Lawrenceville News

Scores of Lilburn residents finally got their wish Wednesday night when the City Council rejected plans for a giant mosque in their neighborhood.

A 27-year-old man who shot a man during a robbery in Lilburn, then threatened several others at a Lawrenceville house was arrested early Monday, Gwinnett County police said.

Gwinnett police are investigating a suspected case of acquaintance rape that happened Friday night inside a storage room at the Mall of Georgia.

Gwinnett County police have arrested a man accused of raping a female aquaintance at the Mall of Georgia in Buford.

Two Gwinnett County public schools have received a national grant to promote healthy lifestyles.

The Lilburn City Council has denied a rezoning request by a Muslim congregation to allow them to build a 20,000-square-foot mosque in the Gwinnett County city.

When Braselton Police pulled over a Gwinnett County man for speeding this weekend, they ended up with a murder suspect on their hands.

Is it faith or future land use that's behind a Lilburn community's opposition to a giant mosque? Some neighborhood residents say religion has nothing to do with their vocal fight against rezoning plans to put a 20,000-square-foot mosque, cemetery and gymnasium at U.S. 29 and Hood Road.

LAWRENCEVILLE a ' Gwinnett County Firefighters responded to a report of a fire at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.

Gwinnett Firefighters responded to a house fire at the 1700 block on Ridgeway Drive in Lawrenceville early Sunday morning.

An early morning fire at Cedar Hill Elementary School in Lawrenceville completely gutted one of two second grade classroom trailers.

'G' Scale railroad on display for holidays Lawrenceville, Ga., - All aboard! Back by popular demand for the holidays, The Vines Garden Railroad Club, in partnership with Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation, presents a two-track 'G' scale display at George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center.

Juvenile hasn't released an LP in three years. He's gone through some label reshuffling , continued to persevere through the lasting effects of Hurricane Katrina in his hometown of New Orleans, and worst of all, cope with the horrific murder of his 4-year-old daughter Jelani in early 2008.

A federal jury found three Gwinnett County gang members guilty of cocaine trafficking from a car audio business in Lawrenceville, federal court officials said.

A Lawrenceville appraiser had a business connection to a law firm that represented developers in three controversial Gwinnett County land deals, documents show.

Gwinnett County police said a 48-year-old Lawrenceville man was run over and killed Oct.

A Hoschton man pleads guilty Thursday to a $20 million mortgage fraud, real estate investment scam and check-kitting scheme.

Gwinnett County Police have cracked down on a gang of thieves. Corporal David Schiralli tells WSB six people, including four juveniles, are facing 150 felony charges after police linked them to a slew of crimes that began in January of this year.

Gwinnett County police have charged two men and four juveniles with 150 felony offenses linked to suspected gang activity.

The family of a slain Tennessee college student has settled a lawsuit against the Knoxville apartment complex where she was fatally stabbed in 2004.