Woman turns to Facebook to find owner after dog is hit and killed in Bulloch County

RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS .. A QUIET COVID RESURGENCE. EXPERTS ARE RINGING ALARMS OVER RISING COVID CASES. AND WHY SAVANNAH’S MAYOR SAYS WE ARE HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. PLUS- A GEORGIA TEEN HIT BY LIGHTNING. HOW THEY ARE DOING AFTER THEIR BRUSH WITH NATUR E. AND ANOTHER HISTORY MAKING SPACE SHIP LAUNCH. BEZOS GET’S READY FOR H IS BLUE ORIGIN TO TAKE FLIGHT WITH THE OLDEST AND YOUNGEST SPACE- GOERS EVER. IT’S 5 O’CLOCK ON YO UR – _-_- MORNI. NG HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA AT THE MEHOWOOD SUITES ON THE RIVER. (ADLIB ABOUT WEATHER) – ***2-SHOT***} THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAWIY TH WJCL 22! GOOD MORNING, I’M CHRIS TATUM. AND I’M EMMA HAMILTON. WJCL’S METEROLOGIST JONATHAN MRSYE IS ALSO HERE… WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. NOW, HERE’S YOUR STORM TRACKERAR DAR… TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 2PM. HIGH NEAR 88. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 7 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. MONDAY NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BEFORE 1AM. LOW AROUND 73. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUN6 D MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. TUESDAY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, THEN SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM AFTER 11AM. HIGH NEAR 88. SOUTESHW WIND 3 TO 7 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS0% 6 A POLICE SHOOTING IN SAVANNAH – ONE MAN IS DEAD – AFTER THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAYS HE POINTED A GUN AT POLICE OFFICERS. IT HAPPENED AROUND 9-30 ON SATURDAY DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON EAST BOLN TO STREET AND WATERS AVUE. EN THE G-B-I SAYS OFFICERS WERE CONDUCTING THE ST OP WHEN THE DRIVER FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. DURING THAT STOP — INVESTIGATORS SAY OFFICERS WERE TAING LKTO THE DRIVER OUTSIDE THE VEHICL..E WHEN THEY NOTICED THE PASSENGER .. MAURICE MINCEY .. MOVING AROUND INSIDE THE CAR. THE G-B-I SAYS OFFICERS KED ASMINCEY TO STOP MOVING AND SHOW HIS HANDS – B UT MINCEY REFUSED .. AND INSTEAD STEPPED OUOFT THE CAR AND POINTED A GUN AT OFFICE. RS THE GBI SAYS THE OFCER FI SHOT MINCEY .. KILLING HIM. WE’RE TOLD NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED. KE EPING KIDS OUT OF GANGS AND OFF THE STREETS WILL BE PART OF BIG A DISCUSSION IN CHATHAM COUNTY TODAY. IT’S LEGISLATIVE GANG PREVENTION AND INVTERVETION COMSSIOMIN WILL BLOE OK AT CREATING AFTER SCHOOL AND WEEKEND PROGRAMS FOR SAVANH’NAS YOUNGEST CITIZENS. THERE’S A MEETING TS HI MORNING AT 9 O CLOCK. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT STARTING AT FIVE. BRAND NEW THIS MORNING. .. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD – – SEVERAL OTHERS HURT – – AFTER – INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN SH AOTT AN AMBULANCE… AND AT FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING A HOUSE FIRE… AND SEVERAL CHILDR EN WHO LIVED AT THAT BURNING HOUSE ARE NOW MISSING… IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN TUSCON ARIZONA. .. INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN IN AN S- U-V APPROACHED AN AMBULANCE AND ENOPED FIRE… ONE E-M-T GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD AND IS IN CRICATIL CONDITION… THE OTHERS I IN STABLE CONDITIO.. N. AT THE SAME TIME… FIREFIGHTERS WERE BATTLING A BLAZE AT A NEARBY HOUSE WHEN THAT SAME S- U-V DROVE UP AND THE DRIVER STARTED SHOOTING AT FIREFIGHTERS AND NEIGHBORS. .. ONE NEIGHBOR DIED OF A GUNSHOT WOUND… SOMEONE ELSE DIED IN THE FIRE… A ND A FIREFIGHTER GOT SHOT IN THE ARM… BUT THERE’S MORE… POLICE RUSHING TO THAT HOUSE- FIRE ENCOUNTERED THE S-U-V AT AN INTERSECTION… AND Y SA THE DRIVER SHOT AT THEM – D AN TRIED RAM THEIR PATROL CAR… POLICE EVENTUALLY SHOT THAT DRIVER… HE’S IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING.. AND POLICE ARE FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR THOSE SSMIING CHILDREN. SAVANNAH MAYOR V AN JOHNSON NOT HAPPY WITH CURRENT COVID NUMBERS IN HIS CI. TY IN A POST ON FACEOKBO HE SAID WE’RE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. AS OF FRIDAY– GEORGIA IS CLOSING IN ON A MILLION POSITIVE COVID CASES IN THE STATE. T’S ITHOSE NUMBERS THAT HAVE MAYOR JOHNSON THINKING ABOUT BRINGING THE MASK MANDATE BACK. MIGHT EVEN IMPOSE CAPACITY LIMITS. WE HAVE BEENER VY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS ANDE W KNOW THE WAY TO GET BACK TO OUR NEW NORMAL WAS MAS INITIALLY AND NOW IT’S VACCINATIONS.. .” THERE ISN’T A TIMELINEN O WHEN HE COULD IMPOSE THESE RESTRIIONSCT BUT HE SAYS HE IS CONTINUING TO WATCH THE NUMBERS. MAYOR JOHNSON WILL HA VE HIS WEEKLY PRESS UPDATE TOMORROW MORNING–WHERE WE DO EXPECT HIM TO TALK ABOUT COVI D. WE’LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS. AND THE THREAT OF RESTRICTIONS RETURNING IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE RECT EN SPIKE OF THE DELTA VARIANT. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA ARE BOTH REPORTING CASES. ABC’S ANDREA FUJII BREAKS DOWN WHY DOCTORS BELIEVE WE’RE IN A CRIS.SI AT LEAST 58 PERCENT OF THE CURRENT REPORTED COVID CASES ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE DELTA VARIANT. COMPARE THAT TO THE END OF MAY, WHEN THE VARIANT WAS LINKED TO JUST 3 PERCENT. SOME DOCTORS NOW S AY THEY’RE BACK IN EMERGENCY MODE SCRIPT: CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE SOARING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AS HOSPITALS E AR PUSHED TO THE BRINK AGAIN. UNVACCINATED AMERICANS ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY ALL NEW COVID CASES. THE DELTA VARIANT FUELING CASES EVERYWHERE BUT SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING. AR KANSAS, FLORIDA AND MISSOURI SEEING THE HIGHEST INFECTION RATES. THIS HOSPITAL IN ARKANSASSAYS IT’S NOW FULL. ADMISSIO NS STATEWIDE SURGING 80 PERCENT IN THE PAST TWO WES.EK SOT HILLES: “COVID IS STILL HERE, RIGHT NOW, AND WE’RE STILL FIGHTINGT” I AND IN FLORIDA WHERE NEW COVID CASES HAVE NEAY RL DOUBLED IN A WEEK A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULETHD AT PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS ON FLORIDA BASED CRUISE SHI PS WILL REMAIN. MEANWHILE SEATTLE’S CRUISE SEAN SO SET TO BEGIN MONDAY, AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF PANDEMIC HIATUS. OVER THE WEEKEND LOS ANGELES COUNTY REINSTATING THEIR INDOOR MASK MANDATE REGARDLESS OF VACCINE STATUS AS CAS SE RISE THERE. THE US SURGEON GENERAL AGREEING WITH THE DECISION. SOT MURTHY: “WHERE CASE ARE RISING, IT’S VERY REASONABLE FOR COUNTIES TO TAKE MORE MITIGATION MEASURES .” MORE THAN 65 PERCENT OF AMERICANS 12 AND OVER HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DO SE OF THE VACCINE. BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY BELIEVE SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION AROUND COVID IS HAMPERING VACCINATION. SOT DR. FAUCI: “IF WE HAD PUSHBACK FOR VACCINES THE WAY WE’RE SEEING ON CERTAIN MEDIA// WE PROBABLY WOULD STILL HAVE SMALLPOX.” AND AS THE SUMMER OLYMPI CS ARE SET TO START IN JUST DAYS U-S TENNIS STAR COCO GAUFF OUT AFTER SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. CONCERN GROWING IN TOKYOS A THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 50 NFCOIRMED CASES LINKED TO THE GAMES. TAG: THE FDA ACCERALETING THE REVIEW PROCESS TO FULLY APPROVE THE PFIZ ER VACCINE. DR. FAUCI SAYS IT COULD COME BY THE END OF AUGUST. BUT HE STI LL EXPECTS YOUNGER CHILDREN MAY NOT GET THEIR SHS OT UNTIL WINTER OR THE END OF THE YEAR. ANDREA FUJII, ABC NEWS, NEYO W TWO MORE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. THE LAWMAKERS ARE PART OF THE GROUP THAT LEFT TEXAS TOBL OCK REPUBLICANS FROM PASSING NEW VOTING LAWS. SO FAR ALL FIVE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE D HABEEN FULLY VACCINATED AND ARE NOT EXPERIENCING ANY MAJOR SYMPTOMS. THE U-S SURGEON GENEL RA IS ACCUSING TECH COMPANIES OF NOT DOING ENOUGH TO FIGHT MISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19. THE C-D-C SHOWS THE VACCINATION RATE HAS SLOWED DRASTICALLY– EVEN THOUGH FEWER THAN 57 PERCENT OF PEOPL12E AND UP ARE FULLY VACCINATED– HEALTH EXPERTS SAY MISINFORMATION AND MYTHS ABOUT THE VACCINES ARE SPREADING THROUGH THE INTERNET. DOCTOR VIVEK MUR-THY SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS HAVE TAKEN STE PS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT THEY HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE PANDEMIC. <> DR. VIVEK MURTHY/ U.S. SURGEON GENERAL: AND KWENOW THAT HEALTH MISINFORMATION HARMS PEOPLE’S HEALTH. IT COSTS THEM THEIR LIVES. I’VE SN EE THAT AS A DOCTOR OVER THE YEARS, AS PATIENTS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH HEALTH MISINFORMATION, AND HERE’S A KEY THINGO T REMEMBER HEALTH MISINFORMATION TAKES AWAY OUR FREEDOM AND OUR POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR US AND FOR OUR FAMILIES. AND THAT A’S PROBLEM. AND THIS, THE PLATFORMS HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY’ VE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE INCREASE IN SPEED AND SCALE WITH WHICH MISINFORMATION IS SPREADING.” FOR THE LATEST COVID 19 INFORMATION VISIT R OU WEBSITE WJCL DOT COMR O DOWNLOAD THE WJCL 22 NEWS MOBILE A. PP THERE YOU CAN FIND E TH LATEST CASE COUNT AND FIND THE CLOSEST VACCINE LOCATION TO YOU. ALL OF THAT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NO W. IT MAY SOON BE LEGAL TO SELL MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN GEORGIA. .. THE STATE’S “ACCESS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS COMMISSION” PLANS TO GIVE OUT LICENSES THIS SATURDAY. RIGHT NOW – GEORGIA LAW PROHIBITS THE GROWTH… SALE… OR POSSESSION OF MARIJUAN A. DURING YOUR DRIVE INTO WORK THIS MORNING YOU MAY NOTICE MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE ROAD. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA ALONG WITH OTHER STATES ARE TEAMING UP FOR OPERATION SOUTHERN SHIELD. IT’S AN EFFORT TO PREVENT SPEERED LATED DEATHS AND COLLISONS ON THE STATES MAJOR ROADWA. YS THE CAMPAIGN NS RU THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. COUNTDOWN TO LIFTOFF! TOMORROW BILLIONAIRE JEFF BEZOS AND HIS FLIT GH CREW – WILL HEAD TO SPACE. ABC’S MONA KOSAR ABDI EXPLAINS WHY THIS FLIGHT WILL BE HISTORIC. BLUE ORIGIN IS OFFICIAY LL CLEARED FOR LIFTOFF – NATS – WOOOO! THE ROCKET – SET TO TAKE OFF TOMORROW MORNING – WI TH AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS AND HIS THREE CREW MAT OESN BOARD. OVERNIGHT, ABC’S GIO BENITEZ – GETTING INSIDE A TRAINING CAPSULE – – SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WILL TAKE THE CREW TO SPACE! NATS – 3..2..1.. SO- T ARIANE CORNELL: THESE ARE THE LARGEST WINDOWS THAT HAVE EVER FLOW IN SPACE. GIO: IT’S PRETTY ROOMY! CONSIDERING, YOU WOULDN’T THINK SO! 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Woman turns to Facebook to find owner after dog is hit and killed in Bulloch County

A woman is hoping to find the owners of a dog who was hit and killed on Highway 67 in Bulloch County back on July 5 so she can return the dog’s collar to them.

Updated: 12:40 PM EDT Jul 19, 2021

Above video: Your Monday headlinesA woman is hoping to find the owners of a dog who was hit and killed on Highway 67 back on July 5 so she can return the dog’s collar to them. In a Facebook post, the woman wrote that it was a black, medium sized dog, possibly a border collie. She said it had been hit on Highway 67 shortly after the I-16 exit, heading towards Statesboro.She said she checked the dog for tags, but couldn’t locate any. When she saw that the dog was still there after a few days, she decided to take the collar to see if she could find the owners.”…It might be a long shot, but my fur babies are my whole heart, so I would want some closure if they didn’t come home one day,” Emily Champion wrote in the post.Those who might recognize the collar are asked to send Emily Champion a Facebook message by clicking here.

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Above video: Your Monday headlines

A woman is hoping to find the owners of a dog who was hit and killed on Highway 67 back on July 5 so she can return the dog’s collar to them.

In a Facebook post, the woman wrote that it was a black, medium sized dog, possibly a border collie. She said it had been hit on Highway 67 shortly after the I-16 exit, heading towards Statesboro.

She said she checked the dog for tags, but couldn’t locate any. When she saw that the dog was still there after a few days, she decided to take the collar to see if she could find the owners.

“…It might be a long shot, but my fur babies are my whole heart, so I would want some closure if they didn’t come home one day,” Emily Champion wrote in the post.

Those who might recognize the collar are asked to send Emily Champion a Facebook message by clicking here.