Troopers: Driver killed after crash on Hilton Head Island (2024)

WAKING UP TO RAIN SHOWERS.. WITH MORE STORMS HEADING OUR WAY. A LOOK AT HOW THE WEATHER IMPACT DAY.. WILL IMPACT YOUR COMMUTE. <> THOSE LOUD SOUNDS YOU'RE HEARING IN THE SKY.. IS PART OF A MAJOR AIR FORCE TRAINING UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. WHY THIS TRAINING.. IS SO CRITICAL FOR SOLDIERS. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. AND I'M EMMA HAMILTON... LIVE IN HAZLEHURST WHERE CELEBRATIONS WILL WELCOME HOME WILL MOSLEY.. WHO IS IN THE TOP THREE ON AMERICAN IDOL. TODAY WE'RE BRACING FOR SOME STRONG STORMS.. SO LET'S CHECK IN WITH METEOROGLIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 8AM, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 8AM AND 11AM, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 11AM. CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 84. SOUTHWEST WIND 7 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. TUESDAY NIGHT A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 70. SOUTH WIND 8 TO 10 MPH S THIS MORNING WE'RE LIVE IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.. WHERE A CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD IN HAZLEHURST.. FOR AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT AND HOMETOWN HERO WILL MOSELEY. I'M NEAR JEFF DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL... WHERE MOSELY GRADUATED JUST SEVEN YEARS AGO. MOSELEY IS CURRENTLY IN THE TOP THREE. AND NEXT WEEK WE'LL LEARN IF HE WILL BECOME .. OUR NEXT AMERICAN IDOL <> YOU JUST HEARD JUST ONE OF HIS MANY AMAZING PERFORMANCES WE'VE SEEN ON THE SHOW OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WE'VE CHECKED IN WITH MOSELEY ALONG HIS JOURNEY.. TALKING TO HIM ABOUT HIS TIME ON THE SHOW. "TRUTHFULLY, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE AUDITION PROCESS. SO TO KEEP MAKING EACH WEEK'S CUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A WILD RIDE, IT'S A CRAZY EXPERIENCE TO STILL BE HERE." AND YESTERDAY WE STOPPED BY JEFF DAVIS HIGH.. TO TALK TO MOSELEY'S FORMER FOOTBALL COACH... ABOUT HOW THE YOUNG MAN WENT FROM A HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT.. TO A SINGING SENSATION. <> (4135 14;17;55;49) "WATCHING HIS JOURNEY FROM HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER TO COLLEGE ATHLETE TO BRING INJKURED AND PICKING UP A GUITAR AND FINDING HIS NICHE IN LIFE, I THINK IS JUST A VERY UNIQUE THING." A PEP RALLLY WILL BE HELD AT JEFF DAVIS HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE. FOLLOWED BY A PARADE SET TO START AT FIVE. AND FINISH WITH A CONCERT AT SIX- THIRTY.. AT THIS STADIUM RIGHT BEHIND ME. FRANK... WE KNOW PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THE CELEBRATIONS UNDERWAY. TO VOTE FOR WILL MOSELEY ... YOU CAN VISIT IDOL VOTE DOT ABC DOT COM. OR DOWNLOAD THE AMERICAN IDOL APP. YOU CAN ALSO TEXT HIS NUMBER TO 2-1-5-2-3. YOU CAN VOTE UP TO 10 TIMES. AND TUNE-IN TO SEE IF WILL MOSELEY...WILL BE CROWNED THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL. THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE ON WJCL ... THIS SUNDAY STARTING AT 8PM. <> "EVERYTHING THAT I WAS DOING WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRE SERVICE, THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE FIREFIGHTERS." THIS MORNING...TYBEE ISLANDS FORMER FIRE CHIEF - JEREMY KENDRICK - IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER BEING FIRED. CITY OFFICIALS CLAIMED HE EXHIBITED "BULLYING BEHAVIOR". BUT IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.. THAT YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON WJCL 22 NEWS.. KENRICK SAYS THEY WAS NOT THE CASE. KENDRICK SAYS THE CITY ASKED HIM TO PERFORM INSPECTIONS SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS - BUT HE REFUSED BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL AND COULD BE ILLEGAL. HE ALSO SAYS HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE INTERIM CITY MANGERS ORDERS TO CUT OVERTIME... SAYING IT WOULD ALSO BREAK GEORGIA LAW. <> "IF WE WERE TO SEND FIREFIGHTERS HOME TO AVOID OVERTIME, I WOULDN'T HAVE NOBODY ON DUTY. SO, THEN THAT MAKES US NON- COMPLIANT WITH GEORGIA FIREFIGHTER STANDARDS AND TRYING TO COUNCIL." --BUTTED-- "I'M A BIG OPPONENT OF OBVIOUSLY OBEYING THE LAW AND FOLLOWING WHAT THE LAW SAYS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO." A LETTER TO KENDRICK FROM THE CITY OF TYBEE SAYS ALSO HE FALSIFIED INFORMATION AND USED OFFENSIVE CONDUCT OR LANGUAGE TOWARD THE PUBLIC, OFFICIALS OR FELLOW EMPLOYEES. IN RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTIONS... THE CITY TOLD WJCL IT DOES NOT COMMENT ON PERSONELLE MATTERS. TYBEE CURRENTLY HAS TWO RETIRED CHIEFS ACTING AS TEMPORARY FIRE AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR.. WJCL 22 NEWS TIA MAGGIO WILL HAVE A FULL REPORT.. WITH NEW CONCERNS FROM KENDRICK.. ABOUT HIS REPLACEMENTS. HAPPENING TODAY - BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE AND COMMENT ON PLANS.. FOR A NEW ROAD ACCESS PROJECT. THEY'LL DISCUSS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCESS ROAD AND AIRPORT FRONTAGE ROAD PROJECT. THIS IS PART OF PHASE TWO... OF COUNTY PROJECTS... THAT WILL CREATE A ROAD BETWEEN LOST ISLAND ROAD AND LITTLE CREEK ROAD. THE COUNTY PLANS TO HAVE PROPOSED DESIGNS AND TAKE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT .. FROM FIVE TO SEVEN.. AT THE LADY'S ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHANGES COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY.. IMPACTING TRAFFIC AND NEW BUSINESSES .. YOU CAN SEND THEM TO BOOMTOWN AT WJCL DOT COM. THIS MORNING ...MILITARY FIGHTER AIRCRAFTS ... FROM ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST... ARE IN SAVANNAH FOR TRAINING AT THE AIR DOMINANCE CENTER. <> IT'S THE 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SENTRY SAVANNAH EXERCISE. COLONEL STEPHEN TRACKER THOMAS SAYS IT MUST BE DONE TO ENSURE THE U.S. AIR FORCE STAYS READY. <> "THE THREAT IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND HAS ONLY INCREASED ITS CAPABILITY. SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR FIGHTERS AND THE U.S. MILITARY ARE READY." YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE HEARING SOUND FROM THE TRAINING THROUGH SATURDAY... WHEN THE EXERCISE IS SET TO END. THIS MORNING.. PEOPLE IN THE SAVANNAH AREA ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF DENNY HERB. HERB, A 1961 GRADUATE OF BENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL, SERVED AS THE 2010 ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE GRAND MARSHAL. HE PASSED AWAY SUNDAY.. SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY