A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO SHRINK A MAJOR TYBEE ISLAND ROAD SPARKS OUTAGE. WHY LOCALS SAY TURNING A TRAFFIC LANE INTO A BIKE LANE COULD BRING THE ISLAND TO A STANDSTILL. WEST NILE VIRUS FOUND IN MOSQUITOS RIGHT HERE IN THE HOSTESS CITY . WHAT OFFICIALS ARE SAYING YOU SHOULD DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND GEORGIA POWER'S PRIORITIES. THE NEW REPORT RELEASED DETAILING THE MASSIVE GROWTH THEY EXPECT IN THE PEACH STATE. OGEECHEE AT CHATHAM PARKWAY THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING -- I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGISTS JONATHAN MYERS AND MELISSA HALL JOINING US NOW NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BETWEEN 3PM AND 4PM. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 91. HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 100. SOUTH WIND 6 TO 14 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 22 MPH. TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 76. SOUTHEAST WIND 6 TO 10 MPH. THURSDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2PM. SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 92. HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 102. SOUTH AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. JASPER COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES SAYING THERE'S A STATEWIDE 9-1-1 SERVICE INTERRUPTION THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. JASPER SOUTH CAROLINA. JASPER COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTING THAT IF YOU DIAL 9-1-1 YOU MAY NOT HEAR 911 -- AND 911 MAY NOT HEAR YOU. THOSE LIVING IN JASPER COUNTY WHO NEED EMERGENCY HELP ARE ASKED TO CALL THIS NUMBER YOU SEE RIGHT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE AS THIS SERVICE DISRUPTION CONTINUES. NOW TO BREAKING NEWS IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY. ACCORDING TO EFFINGHAM COUNTY FIRE OFFICIALS -- A LARGE FIRE WAS CALLED IN JUST AFTER TEN-30 LAST NIGHT AT A HOME IN GUYTON. WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN ON SCENE ON FLOYD AVENUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW WORKING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHERE CREWS ARE ON SCENE. FIRE OFFICIALS TELL US NOBODY WAS HOME AT THE TIME AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO STAY. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE. THIS MORNING - BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE LIVING ON TYBEE ISLAND ARE FIGHTING - A GDOT PLAN. IT WOULD REDUCE THE MAIN ROAD -- TO ONE LANE. THE STATE SAYS -- IT'S TO IMPROVE SAFETY -- BUT LOCALS WORRY IT WILL HURT TRAFFIC -- AND TOURISM. THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK HERE---MAINLY FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS. AS WJCL 22 NEWS' LYDIA BLACKSTONE REPORTS .. MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE GATHERED AT JAYCEE PARK TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AGAINST THE PROPOSAL. WHAT ABOUT THIS PLAN DO Y'ALL NOT LIKE? EVERYTHING!! WHERE DO I START?!" THE TYBEE ISLAND BUSINESS COMMUNITY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT A GDOT PROPOSAL THAT WOULD TAKE TYBEE'S MAIN DRAG FROM TWO LANES TO ONE... "I'VE LIVED ON TYBEE ALMOST 35 YEARS, AND I THINK THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS IDEA I'VE EVER HEARD OF." THE IDEA...REMOVING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC EACH WAY TO CREATE BIKE LANES. PREVIOUS GDOT STUDIES SHOWED THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THOSE LIVING ON TYBEE DON'T WANT THIS....AS TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ARE GROWING ON THE BUSY LITTLE ISLAND. PEOPLE SHOWED THEIR OPPOSITION BY COMING TO JAYCEE PARK IN DROVES, THEY JOIN OVER 1800 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED A PETITION AGAINST IT. "MY FOUR KIDS DON'T NEED TO BE RIDING ALONG HIGHWAY 80. IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA. WE NEED TO GET ALL THAT STUFF AWAY FROM THE BUSIEST ROAD ON OUR ISLAND." BUT SOME TOURISTS, DO THINK MORE ACCESSIBLE BIKE ROUTES ARE NEEDED. "I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO AVOID THE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK LIKE I'M ABOUT TO FALL OVER. WE'RE WOBBLING." WHILE LOCALS SAY THIS ABOUT THEIR ALREADY EXISTING BIKE PATHS, "TYBEE IS DOING A TERRIBLE JOB OF PROMOTING THE BIKE LANE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ON BICYCLE." GDOT DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST TO COMMENT, BUT STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE JESSE PETREA SAID HE'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE COMMISSIONER. "I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF THE, TYBEE LEADERSHIP AND I THINK, LEADERSHIP IN THE LEGISLATURE, LIKE MYSELF, IF THERE CONTINUES TO BE A, YOU KNOW, A NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN." REPRESENTATIVE PETREA SAYS HE THINKS THIS PLAN... NOW TO A MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESS -- DETECTED IN CHATHAM COUNTY. THE COASTAL HEALTH DISTRICT ANNOUNCING YESTERDAY-- WEST NILE VIRUS -- FOUND IN A MOSQUITO SAMPLE -- COLLECTED IN MIDTOWN SAVANNAH. TO PREVENT A BITE -- APPLY BUG SPRAY - WHEN OUTSIDE. COVER YOUR SKIN WITH CLOTHING -- AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY STANDING WATER -- AROUND YOUR HOME IF POSSIBLE. MOSQUITO CONTROL IS DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN -- TO PREVENT BITES -- BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. 10:23:47 I THINK WE'RE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS IN A ROW NOW OF DETECTING VIRUS. :51 SO, NOT SURPRISING. :54 WE WERE KIND OF HOPING WE WOULDN'T SEE IT, BUT HERE IT IS. :57 MANY PEOPLE INFECTED WITH WEST NILE VIRUS --- OFTEN HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. OLDER PEOPLE -- AND THOSE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS CAN GET REALLY SICK. IT'S IMPORTANT -- TO PREVENT BITES.// OVER TO HINESVILLE NOW -- WHERE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE WOMAN HURT. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED JUST BEFORE 9 LAST NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF STRICKLAND ROAD AND EG MILES PARKWAY. ACCORDING TO CHIEF TRACEY HOWARD -- THEY DISCOVERED A WOMAN INSIDE A VEHICLE SUFFERING FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GUNSHOT WOUND. SHE WAS FLOWN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HER CONDITION REMAINS UNKNOWN. THIS INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE AND ONGOING. NOW TO TATNALL COUNTY WHERE THE GBI HAS ARRESTED -- AND CHARGED A SUSPECT -- FOR A DRIVE BY SHOOTING -- AT THE CLAXTON - REGIONAL - YOUTH - DETENTION CENTER. IT ALL HAPPENED ON SUNDAY MORNING. A CAR DROVE BY THE CENTER. AND THE PASSENGER OPENED FIRE AT THE BUILDING. JUVENILES WERE OUTSIDE -- BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. 18 YEAR OLD YADREKA - PORTER WAS ARRESTED. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT -- ALONG WITH OTHER CRIMES . HE WAS BOOKED IN THE TATTNALL COUNTY JAIL.// THE GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMISSION HAS APPROVED THIS YEARS INTERGRATED RESOURCE PLAN FOR GEORGIA POWER. THE PLAN LAYS OUT THE PRIORITIES FOR GEORGIA POWER AND COMES AFTER MONTHS OF FILINGS, HEARINGS AND TESTIMONY. GEORGIA POWER LISTS FOUR MAJOR PARTS THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS YEAR AND GOING FORWARD. FIRST IS SUPPORTING GEORGIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH. OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS -- GEORGIA POWER EXPECTS 85-HUNDRED MEGAWATTS OF NEW GROWTH. GEORGIA POWER WOULD NEED TO ADD 50 PERCENT MORE CAPACITY TO MEET THAT DEMAND. TO MEET THAT DEMAND -- ANOTHER PRIORITY WILL BE INVESTING IN A BROAD RANGE OF POWER GENERATION INCLUDING SOLAR AND NUCLEAR. GEORGIA POWER SAYS IT WILL ALSO FOCUS ON INCREASING GRID RELIABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY FOR CUSTOMERS. HAPPENING TODAY -- SAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE WILL BE HOSTING A ROCK-N-ROLLMENT EVENT TO HELP PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS GET ENROLLED FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR. PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH FACULTY, ADVISORS, AND FINANCIAL AID SPECIALISTS TO MAKE THE PROCESS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. THERE WILL ALSO BE LIVE MUSIC AND FREE FOOD. THA'TS HAPPENING