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- Arrest made in beating death
LILBURN — Homicide detectives have charged a 26-year-old Lilburn man with beating an acquaintance to death in their yard one morning last week. - Police: Lilburn man, 46, was beaten to death
LILBURN — A 46-year-old Lilburn man found dead beside a home one morning last week was beaten to death, police said Monday. - Body found in Lilburn
LILBURN — Details are scarce about the body of an adult man found in Lilburn Thursday, the apparent victim of a homicide.
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- Man robbed sitting in his car in Lilburn
A neighbor told police that two men were looking for a male victim just hours before he was robbed at gunpoint in front of a Lilburn relative’s home. The victim reported that he was sitting in his Acura sedan outside the Covered Wagon Trail home of his uncle at around 11 p.m. last Tuesday night, using his laptop when a red Chevrolet Malibu pulled up. - Pedestrian struck, killed in Lilburn
LILBURN — A pedestrian attempting to cross Indian Trail-Lilburn Road was struck and killed Saturday night in Lilburn, police said Monday. - 2010 Primary Election - Sample Ballots and Precinct Locations
- 71-year-old rescued from fire succumbs to cancer
LILBURN — Less than 48 hours after two heroic police officers pulled him from his burning home, 71-year-old Lamar Wilkins passed away from his battle with lung cancer.
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- Police: Victim in June 16 beating dies
LILBURN — A 49-year-old Lilburn man has died two weeks after police found him soaked in blood in the breezeway of an apartment complex on Pleasant Hill Road, police said. - Bannister: 'I will be completely exonerated'
LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett BOC Chairman Charles Bannister said Tuesday he will be exonerated after his Monday night arrest on DUI charges.
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LILBURN — Charles Bannister, Gwinnett County’s top elected official, was arrested on DUI charges Monday night — while driving a county vehicle. Jail records show that Charles Bannister, the second-term chairman of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, was arrested by Gwinnett County Sheriff’s deputies and booked into Gwinnett County Jail at 9 p.m. on charges of driving under the influence. - Police find man soaked in blood
LILBURN — A man is in serious condition after being found soaked in blood with burn marks around his head and shoulders early Wednesday, police said.
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- Lilburn keeps millage rate at 4.26
LILBURN — Despite tough economic times, the Lilburn City Council on Monday held its millage rate at 4.26 for tax year 2010, the same as the past five years.
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- Lilburn holds millage steady
LILBURN — Despite tough economic times, the Lilburn City Council on Monday held its millage rate at 4.26 for tax year 2010, the same as the past five years.
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- Flying the coop: Peacock escapes Yellow River Game Ranch
LILBURN — If you were driving in Lilburn over the last couple of days, you weren’t hallucinating after all — that was a peacock you saw trotting along.
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- Meth, mushrooms seized in apartment raid
LILBURN — A months-long investigation has culminated in five arrests and a haul of methamphetamine and psychedelic mushrooms at a Lilburn apartment complex, police said Friday. - Celebrating 100: Heritage festival held in Old Town Lilburn
LILBURN — Lilburn residents celebrated the 100th anniversary of the city’s incorporation Saturday during the Centennial Heritage Celebration.
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- Middle school hosts leadership program
LILBURN — Berkmar Middle School student Valentina Garcia wants to graduate high school, go to college and get a degree in forensic science.
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- Official: Bribe backfires for illegal alien in Lilburn
LILBURN — Authorities say a Colombian woman living illegally in Lilburn was caught offering a cash bribe for a Georgia license at a Department of Driver Services branch - Lilburn CID approved
LILBURN — The county’s fourth community improvement district was approved this week, both by county and city officials.
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- 50 test positive for TB exposure at Lilburn Middle
LILBURN — Officials say 50 students and faculty members at Lilburn Middle School have tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis during a screening.
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- Attorney enters race for state seat
LILBURN — Local attorney Keith Royal entered his name into the House District 102 race. Royal, a Republican, is seeking the state House seat after Rep. Clay Cox announced he would run for Congress.
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- Lilburn CID vote tabled
LAWRENCEVILLE — Commissioners will take a week to decide if the newest proposed community improvement district will form in the Lilburn area.
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- Academic Decathlon team prepares for national competition
LILBURN — For the eighth consecutive year, a team from Berkmar High School won its division in the Georgia Academic Decathlon State Championship.
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- Lilburn unveils new logo
LILBURN — “Lilburn, Georgia: Small Town, Big Difference,” is the city’s new theme/tagline, as unveiled by the City Council on Monday night along with a new logo to celebrate its centennial this year.
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- Busy Georgia highway shut by gas explosion
LILBURN, Ga. — Firefighters in Gwinnett County are using fans to get rid of the methane gas from underground vaults that caused an explosion that led to the closure of busy Lawrenceville Highway.
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- Berkmar closes cafeteria
LILBURN — Because of several food fights in the cafeteria, Berkmar High School students are eating lunch in their classrooms this week.
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- Student taken to hospital after fight at Berkmar High
LILBURN — One Berkmar High School student was taken to the hospital and another was arrested after a fight Friday in the school’s commons area, a school district spokeswoman said.
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- Reach for the stars: Astronaut tells students to follow passions
LILBURN — Astronaut Tom Marshburn encouraged sixth-grade students at Trickum Middle School on Friday to throw their energy into their passions.
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- Police: Man smashes 29 TVs at Lilburn Wal-Mart
LILBURN — Talk about raging against the machine. The TV machine. Authorities have no idea what set off 23-year-old Westley Strellis on Wednesday afternoon, but say he took his frustrations out on 29 television sets at the Lawrenceville Highway Wal-Mart. AP video clip inside - Lilburn gives nod to annexation, rezoning
LILBURN — Despite the appearance of an overflow crowd of about 100 residents, many wearing red shirts, the Lilburn City Council by a vote of 3 to 1 gave the go-ahead for a controversial annexation and rezoning on Lawrenceville Highway that will allow a retail business center.
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- Gas leak shuts Lilburn road
LILBURN — A natural gas line break caused Arcado Road, between Luxomni Road and U.S. Highway 29, to be closed down for about two hours Wednesday.
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- Lilburn starts second phase of greenway
LILBURN — Lilburn’s greenway will soon stretch through more of the city. Officials broke ground earlier this month on a second phase of the Camp Creek Greeway Trail, which currently stretches from Rockbridge Road to Main Street.
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- ‘Dream’ come true
LILBURN — Nancy McKenzie sits a large, stuffed Sesame Street character in a bright yellow sling hanging from a ceiling lift. Using a remote control, she slowly lowers a smiling Elmo down into an empty bath tub. This ceiling lift and sling are just two pieces of equipment used in Dream House for Medically Fragile Children’s Transition Care Home, a place where children with complex health issues are given the opportunity to lead lives outside of institutional care.
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- FBI: Serial bank robber targets Gwinnett
ATLANTA — The FBI is searching for a man suspected in three Gwinnett bank robberies in less than 24 hours this week. Tipsters could earn up to $5,000. PHOTOS INSIDE STORY
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- Lilburn tables annexation
LILBURN — About 50 city residents showed up Monday night to protest a controversial annexation and rezoning in their neighborhood near Lawrenceville Highway. - Second business expo planned for Berkmar
LILBURN — A business expo at a local high school was so successful that officials are planning a second go-round.
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- Lilburn cop graduates from FBI
LILBURN — A Lilburn police officer recently became the latest in his department to graduate from the famed FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.
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- Burger King bandits wrangled by police
LILBURN — Two armed robbers slipped in the back door of a Lilburn Burger King early Thursday and made off with wallets belonging to employees and the breakfast crowd. Web extra
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- Lilburn amends liquor license fees
LILBURN — The Lilburn City Council approved here Monday night amendments to the city of Lilburn alcoholic beverage license fees.
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- Storms leave damage in wake
LAWRENCEVILLE — Heavy rains and testy winds overnight felled trees and power lines and could be responsible for a lightning fire, officials said Wednesday morning. Fire officials had controlled all incidents by about 5:30 a.m. No injuries or major structural damages were reported, said Fire Department spokesman Capt. Thomas Rutledge. Web extra - Investigation ends with bust of chop shop
LILBURN — Gwinnett police busted a Lilburn chop shop disguised as a legitimate dealership this week, seizing 12 stolen motorcycles, authorities said.
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- Robbery arrest
LILBURN — Police arrested a Lawrenceville man Monday in connection with a robbing tirade that included a shooting and separate home-invasion in the span of two hours. Police said Donnie Ray Kidd, 27, robbed two men at gunpoint who were walking to a gas station about 11:45 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of Pleasant Hill Road in Lilburn.
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- Woman: My family was threatened after Lilburn mosque meeting
LILBURN — A Lilburn woman said her family was threatened and harassed as they traveled home from a City Council meeting about a controversial mosque.
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- Lilburn council postpones mosque vote
LILBURN — An application to allow the Dar-E-Abbas AGA Islamic Organization to expand on U.S. Highway 29 and Hood Road will be the controversial subject of two upcoming meetings scheduled in Lawrenceville.
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- Police: Drug fraud scheme ends in arrests
LILBURN — Police arrested a Lilburn couple this week for allegedly running a prescription drug fraud scheme lasting nearly two months. Robert Humbert, 26, and girlfriend Stephanie Amber Martin, 27, face multiple counts of obtaining dangerous drugs by fraud. Both remain at the Gwinnett County Jail after Lilburn police arrested them Tuesday.
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- Residents worried about proposed cell towers
LAWRENCEVILLE — Two communities in southern Gwinnett are concerned that proposed cell towers will cause their property values, already down because of the economy, to drop even further. “Our major concern is property values,” Wayne Warburton said of a proposal on River Road near Lilburn. “When you pull into our driveway, the first thing you are going to see is the cell tower.” - Mosque hearing delayed
LILBURN — Thursday night, Lilburn City Hall was abuzz with people on both sides of the proposed rezoning that would allow an elaborate mosque to be built near U.S. Highway 29 and Hood Road. Because this Planning and Zoning Commission hearing will apparently require a bigger venue, it was postponed.
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