Stone Mountain Park To Host Annual Sunrise Service Easter Sunday

GDP Script/ Top Stories for April 17th

Publish Date: April 17th

 

From the BG AD Group Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast.

Today is Thursday, April 17th and Happy birthday to Roddy Pipper

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I’m Peyton Spurlock and here are your top stories presented by KIA Mall of Georgia.

1. Stone Mountain Park To Host Annual Sunrise Service Easter Sunday
2. Snellville preparing to break ground on Briscoe Park community center
3. Authorities seize an amount of fentanyl that could kill every Georgian twice

Plus, Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on Celiac Disease

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STORY 1:  Stone Mountain Park To Host Annual Sunrise Service Easter Sunday

The Easter Sunrise Service tradition at Stone Mountain Park, started in 1944, continues on Sunday, April 20. Worshippers can hear messages from Bryant Wright, Crawford Loritts, and Parker Wyatt, with services beginning at 7 a.m. The park opens at 3 a.m., and the Summit Skyride starts at 4 a.m. The event includes sign language interpreters and family-friendly activities like Dino Fest afterward. Vehicle entry costs $20 for a day or $40 annually, while church vans and buses enter free. Walking the trail is free, and Skyride fees are $20 round-trip.

 

STORY 2:  Snellville preparing to break ground on Briscoe Park community center

 After two decades of planning, Snellville will break ground on a 34,000-square-foot community center at T.W. Briscoe Park on May 1, with construction starting May 5. Opening in summer 2026, the $11.3 million facility will feature basketball courts, an indoor walking track, multi-purpose rooms, an aerobics room, and an outdoor pavilion. Funded by special sales tax dollars, the project will enhance recreation and programming for the community. Construction impacts include the closure of outdoor basketball courts, re-routing of the fitness trail, and road closures within the park. New outdoor courts are planned for future development.

 

STORY 3: Authorities seize an amount of fentanyl that could kill every Georgian twice

Federal officials announced a major drug bust in Atlanta, seizing over 100 pounds of fentanyl—enough to kill 23 million people—and arresting 22 individuals linked to two Mexican cartels. However, cartel leaders Johnny and Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga remain at large, with an $8 million reward for their capture. The operation uncovered a Gwinnett County money-wiring scheme, "smurfing," to send drug proceeds to Mexico. The DEA called it Atlanta's largest fentanyl seizure, valued at $1.5 million. The years-long investigation was aided by the cartels' designation as foreign terrorist organizations.

 

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