parents complained this week when they thought their middle schools students were going to be charged 10 cents an assignment, 20 cents for lost assignments and $10 for the use of their desks. The parents hadn’t received or read emails that were sent out about an eighth ...
Norcross Station Café closing, lease outbid
The landmark Norcross Station Café’ has lost a bid to renew their lease for the historic 100-year old train depot located at the center of town. As required by Georgia law, Norcross opened the lease up for sealed bid at the end of December. Two sealed bids were submitted with ...
Cops: Serial robbers targeted Asian women
A robbery duo that police said targeted Asian women in three counties in two states is now behind bars. Investigators believe the robberies began in April and continued until last week, when the two were arrested in Orange County, Fla., according to Cpl. Jake Smith with Gwinnett County police. Darnell ...
Woodstock man wins $5 million
Gregg Barnes thought he was seeing things. The 50-year-old Woodstock man bought a Georgia Lottery ticket on his lunch break, scratched it in his car, and realized he was a $5 million winner. “It hasn’t sunk in yet,” the father of two said. Barnes cashed in playing the instant game ...
Fuqua team picked to develop Peachtree Corners project
A $150 million mixed-use town center in Peachtree Corners is a step closer to reality after the city’s downtown development authority selected a group to develop more than 20 acres of city-owned land. Fuqua Development, apartment giant AMLI Residential and Pope & Land Enterprises were named the “top-ranked” team for ...
Indicted Sen. Balfour posts bond
State Sen. Don Balfour, R-Snellville, posted a $5,000 bond Tuesday and was released from the Fulton County jail after being charged last week with 18 counts of filing false expense claims and theft.Balfour’s indictment is based on allegations that he charged the state for expenses on days he did not ...
Gwinnett reports reduction in crime, increase in trust
Gwinnett reports reduction in crime, increase in trust
Norcross company buys Harlem Globetrotters
Hershend Family Entertainment Corp., a Norcross-based company that operates Stone Mountain Park and Dollywood in Tennessee, said it has acquired the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.HFE, which owns or operates 26 entertainment properties across the country, said Harlem Globetrotters International Inc. will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Financial terms of the ...
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