Local News

Georgia Power Issues Scam Alert

There have been several recent incidents where customers have been approached by people pretending to be from Georgia Power.

County Commission Looks Ahead to 2018 at Annual Retreat

(Lawrenceville, Ga., April 18, 2017) –The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners mapped out priorities and strategies for the coming year on some of the County’s most pressing issues at a retreat in Athens March 30-31. 

Tom M Wages, A Family Company

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, a family company, is always trying to be a good steward in Gwinnett and surrounding communities.

County seat coming full circle

The Cornett Hotel circa 1914 sits on the corner of Crogan and Perry Streets. It was also known as the Hotel Pharr and Button Gwinnett Hotel. Today, the corner has been remodeled, housing Dominick’s Italian restaurant.

Lawrenceville, Georgia, located approximately thirty miles east of the city of Atlanta, is the county seat of Gwinnett County. The municipality was named in honor of Captain James Lawrence, a naval officer during the War of 1812 who commanded the Chesapeake.