BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT ONE OF THE MANY ACTIVE PROTESTS ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. THE LATEST ON EFFORTS TO GET DEMONSTRATIONS .. UNDER CONTROL. A BREAK IN THE CASE.. OF A MISSING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ALLIGATOR .. THAT - *VANISHED IN GEORGIA. WHAT WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY THEY SAW.. ON THE DAY THE FAMOUS TIK TOK GATOR DISAPPEARED. AND BREAKING GROUND.. ON ONE OF THE FIRST WAWA GAS STATIONS IN GEORGIA. I'M KYRON NEVEAUX LIVE IN POOLER.. BREAKING DOWN HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. <> FIRST WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS.... ONGOING PROTESTS AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE U-S. YOU'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO OF THE SCENE THAT WE WATCHED PLAY OUT LIVE.. HOURS AGO AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY... WHERE OFFICERS TOOK SEVERAL PROTESTORS INTO CUSTODY. WE ALSO SAW THIS VIOLENT OUTBREAK CAUGHT ON CAMERA... AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING... WHERE DEMONSTRATORS SET UP THESE TENTS. NOW WE WANT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK FROM A CHOPPER.. HOVERING THAT CAMPUS RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE FOR WEEKS STUDENTS.. STAFF.. AND OTHERS ARE PROTESTING THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR. INCLUDING IN GEORGIA. OFFICERS HAVE ARRESTED OVER 100 PROTESTORS SO FAR. WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THESE DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. HIGHWAY 80 AT I-95 IN POOLER THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 3PM. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 86. CALM WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE MORNING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 64. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY PATCHY FOG BEFORE 9AM. OTHERWISE, SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 86. CALM WIND BECOMING EAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THURSDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 66 HAPPENING TODAY..ANOTHER MAJOR COMPANY BREAKING GROUND IN COASTAL GEORGIA. POPULAR GAS STATION WAWA.. MARKING ITS TERRITORY IN POOLER. WJCL 22 NEWS KYRON NEVEAUX IS JOINING US LIVE FROM POOLER.. AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE THAT STORE WILL BE LOCATED. KY .. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US. FRANK EMMA... THE NEW WAWA IS ON THE CORNER OF POOLER PARKWAY AND PINE BARREN ROAD. IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILAR WITH THE AREA, THAT IS NEAR THE LOWE'S CLOSER TO I-16. GROUNDBREAKING FESTIVITIES ARE SCHEDULED FOR THREE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS NEW LOCATION COMES JUST MONTHS AFTER BREAKING GROUND ON SITES IN JESUP AND BRUNSWICK. NEIGHBORS.. AND A CITY OFFICIAL HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS STORE WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC. "SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO CAUSE YOUR TYPICAL TRAFFIC. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO PROBABLY CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL STORE. AND THIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONE IN GEORGIA. I'M PRETTY SURE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PROBABLY TRYING TO TRAVEL HERE OFF OF 16 AND 95, WHICH IS ALREADY BACKED UP ON PINE BARRON." "PINE BARRENS, SIDEWALKS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, AT THE INTERSECTION AT PINE BARRON AND POOLER PARKWAY. WE'VE ALREADY GOT THAT IN THE WORKS. SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO BIGGEST HOTSPOTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON." THE POOLER LOCATION IS SET TO OPEN NEXT YEAR.. MEANWHILE BOTH BRUNSWICK AND JESUP STORE WILL OPEN LATER THIS YEAR. BY 2030, WAWA PLANS TO OPEN 26 STORES IN GEORGIA I'LL SHARE HOW WAWA EXECS FEEL ABOUT COMING TO THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. BACK TO YOU. THANKS KY. RIGHT NOW ... THE CITY OF SAVANNAH IS CONDUCTING A SOUND BARRIER STUDY... FOLLOWING NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS LIVING ALONG TRUMAN PARKWAY. WE'VE FOLLOWED THIS STORY FOR MONTHS... AFTER PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WE NOW KNOW.. THE STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A LOCAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM. THAT STUDY RECOMMENDING A SOUND BARRIER ALONG THE PARKWAY. WHILE THE STUDY DEALS WITH THE BACON PARK AND FAIRWAY OAKS NEIGHBORHOODS.. WE TALKED TO SEAN MANION.. WHO LIVES IN EDGEMERE SACKVILLE.. WHO SAYS HE'S *CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. <> "I WAS TOLD THERE IS ONE PLAN FOR EDGEMERE SACKVILLE SO FOR ALL I KNOW THERE COULD BE ONE ONGOING." --BUTTED- "IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE THE SOUND STUDY CONDUCTED, IT'S ANOTHER TO HAVE THE BARRIER DONE." WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY FOR A TIMELINE OF WHEN THE BARRIER WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW BUSINESSES ... COMING TO OUR COMMUNITIES ... OR ISSUES IMPACTING TRAVEL ... AND OUR GROWING POPULATION ... YOU CAN SEND THEM TO BOOMTOWN AT WJCL DOT COM. YOU CAN FIND OTHER BOOMTOWN STORIES.. RIGHT NOW.. ON OUR WEBSITE.. WJCL DOT COM. <> "IT SCARED THE HECK OUT OF MY NEW CASHIER. HER SECOND DAY AT WORK." THIS MORNING A RIDGELAND DEPUTY IS BEING HAILED A HERO.. FOR STOPPING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.. AT A LOCAL GROCERY STORE. AND IT HAPPENED.. WHILE THE OFFICER WAS OFF-DUTY... STANDING IN LINE. WE'VE TOLD ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT THE B AND T'S .. WHERE A MAN IN A DISGUISE TRIED TO TAKE CASH FROM THE REGISTER. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.. OF THE SUSPECT CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.. WEARING A WIG. THAT MAN - NOW IDENTIFIED AS RONALD BARNARD - TOLD THE CASHIER HE HAD A WEAPON. THAT'S WHEN THE OFF-DUTY LIEUTENANT STEPPED IN. <> "HE TACKLED HIM IN THE PARKING LOT THE LIEUTENANT WAS IN A PAIR OF SHORTS AND A SHIRT WHERE HE HAD BEEN OUT RUNNING." --BUTTED-- "HE ACTUALLY STRUCK LIEUTENANT THOMPSON IN THE JAW. HE PUNCHED HIM IN HIS JAW ONE TIME. AND A LIEUTENANT SAID THAT HE LOOKED LIKE HE HAD A GUN ON HIM. HE SEEN SOMETHING THAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE BARREL OF A GUN.' LUCKILY, THE SUSPECT DIDN'T HAVE A REAL WEAPON. THE LIEUTENANT DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF HIS JOB. RONALD BARNARD IS CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY CURRENTLY IN THE JASPER COUNTY JAIL. THIS MORNING .. A SURPRISING UPDATE.. IN THE SEARCH FOR A FAMOUS ALLIGATOR .. THAT DISAPPEARED IN GEORGIA. NOT THE GATOR YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE.. BUT ANOTHER YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS. WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT WALLY .. THE GATOR THAT'S GAINED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED *THOUSAND FOLLOWERS ON TIK TOK... THAT VANISHED DURING A VISIT IN BRUNSWICK. HIS OWNER SAYS ... THE ALLIGATOR WAS TAKEN OUT OF AN ENCLOSURE. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS ... THEY RECEIVED A REPORT OF A "NUISANCE ALLIGATOR" CALL IN BRUNSWICK ... ON THE DAY WALLY DISAPPEARED. THE GATOR WAS CAPTURED ... AND LATER RELEASED. DNR CAN'T CONFIRM ... IF IT WAS WALLY. D-N-R ADDS ... THE "TRAPPER'S HANDLING WAS APPROPRIATE ... AND ROUTINE." WALLY'S OWNER SAYS ... A REWARD IS NOW BEING OFFERED FOR WALLY'S RETURN. IT'S ALLIGATOR MATING.. WHICH MEANS YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE GATORS LIKE THIS ON THE MOVE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO SHARED WITH US.. SHOWING A GATOR GOING FOR A STROLL AT THE ATLANTIC DUNES GOLF COURSE.. AT SEA PINES ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. ALLIGATOR SIGHTINGS ARE NOTHING NEW ON HILTON HEAD ... BUT THEY TEND TO PICK-UP IN MAY AND JUNE .. DURING MATING SEASON. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING