A home in Dacula was destroyed by a fire early Thursday morning Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services said the fire was at a home on Amende Circle in the Harbins Ridge neighborhood "The cause of this accidental fire was related to a grill located on the back porch," a statement by the department said but officials say no one was injured in the blaze We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Flanigan Funeral Home proudly serving families since 1990 we provide professional shipping anywhere inside the United States However WE DO NOT OFFER International shipping \u003ca href=\"/\"\u003eRead More\u003c/a\u003e Danny Gerald Bailey, age 52, of Dacula, GA, passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Mr. Bailey was preceded in death by his mother, Patsy Sue Bailey, brothers, Barry Bailey, Johnny Bailey, Walter Bailey, Kevin Bailey. He is survived by his... View Obituary & Service Information The family of Danny Gerald Bailey created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Made with love by funeralOne The 2025 high school baseball season is quickly approaching and as usual Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and there are some very talented players and teams across Georgia Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in the GHSA or GIAA state playoffs but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview individual teams across Georgia We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews and by continuing our scheduled podcasts and releasing our preseason top-10 rankings in each GHSA classification and Power 25 Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state Each week we will be releasing our Players of the Week updating the top-10 ranks in each GHSA classification as well updating our Power 25 overall rankings you don’t want to miss are our scheduled podcasts with guests from across the state as well as the recaps and previews of the big games we’re covering *Please note the information has been gathered from head coaches across the state based on their replies to the questionnaire we distributed over this offseason High School: Dacula FalconsHead Coach: Jake BovaClassification: GHSA Class 6ARegion: 8-6A2024 Record (Finish): 19-15 of Returning Positional Starters: 6Team Strengths: Offense and Defense  A lot of experience in the lineup returning He has performed well on the summer circuit Coach Bova has had a couple strong seasons in recent years and has high expectations for this ‘25 group Find more information on the 2025 Dacula program below: + Follow them on X: @DaculaHSBase+ Visit the Prep Baseball Georgia, 2025 HS Team Previews + Prep Baseball Georgia on X+ Prep Baseball Georgia on Instagram+ Prep Baseball Georgia on Facebook           A new fitness facility is coming to Dacula Onelife Fitness is planned for 1221 Dacula Road according to a building permit application with Gwinnett County The club will be more than 62,000 square feet The fitness center offers cardio and strength equipment the new Dacula location is expected to open in 2025 The first Onelife Fitness gym opened in Virginia Beach in 2002 The brand now has more than 50 locations across the East Coast There are 16 existing ones in Georgia, including one in Woodstock that used to be a Gold’s Gym before it was acquired by US Fitness Holdings From new restaurant openings to exciting retail launches and real estate insights be the first to know what’s happening in Atlanta and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Something opening or closing in your ‘hood? Drop us a Note: [email protected]      In the Dacula High School weight room lessons in strength and conditioning are the standard for each and every student Dacula High recently became the first school within Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) and the only public school in Georgia to receive the 2024 Strength of America Award      “I try to make strength conditioning and fitness accessible to everyone not just our athletes,” says Romaniw      Awarded by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), the Strength of America Award recognizes high schools that represent the gold standard in strength and conditioning programs Schools that earn this award have demonstrated excellence in supervision Dacula High was chosen for this honor from a pool of hundreds of schools a junior at Dacula High and softball player says weight training has helped her as an athlete and inspired her to love the gym      “I’ve bettered myself on and off the field,” Lianna adds “I recommend weight training; it’s changed my game and my mindset.”       Romaniw aims to teach general fitness strategy Dacula High staff are also working on encouraging more young women to get involved in strength and conditioning      “This is for everyone,” Romaniw says View All News This web page contains links to one or more pages that are outside the GCPS network GCPS does not control the content or relevancy of these pages This website provides the option to use Weglot translate; GCPS cannot assure accuracy of the translation A Dacula man was arrested Thursday after he attempted to enter Friendship Elementary School in Buford which prompted a lockdown of the school Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson B.J 23 attempted to enter the school at around 8:45 a.m.  “He first pulled on the door handle and then signaled for assistance via the outside intercom,” Williams said Gibbs told a front office employee who answered the intercom he wanted to come inside to use the restroom.” The employee refused and Gibbs went to other exterior doors in an alleged attempt to enter the school Gibbs quickly fled the property in his vehicle HCSO investigators were able to track Gibbs to his home in Dacula with the help of camera footage from the school Gibbs was arrested after questioning and charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass loitering at a public school and disruption of a public school.  Gibbs remained in Hall County Jail custody as of Thursday afternoon A new Wingstop could land in Gwinnett County A new location of the fast-casual wings franchise is planned for Dacula according to a building permit application and construction documents The 1,400-square-foot restaurant is in the works at a Publix-anchored shopping center at 952 Harbins Road in 1994 and now has more than 2,000 locations The first franchised location opened in 1997 The menu includes classic and boneless wings in a variety of flavors Construction bids for the new Dacula location are due April 25 Something opening or closing in your ‘hood? Drop us a Note: [email protected] Frances “Frankie” Holder, age 94, of Dacula, GA passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband of thirty years, Donald Holder. Mrs. Holder is survived by daughter, Sharon C. (Mike) Davies of Dacula,... View Obituary & Service Information The family of Frances "Frankie" Holder created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories      The Create City-Marketplace is the culmination of Chenita Mumpfield’s 8th-grade Business Education class a business education teacher at Dacula Middle says students experienced what it is like to run a business developed business plans and marketing materials and learned financial tasks like writing checks and completing check registers using school lab technology,” Mumpfield shares learning about interest rates and repayment and family members using Create City currency ($10 equaled $3 in American money) exchanged at the ‘Create City Bank & Trust.’”      On the final day of the activity Create City-Marketplace was alive with energy and excitement as students and adults bought products from various “businesses.” Some stores were packed requiring students to work on their customer service skills “Create City-Marketplace Day is an incredible opportunity for our students to apply what they’ve learned in a real-world setting,” Mumpfield adds “They gain invaluable experience in running a business and developing essential life skills.”      Mumpfield says the event was a resounding success leaving students with a deeper understanding of economics and the confidence to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams Return to GCPS News A rapidly growing bank branch appears to be working on a new location Fifth Third Bank is planned for 861 Harbins Road in Dacula Fifth Third Bank is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company has nearly 1,100 full-service locations across 11 states. There are currently 31 branches in Georgia The banks offer services for consumer lending Locations have also been proposed for Sugar Hill and Gainesville as previously reported by What Now Atlanta Something opening or closing in your ‘hood? Drop us a Note: [email protected] Authorities say Jhourdan Gibbs tried to get inside Friendship Elementary School Sign up now for NowHab's weekday newsletter Read Today’s Top Story: March’s interest-rate slide prompts jump in pending home sales two-story floor plans spanning 2,809 to 3,922 square feet with four to six bedrooms and two-and-a-half to four-and-a-half bathrooms Pulte Homes will launch sales next month at Haverhill Estates, an 81-homesite community sitting on 46 acres in Dacula Homes will be available in five two-story floor plans spanning 2,809 to 3,922 square feet with four to six bedrooms and 2.5 to 4.5 bathrooms Two model homes featuring Pulte’s Fraizer and Liston floor plans are currently under construction and will open soon.  “Given our recent success at the closed-out Haverhill Farms and the skyrocketing popularity of the East Gwinnett area we have very high hopes for homebuyers’ response to Haverhill Estates,” PulteGroup Georgia Division President Chad Plunkett said in a press release “While they appeal to slightly different target audiences the neighboring communities share more than just a name A walking trail will connect both neighborhoods and Haverhill Estates homeowners can enjoy the already established Haverhill Farms amenity center The community is near Highway 316 and I-85, the Barrow Crossing shopping center and Bethlehem’s Greenway Trail. Children will be districted to Gwinnett County‘s Harbins Elementary School McConnell Middle School and Archer High School Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited William “Clay” Felton of Dacula, GA passed away on September 25, 2024, at the age of 71, following a battle with cancer. He was born on January 24, 1953, in Atlanta, GA and attended Lithonia High School, Class of 1971. Clay was saved... View Obituary & Service Information The family of William Clay Felton created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories John Gregory “Greg” Huddleston, 57, of Lawrenceville, died Thursday, January 30, 2025. Greg was born April 23, 1967, in Athens, GA to Erie George Huddleston and the late Myrtle “Pat” McCall Huddleston. He was a graduate... View Obituary & Service Information The family of John Gregory "Greg" Huddleston created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories A local French crêperie is cooking up a new location and they plan to lean into the savory side The team behind The Galloping Galette is bringing their new store to Dacula a French couple who moved to Georgia in 2016 opened the flagship location of the concept in Braselton in October 2017 The shop serves authentic sweet crêpes and galettes which are essentially savory crêpes made with buckwheat The menu offers a build-your-own option in addition to daily specials and a lineup of signature items homemade caramel and almonds) or the La Terroir galette (sausage While the flagship location of The Galloping Galette has emerged as a specialty brunch and lunch spot the Dacula location will focus more on being a dinner destination The menu items will still feature the galette as a basis but with more meat and seafood options for a heartier experience and they plan to start with four nights a week – Wednesday to Saturday – before possibly extending their hours The Galloping Galette aims to highlight French cuisine particularly the types of ingredients and flavors you would find in northwest France But they also envision expanding to different types of cuisine and varieties The Galloping Galette in Braselton has featured specials inspired by chicken fajitas the taste is all that matters to us,” Viviane Fonfrede said The Galloping Galette is aiming to open in Dacula by the end of September Something opening or closing in your ‘hood? Drop us a Note: [email protected] Optional area for headlines or alerts OR ALL CAPS HEADLINES OR ALERTS will go in here Grayson hired Gainesville assistant Santavious Bryant as head football coach Thursday evening filling one of the state’s most attractive jobs was announced as Chattahoochee’s coach Friday morning Walker and Central-Macon also made hires Thursday or Friday completing the busiest week for coaching changes this offseason Also reported in recent days have been the retirements of Allatoona’s Gary Varner and Darlington’s Tommy Atha Franklin Stephens’ move to Burke County from McEachern former Collins Hill coach Lenny Gregory’s hire at Gordon Central and Sean O’Sullivan’s resignation at Centennial to take a job that was announced Friday to be Pope also made news this week when he was hired as associate head coach and athletic director at Coosa Christian in Gadsden won state titles at Colquitt County in 2014-15 but had been out of coaching since a recruiting scandal led to his firing at Valdosta following the 2020 season was on the Rams’ staff from 2019-21 as defensive backs coach and held the same role plus that of defensive pass game coordinator who reached the Class 6A championship game last season Bryant is a Wheeler graduate who played at Shorter in Rome He began coaching at Wheeler in 2017 and 2018 who led Grayson to the 2020 Class 7A championship with Bryant on his staff a Class 7A program with three state titles in the past 12 seasons Also at Thursday’s Gwinnett County Schools board meeting Reggie Stancil was approved as Dacula’s coach Stancil was on McEachern’s staff last season and is best known in Gwinnett as Peachtree Ridge’s coach from 2017-21 Dacula was 12-13 in two seasons under Casey Vogt Lotti was the Atlanta Falcons’ state coach of the year in 2022 for the impact he had in five years at Apalachee and the poignant story of his battle with cancer Seckinger was 0-7 in its first varsity season last fall under Aaron Hill had been on Grayson’s staff the past two seasons and was head coach at his alma mater He worked in Georgia before as defensive coordinator at Discovery and Mountain View in Gwinnett County Chattahoochee is 8-41 over the past five seasons Pope of Marietta named O’Sullivan its coach Friday afternoon O’Sullivan had been a coach at Centennial and North Atlanta turning each program around in brief stints The Walker School in Marietta promoted offensive coordinator T.J Central-Macon hired former Salem coach Jarrett Laws on Thursday Eagle’s Landing and Clarkston have new openings Anderson has been with Walker the past two seasons as associate head coach and is the school’s assistant director of admissions He has worked on coaching staffs at Georgia Southern He’s a former Georgia Southern and Arena League player Walker has won one game each of the past three seasons and played a non-region schedule in 2022 Laws has been a head coach at Salem (2016-22) Drew (2009-13) and Mount Zion-Jonesboro (2007-08) after 10 seasons and will be an assistant principal at the school Terrance Hughley at Clarkston and Markus Brown at Eagle’s Landing stepped down Thursday Hughley had led Clarkston the past nine seasons Eagle’s Landing was 5-15 in two seasons under Brown who inherited a team that was winless the year before The latest changes bring to 62 the number of GHSA jobs that have opened this offseason and 26 that have been filled Click here for a complete list of head coaching openings Email GHSF Daily Staff Created by Ellen Kennerly — Made with Squarespace © 2025 Georgia High School Football Daily