Gwinnett County News Now

01/10/2025

Nine months after the death of former President Jimmy Carter, on what would have been his 101st birthday, his hometown of Plains and visitors to it still revere his legacy.

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30/09/2025

After a decade of tantalizing taste buds and chronicling Atlanta's culinary scene, Ligaya Figueras bids adieu to the AJC. Her journey, rich with memories, letters, and local flavors, showcases the heart of a community committed to good food and good company.

Her heartfelt farewell 💌⬇️: https://mrf.lu/cpv9

29/09/2025

Democratic state Rep. Ruwa Romman is running for governor, aiming to carve out a progressive lane in a race for Georgia’s top job that’s already crowded with high-profile contenders.

Her campaign is focused on working-class families, built around a platform to expand social services, reopen shuttered hospitals, raise the minimum wage and, as she put it, “fight for the people and not the corporations and billionaires.”

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28/09/2025

Lowndes and Valdosta jumped inside the top five of the Class 6A rankings after beating top-10 opponents in region play last week.

Here are the latest Georgia high school football rankings. 🏈⬇️

South Georgia county rivals Lowndes and Valdosta move into the top 5 in Class 6A, and 3A-A Private Prince Avenue Christian drops to its lowest ranking since 2021.

22/09/2025

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan are trying to chart a middle course to the Governor's Mansion in 2026. Will it work?

19/09/2025

: The Atlanta-area journalist whose immigration arrest sparked national conversation is facing imminent deportation to his home country of El Salvador, following an immigration appeals court’s decision to order him removed.
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Editor's note: This post has been fixed to correct a typo.

18/09/2025

Double amputee Rodney Taylor finds himself entangled in ICE detention in Georgia. His plea for release raises questions about ICE's commitment to safely detaining individuals with disabilities.

15/09/2025

Invasive Joro spiders are rapidly multiplying across Georgia, doubling their numbers in just three years.

09/09/2025

OPINION: While critics may dismiss their calls as Democratic partisanship, there is clearly a problem at HHS — and it comes from the top. Republican senators see it, too. Now, they have an obligation to act to seek new leadership.

Read the full piece from AJC opinions editor David Plazas: https://bit.ly/4mWuXU8

08/09/2025

Gov. Kemp has long defended the deal to build an electric vehicle plant in Georgia. Now the project is drawing more criticism from within the GOP.

Read more: https://bit.ly/47AYUEw

07/09/2025

Homicides are down about 17% so far this year in Washington, D.C., according to the city’s Metropolitan Police Department. In Atlanta, the decline is even larger: a 25% drop over the same time last year, according to police.

So, what crime numbers are the politicians looking at? It's hard to say.

What crime numbers are the politicians looking at? It’s hard to say.

06/09/2025

On Labor Day 1955, Tom Forkner and Joe Rogers Sr. opened the first Waffle House in DeKalb County. Seventy years later, the chain has grown to more than 2,000 locations in 25 states, including about 400 restaurants in Georgia.

Read on how Waffle House is celebrating and comment your go-to meal 🧇