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Story 1. Draft

This year's NFL Draft saw a record high of nine draft picks from Gwinnett County, Georgia, producing more draft picks than 42 other states. Gwinnett contributed to the largest share of Georgia's 23 draft picks. If Gwinnett were its own state, it would tie for eighth nationally in NFL Draft picks. Grayson and Peachtree Ridge were among the 14 high schools with multiple players drafted in 2023. Multiple draft picks from the same high school are impressive, but it is not uncommon for Gwinnett. Archer had two players drafted by NFL teams in 2020.

STORY 2: Forum

North American Properties broke ground on a redevelopment project to revitalize The Forum Peachtree Corners, a once-thriving shopping destination located across Peachtree Parkway from the Peachtree Corners Town Center. The Forum, which is more than 20 years old, had begun to decline in recent years, so North American's plans are as much of a revitalization effort as it is a redevelopment project. The project will transform The Forum into a mixed-use community with residential, retail and dining uses, as well as a hotel. The redevelopment efforts are expected to bring aspects of Avalon to The Forum, and the company will build a plaza where concerts, yoga classes, and other social gatherings will be held.

Story 3: Parks and Rec

Gwinnett County Parks Department in Georgia is one of four finalists for the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration and National Recreation and Park Association's Gold Medal in the Class I category, which includes parks departments that serve more than 400,000 residents. The Gold Medal is the highest award a parks department can receive from the association and the academy. Gwinnett County has been named a Gold Medal finalist five times and won the award once. The Gold Medals for each class and category will be presented during a reception at the annual National Recreation and Park Association conference in Dallas, Texas in October.

STORY 4:Mistrial

A mistrial has been declared for most of the charges against Austin Ford, a Lithonia resident accused of killing an 18-year-old woman and leaving her body in Yellow River Park, after the jury could not reach a decision on five charges, including felony murder. Ford was found guilty on three of the eight felony charges against him, including concealing the death of another and two counts of theft by taking. The Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office will consult with the victim's family before deciding whether to seek a new trial.

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Story 5: Georgians starting to get tax refund checks

Georgia taxpayers are receiving state income tax refunds for the second year in a row, thanks to the state's revenue surplus of more than $6 billion. Under House Bill 162, single filers and married taxpayers who file separately are eligible to receive refunds of up to $250, head of household filers can receive a maximum of $375, and married taxpayers filing jointly can receive up to $500. Taxpayers who were claimed as a dependent and had a tax liability in 2021 are also eligible. The revenue department expects to issue all refunds for those who filed by the April 18 deadline this year within the next eight weeks.

Story 6: Romanian man sentenced

A Romanian man living in Lawrenceville, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for attempted car burglaries in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Mihail Ilie was found guilty of violating the federal Assimilative Crimes Act, which means he violated a state law on federal land. Ilie used a special tool to pick car door locks and stole credit or debit cards left in the vehicle, which were used at area malls for high-dollar purchases. The burglar entered from the passenger side, which made it difficult for hikers to recognize that their cars had been broken into.

And now, Lia McGrath from Ingles Markets joins the show to talk about the “dirty dozen”.

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The Mitsubishi Electric Classic returns to Duluth this week, featuring a week full of social activities, charitable events and the world’s best 50-and-older pro golfers in action at TPC Sugarloaf.

The 54-hole tournament features 78 PGA Tour Champions professionals vying for a $2 million prize purse and the chance to boost their standing in the Charles Schwab Cup points list.

In addition to incredible golf, the tournament features a number of family-friendly events throughout the weekend, including the Kid’s Putting Experience presented by PGA Tour Superstore with First Tee-Metro Atlanta on Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, kids 15 and under can attend the tournament for free with a ticketed adult.

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Northside Hospital has donated $50,000 to Gwinnett County to help train lifeguards with American Red Cross resources and materials. Gwinnett Parks and Recreation is one of the largest providers of lifeguard training in the state and trains all lifeguards in-house using American Red Cross materials. The donation will help cover the cost of leadership and safety training and fund additional training in cultural competency. The county’s outdoor pools will open on May 27, and lifeguards will receive starting pay of $16.50, while the entry pay for senior-level lifeguard II positions is $18.50. Gwinnett County pools and aquatic centers receive around 540,000 visitors annually, and lifeguards are tasked with ensuring their safety.

The Stone Mountain Chorus, a vocal music group specializing in acapella singing, is holding a special concert on May 13 at Mountain Park United Methodist Church. The “Sounds of Spring” performance will showcase the chorus’ repertoire of popular barber shop quartet music. The event will introduce new choral director Justin Han, and will feature a mixed ensemble called “Harmony Expressions”. The group, created by Kathy Stone, will allow men and women singers from various Atlanta choruses to perform together. Stone Mountain Chorus is a Greater Atlanta Chapter of the Barber Shop Harmony Society, and donates a portion of proceeds to FOCUS.

Grayson senior Brady Daniels signed recently with the Middle Tennessee State University men’s track and field program. Daniels won this season’s Region 4-AAAAAAA championship in the 400 in 48.00 seconds, and was fifth in the 200 in 21.98. He also was second at county in the 400 and sixth in the 100. Middle Tennessee State is a division one program in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Blue Raiders compete in Conference USA.

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Northside Hospital has donated $50,000 to Gwinnett County to help train lifeguards with American Red Cross resources and materials. Gwinnett Parks and Recreation is one of the largest providers of lifeguard training in the state and trains all lifeguards in-house using American Red Cross materials. The donation will help cover the cost of leadership and safety training and fund additional training in cultural competency. The county’s outdoor pools will open on May 27, and lifeguards will receive starting pay of $16.50, while the entry pay for senior-level lifeguard II positions is $18.50. Gwinnett County pools and aquatic centers receive around 540,000 visitors annually, and lifeguards are tasked with ensuring their safety.

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Former Atlanta Falcons player William Moore has been charged with multiple counts, including two counts of aggravated assault, after allegedly firing a gun at a vehicle with three people, including two children, inside. The incident occurred on Sunday in Alexander Park, Lawrenceville, and the vehicle was damaged, though it is unknown if anyone was injured. Moore played for the Falcons for seven seasons before retiring in 2015, and he was booked into the Gwinnett County jail on Sunday, where he remains held.

A school bus caught fire outside Mulberry Elementary School in Gwinnett County, on Monday morning. The driver noticed increasing heat under the dashboard and pulled over before evacuating the students from the bus. Shortly after, the bus caught fire, but no one was injured in the incident. The fire department quickly extinguished the flames, and Georgia Milestones testing was suspended for the day. School officials have reassured parents that counselors are available for any students who may need support. The bus driver and monitor were praised for their quick response in ensuring the safety of the children.

A student at Trickum Middle School will face disciplinary action and criminal charges after a search for marijuana led to the discovery of an unloaded handgun. A staff member had raised concerns about the student and alerted administrators. The student was brought to a "secure location" and their bag was searched, where marijuana and a handgun were found. The school's principal, Ryan Queen, praised the staff member who raised concerns and said that the incident demonstrated the "see something, say something" concept. The incident is the latest in a series of disciplinary incidents in Gwinnett County schools this year.

The Suwanee Arts Festival is a two-day event showcasing art exhibits, stage performances, children's activities, and cuisine from around the world. The festival will take place at Suwanee Town Center and will focus on the visual arts, featuring more than 120 regional artisans selling their creations. There will also be onsite demonstrations by glassblower Kelly Robertson and woodworker Lee Bembry, as well as a Kid's Zone and Emerging Talent tent showcasing young artists. The festival will also feature entertainment on the Town Center Park Stage and a Writer's Tent highlighting literary arts. A variety of food options will be available, and the festival will conclude with the unveiling of "The Ultimate Participation Trophy Project," a temporary art piece made from donated trophies by artist Phil Proctor.

John Melvin, former executive director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, has been sworn in as the managing assistant district attorney in Gwinnett County. Melvin, who resigned from his position at the GBI last month, has over 28 years of prosecution and legal experience, including five years at the GBI, where he served as chief of staff, assistant director, and executive director. Before joining the GBI, Melvin worked as a prosecutor in the Cobb County DA's Office and taught at Emory Law School and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. In his Facebook post, Melvin expressed his excitement to return to the profession of law and serve as a managing district attorney in Gwinnett County, which has a population of one million and is one of the most diverse counties in the United States.

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A former Atlanta Falcons player is facing multiple charges after he allegedly fired a gun at a vehicle which three people, including two children, were in at Alexander Park in Lawrenceville on Sunday.

Arrest warrants show William Moore has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree and one count each of criminal damage to property in the second degree and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission or attempt to commit certain felonies.

The warrants show the incident happened Sunday evening. The vehicle was damaged in the incident, but the warrants do not state whether anyone was injured.

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Gwinnett County police are investigating a shooting that occurred in unincorporated Stone Mountain, leaving one man dead and another injured. The injured man entered Grady Hospital in Atlanta with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and claimed to have been involved in a shooting at a home on Mountain Drive. Police responded to the home and found a dead man inside. Detectives are currently investigating the incident and trying to locate any witnesses who may have seen or heard the shooting. The motive and identity of the deceased male are currently unknown.

Gwinnett County police are looking for suspects who are accused of trying to steal a catalytic converter from a car in a neighborhood near Duluth last month. Master Police Officer Hideshi Valle said a surveillance camera at the Walmart on Jimmy Carter Boulevard recorded two men purchasing tools on March 2. Two people matching the description of the men at Walmart were then seen with at least two other suspects a few hours later, shortly after midnight, trying to steal a catalytic converter from a 2014 BMW 435i on Saint Andrews Drive. The BMW's owner heard loud drilling noises outside his window and saw three people with tools around his vehicle, according to the police report. A white sedan that was running was next to the BMW as well.The owner grabbed his handgun and fired at least 10 through a window at the suspects. The vehicle began to pull away from the house and two of the suspects who had allegedly been trying to steal the catalytic converter ran after it and got inside it. The third suspect ran toward another house in the neighborhood. The suspects recorded buying tools at Walmart are described as Black men in their early 20s. One of them has a tattoo of a partial clock on the top of his left hand, and was wearing a black hoodie, shorts, socks and sliders on the day the theft occurred. The other suspect has tattoos on his right hand, and was wearing a blue zip-up hoodie, green sweatpants, gray socks and green Nike slides.

Gwinnett County police are looking for a man who stole a leaf blower from a Home Depot in the Hamilton Mill area last week.

Master Police Officer Hideshi Valle said the man is accused of walking in to the store, which is located at 2120 Hamilton Creek Parkway, on April 20 and put a RYOBI 18V HP Brushless Blower in a shopping cart and then leaving the store with the device without paying for it.

Police said the leaf blower is worth $159.

A police report states the man allegedly put the leaf blower in a dark blue passenger car before driving away in the vehicle. The report lists the vehicle as possibly being a Nissan, but the model was unknown. The suspect is described as an older White man with a colored tattoo on his left forearm, and who was wearing dark pants, a blue shirt that had the word "DIAMOND" printed on the front, and a brown or camouflage baseball cap at the time of the theft.

Officials at the Gwinnett Medical Examiner's Office and private DNA testing laboratory, Othram Inc., are hoping genealogical testing will help them find answers regarding two sets of children’s bones that were found in Gwinnett around 25 years ago. The bones were found in boxes at the intersection of Buford Highway and Weaver Way in February 1998. There is no complete set of bones for either child, one of whom is believed to have been an infant and the other is believed to be a teenager. The bones were exhumed legally, according to the letter found with the bones, from somewhere in south Georgia, but where is unknown. Speculation is that the bones were meant to end up somewhere else but fell from a vehicle when driving through Gwinnett. Officials also believe that the children died somewhere between 1900 and 1940 because the bones were found with burial tools from that era. Othram is purpose built to identify either victims or perpetrators in cases with no other leads. Currently Othram is trying to raise money to cover the cost of the testing.

Buford racked up a season-high 15 hits Monday for a 10-1 victory over Peachtree Ridge in decisive Game 3 of their first-round series in the Class AAAAAAA state baseball playoffs.

Ethan Murray, Brandon Taliaferro, Madden Young and Ayden Lockett led the Wolves’ hitters. Murray’s home run was his sixth of the season.

The output was more than enough for winning pitcher Nate Taylor, who struck out eight and walked one over 6 2/3 innings in a three-hitter. The Wolves advance to host Walton in the second round on April 28 and 29.

Wesleyan rallied for an 8-7 victory in walkoff fashion in Game 1, then got a dominant pitching performance from Dominick Scalese in the nightcap for a 3-0 win and a sweep of Hebron Christian in the first round of the Class AAA state baseball playoffs Monday.

Scalese struck out 11 in a complete-game, two-hitter in Game 2 to finish off the sweep. Schley Gordy and Forrest Lietz had two hits each in the opener as the Wolves advanced to a second-round matchup at Ringgold on April 29 and May 1.

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A student from Shiloh Middle School is facing disciplinary action and possible criminal charges after distributing soft drinks laced with edible THC, a cannabis extract, to classmates. The students who drank the sodas did not know they were drugged and became sick, requiring medical attention. Principal Chris Bess sent a letter to parents informing them of the incident and stating that the student who distributed the drinks will face maximum disciplinary consequences for their inappropriate and unacceptable behavior. Bess urged parents to check their children's belongings and have conversations with them about the dangers of drug use. He emphasized the school's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for all students.

NaphCare Inc., the medical services provider for Gwinnett County Jail, is facing a malpractice lawsuit filed by the family of Deion Strayhon, a former inmate who died two years ago. The suit claims that NaphCare's staff failed to provide adequate medical care to Strayhon, who suffered from gastrointestinal bleeding, resulting in his death. The suit alleges that the staff repeatedly continued ineffective treatment for weeks, despite Strayhon's ongoing complaints of abdominal pain, nausea, and constipation. The family seeks damages, economic loss, and funeral costs, and a jury trial. NaphCare has not responded to the lawsuit. The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office has replaced NaphCare as the jail's medical provider.

Gwinnett County officials are advancing the restoration of the Maguire-Livsey House, known as "The Big House," to the Gwinnett Historical Restoration and Preservation Board. The house is located on the Promised Land community that has been under controversy, with plans that were scuttled for now to take more than 10 acres of land, including a lake and an apartment building, from the Livsey family, a Black family that has owned the property, to add it to a historical park centered around the "Big House." Gwinnett County Project Administration Division Director Glenn Boorman said that public input and outreach to the family will be solicited about what should be done with the house before restoration work begins

Police in Gwinnett County responded to a gas station where they found a man dead on the ground with gunshot wounds. It appears that an altercation at the gas pumps led to a shoot-out, resulting in the victim's death. Police are urging anyone with information to come forward, and the investigation is ongoing. The victim's name has not yet been released. Anyone with information is asked to call GCPD detectives or Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous.

Mill Creek High School junior Jaiden Patterson has committed to play football for the University of North Carolina. As a defensive back, Patterson was instrumental in the Hawks' 2022 Class AAAAAAA state championship victory. He also excels in track and field, having placed fourth at state in the 400-meter run and won the region championship in both the 200 and 400 events. Patterson is the second Mill Creek junior to commit to UNC, with offensive lineman Aidan Banfield being the first.

The 6th Annual All About Kids Expo will be held on April 29th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall. The event is co-produced by the Gwinnett Daily Post and the Gwinnett County Public Library and is presented by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Publix. The first 300 children in line will receive a drawstring backpack filled with goodies and the first 100 in line will receive a ticket to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Attendees can also bring non-perishable food items to donate and receive entries to win prizes. More than 50 vendors will provide information on families, kids’ health, summer camps, and entertainment/family services. Registration is not required, but attendees can register to be eligible to win more than 30 door prizes.

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The 6th Annual All About Kids Expo, presented by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Publix, will take place this coming Saturday at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds.

The free event on April 29 will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall with free parking at the Davis Road entrance.

The first 300 kids in line at the event will be given a drawstring backpack filled with goodies from sponsors and vendors. The first 100 people in line will receive a ticket to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History.

The event is co-produced by the Gwinnett Daily Post and the Gwinnett County Public Library. Attendees are invited to bring non -perishable food items to the event. For every 5 items donated, they will receive an entry to win prizes, including Gwinnett Stripers tickets, Atlanta Braves tickets, Fernbank Tickets, gift cards and more.

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