University of Georgia West Georgia State News

The University of West Georgia renamed the UWG Honors House to the Donald R. Wagner Honors House at a ceremony on Thursday.

The multi-use nature of Suwanee Town Center Park will be evident again on Friday and Saturday , leading into Memorial Day, according to a city news release.

Independent Healthcare Properties awarded the first Morning Pointe endowed nursing scholarship to Chattanooga State student.

New principals at Ruth Hill Elementary School and Smokey Road Middle School have been appointed for the 2013-2014 school year by the Coweta County Board of Education, as well as a number of new assistant principals.

Georgia The City of Newnan is planning to renovate the former Newnan Hospital building into a Coweta satellite campus for the University of West Georgia.

British health officials are struggling with an unprecedented measles outbreak that health officials blame on a controversial and now-discredited study that linked the measles vaccine to autism.

Last summer, the nation was captivated by the story of Aimee Copeland, a University of West Georgia graduate student who lost both her hands and a leg to a terrible bout with flesh-eating bacteria, which she contracted during a zip-lining accident.

Aimee Copeland reached for a potato chip and, with a pretty smile, popped it into her mouth and crunched it up.

The US is far better than I ever expected, even if it does have messed up healthcare, money and road systems 50 States and their Mottos by artist Emily Wick, from the book Mapping America, Exploring the Continent.

Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables, pick up tiny items like Skittles, and comb and iron press her hair.

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr's congressional papers were put on display at the University of West Georgia's Ingram Library this week.

Aimee Copeland, 25, of Snellville, Ga., shows off the new bionic hand she's learning to use after losing her hands and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria in 2012.

Laurie Barron, left, principal at Smokey Road Middle School, holds the receiver for members of the school's Beta Club Stephanie Cannon, center, and Megan She and her daughter, Coweta educator Dr.

Newnan City Council Tuesday will consider awarding architectural, construction and environmental contracts for converting the old Newnan Hospital property on Jackson Street into a University of West Georgia Newnan campus.

Brewton-Parker College students Robert Joseph Lytten and Lakeitha Consuelo Williams of Newnan were recognized during Honors Day Chapel April 30 in Saliba Chapel on the Mount Vernon campus.

Approximately 650 students of Cleveland State Community College's class of 2013 will walk across the stage to receive their degrees and certificates during the 45th Commencement Ceremony Saturday at 10 a.m. in L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium.

Shelia Barchuk, Owner of Custom Care Janitorial Services, was recently named a VIP member of Worldwide Who's Who.

When it came to college choices, Lexi Chastine had no interest in Young Harris College.

Support for a new West Georgia Technical College athletic complex won Carroll County Board of Commissioners approval Tuesday night.

Leslie McMillan is vice president of Government & Community Development for the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce, as well as owner of Palooza Photo Booth.