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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Police in Gwinnett County need the public’s help in finding a missing 13-year-old boy who was last seen on Wednesday evening. According to the police, Noel Tapia was last seen around 5:30 p.m. leaving through the back door of his house. He was seen at the intersection of Scenic Highway and Sugarloaf Highway around 7:30 p.m., police say.

Gwinnett County is set to unveil its recommendations for future transit and transportation enhancements at a series of upcoming meetings from June 5-14. At these meetings residents can share their thoughts on preliminary concepts for bicycle facilities, multiuse paths and sidewalks, transit expansion and other improvements throughout the county. The...

On Point with Juandolyn Stokes welcomed Dr. Lisa Shell and her Attorney Corey Martin to discuss the assault on Dr. Shell’s 9-year-old son by a school administrator. Dr. Shell works as a Detention Supervisor at the school her son attends.

In Duluth, a gun store owner says that enough is enough, and that he’s closing his store down due to the past two years of gun violence and young victims.

Gwinnett County in Georgia is where suburban comforts meet metropolitan lifestyle. Located in the north central part of the state, it is one of the most diverse counties in the nation. The county was created in 1818 and was named after Button Gwinnett, an American Founding Father and one of...

Instruction: People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. A strong thunderstorm is expected to affect northwestern DeKalb, west central Gwinnett, and east central Fulton Counties until 7:00 PM EDT. The storm was detected over Peachtree Corners at 6:35 PM EDT, moving southwest at a speed of 15 mph. The hazards from the storm include wind speeds of 40 to 50 mph, pea-sized hail, and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. Although radar indicated these hazards, the impact may result in minor damage to tree limbs and unsecured objects being blown around. The locations that will be impacted include Peachtree Corners, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Dunwoody, Duluth, Lilburn, Chamblee, Norcross, Doraville, Berkeley Lake, Tucker, North Decatur, North Atlanta, and Mechanicsville. The maximum hail size will be 0.25 inches, and the maximum wind gust will be 50 mph.

The Gwinnett County Chamber has announced Marlene M. Fosque has been hired as its new vice president of economic development. A release from the Gwinnett Chamber said Fosque will lead the Partnership Gwinnett initiative in her new role. She has more than 20 years of corporate business experience and served...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The family of a 14-year-old girl is desperately searching for where she is after she left her Gwinnett County high school over a week ago and never came home. Ashley Nevaeh Bell walked out of Parkview High School in Lilburn on May 24 around 10...

Gwinnett County Public Schools police are asking the public for help to find a Parkview High School freshman who disappeared after she left school on the final day of classes. These are the top stories from the past week.

Photos of dogs and cats up for adoption at the Gwinnett County Animal Shelter for the week of June 5, 2022. Follow the shelter at facebook.com/GwinnettAnimalShelter for more information and updates. Photos came courtesy of Jennifer Mottola.

During four days this week, shootings in four metro Atlanta counties killed three teenagers and injured two others. Then...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Police spent much of the morning Friday at crash that resulted in an overturned tanker truck. The Gwinnett Police Department says it happened at West Park Place in between Bermuda Road and the exit ramp from Stone Mountain Highway. The road was be closed...

Video from a school surveillance camera shows Bell leaving campus, and it's the last time she's been seen.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Gwinnett County Police Department needs the public’s help in finding a 16-year-old who went missing Thursday morning. Shawn Wright Tanner was last seen around 8 a.m. at his home near Park Knoll Trail in Lawrenceville, officials say. The teen is 5 feet...

A Peachtree Ridge High School student was flanked by state lawmakers, Gwinnett County officials, local city leaders and community leaders on Friday as he renewed calls he made a year ago for new gun safety legislation. For the second year in a row, Tyler Lee held a press conference to...

The Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce announced this week that it is expanding its footprint to include three more counties in an effort to turn the organization into a regional economic stimulator for small businesses. The chamber was set up to serve businesses in Snellville, Grayson and Loganville. The expansion...

Christopher Snow, 31, and his wife celebrated their wedding anniversary April 14 at a standup comedy show on Gainesville’s downtown square. The next day, she was found stabbed to death in their Spring Valley apartment, and he was being pried from his mangled car after wrecking it in Gwinnett County.