🌱 $23.7M More For Rowen Project + Fugitive Sex Offender Captured

Hi all. It's me, Nicole Fallon-Peek, your host of the Daily. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in the community today, including...

• Additional funding for Gwinnett County's Rowen project
• Fugitive sex offender captured in Mexico after five years of hiding
• Death of 17-year-old a surprise attack

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Here are the top five stories today in Loganville-Grayson:

1. An additional $23.7 million has been allocated for the Rowen project by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners. The additional funding is for the creation of a two-mile stretch of street which will lead from Route 316 to the development. Local and state officials will break ground on the new facet of the project on Friday. (Subscription: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
2. A Gwinnett County fugitive sex offender has been captured after he went into hiding five years ago. Brad Hatter was captured by Mexican authorities on Saturday where he was working as a teacher. Hatter was convicted of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity in 2007. He was released from prison in September 2017 and stopped answering his probation officer in January 2018. (WSB Atlanta)
3. Elijah DeWitt, 17, was shot to death outside a Gwinnett County Dave & Buster's on Oct. 5. Text messages obtained in the investigation reveal the shooting was a surprise attack because suspects Kemare Bryan and Chandler Richardson – both 19 – were looking for people to rob when they recognized DeWitt from a previous encounter. DeWitt tried to fight them off but Bryan pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest. (WSB Radio)
4. The Loganville City Council will hold a meeting and voting session at City Hall on Thursday, Dec. 8. The council held a work session yesterday in which annexations and rezoning discussions were on the agenda. The full agenda from the work session can be found at the link. (Monroe Local News)
5. Full- and part-time job opportunities are available in the Loganville-Grayson area. Available positions include greeting card merchandiser, assistant services manager, shipping operator, truck scale operator, and more. More details about companies hiring in the area are available at the link. (Loganville-Grayson Patch)

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Today in and around Loganville-Grayson:

• COVID-19 Vaccines At Lawrenceville Health Center, Lawrenceville (9:00 AM)
• AfroBeat Fitness Class At 3035 Centerville Hwy, Snellville (9:00 PM)
• Scotch & Cigars At Cosmo's Pizza + Social, Lawrenceville (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Are you looking for a new family member with four paws? Check out the list of adoption-ready 'Pets of the Week' at the Gwinnett County Animal Shelter at the link! (Subscription: Gwinnett Daily Post)
• Gwinnett County Public Schools is celebrating computer science education week Dec. 5-11. Interested in learning more about the annual call to action? Click here. (Gwinnett County Public Schools via Facebook)
• Nominate a Walton County School District employee here for the January Why Walton Awards. Nominations are accepted through Dec. 16. (Walton County School District - GA via Facebook)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.