Gwinnett Daily Post
‘HEARTBROKEN’
The news of the death of Gwinnett County Police Officer Senior Pradeep Tamang and the wounding of Master Police Officer David Reed over the weekend has brought condolences from all levels of government in Georgia, from federal and state officer holders...
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‘WHERE GOD WANTED ME TO BE’
Dr. Candice Richardson’s path to the classroom didn’t follow the traditional route many teachers take. In fact, her path to teaching went through a doctor’s office in the Bahamas, where she grew up in Nassau. You see, Richardson started her...
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‘NO MAJOR ISSUES’
Gwinnett County did get some ice, according to trained spotters for the National Weather Service, but Winter Storm Fern ended up not being the major disaster local officials feared it would be on the county’s roadways. Gwinnett was under an ice storm...
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[INSERT NEW NAME HERE] FIELD
For 15 years, Gwinnettians have only known the home of the Gwinnett Stripers as Coolray Field, but they’re going to have to get used to a new name, for now: Gwinnett Field. Coolray Heating and Air’s longtime contract to hold the baseball stadium’s...
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‘PEACE AND HARMONY’
As Gwinnett County residents prepared to participate in the United Ebony Society of Gwinnett County’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, they were reminded not only of what he did but also what they must do to preserve his legacy. County...
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Snellville opens The Grove’s Towne Center Market
Like most teenagers, Kierra Mays was ready to get out of her hometown of Snellville and see more of the world after she graduated from South Gwinnett High School in 2015. Even she started up her bakery, Keys Cakery, and wanted to move it from a food...
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Lashawna Edwards comes from “a family of givers.” Helping the less fortunate has always been a way of life, so having the tables turned on her was hard. “We’ve done all these things, to find ourselves on the other side of it, sometimes it’s a little...
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‘The greatest privilege’
Jason Lane said that from an early age he knew he was destined to be a teacher. “I had always wanted to be a teacher growing up,” said Lane, who for the last 13-plus years has served as principal at Mill Creek High School. “I really enjoyed school,...
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‘WELL LOVED’
A park that has been popular with Suwanee residents since it opened nearly 30 years ago is getting a major facelift. Suwanee is beginning construction for a nearly $846,000 renovation of Main Street Park this week. The renovation will provide a...
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‘BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER’
Buford resident Lenora Taylor was so inspired by a group of Buddhist monks who are walking across 10 states to promote peace that she had to see them twice on Wednesday. She saw them cross into Gwinnett County near Mt. Carmel Church on Old Stone...
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JOURNALIST MARIO GUEVARA IS ARRESTED AND DEPORTED
Another big story in 2025, not just in Gwinnett, but across the nation, was the federal government’s crackdown on immigration. That story came to Gwinnett in a big way this past summer when journalist Mario Guevara was arrested while covering an...
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‘It’s very expensive to live here’
Jeannie Johnson works two fulltime jobs. The single mother registers patients for hospitals in Atlanta and Snellville. Her four children are grown but two still live at home. Her daughter, Anayah, works full time and has considered moving out. “She...
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CHEERFUL CROWDS
Christmas came early for downtown Lawrenceville and the Atlanta Christkindl Market this year and the gift under the tree was people — lots and lots of people. This year marked the market’s first year at the Lawrenceville Lawn after spending the last...
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TITLE TWOSOME
Gwinnett County’s supremacy in high school football continued with two more state championships this week. Buford won the Class AAAAAA state championship — its 15th all-time and first in Georgia’s largest classification — with a 28-21 victory over...
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FROM STORYBOOK TO CELLO
Cellist Heewon Jeon’s inspiration for her upcoming solo performance at the Gwinnett County Public Library’s Duluth branch was a book she gave her young niece. Jeon, who is in the final months of her PHD program at Indiana University’s prestigious...
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A welcome addition
By first grade, Jennifer Hayduk knew public school was not going to work for her son. Tyler was coming home with scratches on his face, and once or twice with a bruise. His severe autism made communication almost impossible. He could not tell his...
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‘OLD TOWN AMERICAN FEEL’
Lawrenceville residents Avery Boutin and Jordan Lettis had never been to the Atlanta Christkindl Market before this year, but with it now settled in in their hometown, they were eager to check it out. They were among the vast numbers of people who...
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