Area briefs: UGA alum wins big on Jeopardy, DOT finishes bridge in Banks Co

A University of Georgia graduate wins a half-million dollars on Jeopardy: Marietta native Victoria Groce won the Jeopardy Masters tournament that aired this past week.

Georgia Bulldog football coach Kirby Smart and UGA athletic director Josh Brooks will be among those taking part in SEC meetings that are underway today in Destin Florida. We are today 95 days away from the Bulldogs season opening game against the Clemson Tigers, August 31 in Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

There is an afternoon meeting of the Athens Airport Authority, a 3 o’clock session in the flight center at Athens-Ben Epps Airport.

Trey Wood will be Barrow County’s next Chief Financial Officer: Wood will work in Winder when he leaves his job in Danielsville, where he has served as Finance Director for Madison County Schools. He’ll begin his new job in June.

The Georgia DOT says a two-year bridge rebuilding project is completed in Banks County, with work to replace an 87 year-old bridge over the Hudson River on Highway 51 in Banks County. The DOT says the new bridge is now open to traffic.

A man who worked as a coach in Barrow and Walton counties is arrested on child sex charges in Gwinnett County: Gwinnett Police say the charges against 31 year-old Charles Moore of Snellville stem from an incident said to have involved a 16 year-old girl in Loganville.

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