Sandra I. McVicker, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at MCG Health, Inc., has been named Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of MCG Health, Inc. effective immediately.

The Georgia Board of Regents has filed a lawsuit against a private foundation for continuing to use the Medical College of Georgia’s name more than a year after the campus severed ties with the organization. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Richmond County Superior Court demands that the Medical College of Georgia Foundation, Inc. stop using its moniker immediately and cease collecting donations on behalf of the state’s only public medical school. The Augusta-based medical school split from its $152 million foundation in June 2008 after years of feuding between the two institutions.

Halloween is a fun and exciting time for children. They get to dress up as pirates, princesses and monsters, and receive an overwhelming amount of candy. Although Halloween activities should be fun and harmless, the weather, darkness and excitement of the night can create a dangerous situation for children. Safe Kids East Central, led by the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center offers 16 Halloween tricks so that the holiday will be a treat for you and your children.

There’s new information on the death of a Columbia County girl from the flu. Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins comfirms Tuesday evening she died from complications of the Swine Flu, on Saturday. This death has some parents asking questions about H1N1 and seasonal flu. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has the story.

A 10-year old child from Columbia County has died from the flu. Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins confirms Summer Rockefeller died early Saturday morning at an Atlanta hospital from complications of the flu, possibly swine flu. We have information for those wishing to donate to the family.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, a Greenwood, SC man died Sunday evening after a crash on I-20. Justin Ryan Heinz, 28, of Greenwood, was pronounced dead at Medical College of Georgia Sunday night around 9:27 p.m.

The Medical College of Georgia joins forces with East Central Georgia Regional Hospital. Officials say this partnership is a step in the right direction for both institutions. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud. He has the story.

Hundreds turn out for the official beginning of the Medical College of Georgia’s new School of Dentistry. A multimillion dollar addition to the MCG Campus, it will help the state turn out new dentists and that had a lot of people smiling. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

According to Richmond County Chief Deputy Coroner Mark Bowen, Earl Clark, 53, died Friday night in an accident on Mike Padgett Highway.

Changes are coming to the Medical College of Georgia hospital visitation policy due to risk of swine flu.

Aiken County Investigators are searching for two men. They say Maurice Council and Akia Jordan shot and killed a teenager at T&S Mobile Home Park Wednesday night. It’s the third murder there in the last two years. Neighbors want more of a police presence in the area, but police say without community cooperation, everyone is running out of options. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has more. UPDATE: Sammy Leon Smith, 33, has now been arrested in connection to the death of 16-year-old James Collins.

An incident has landed a local family on a national television show. A North Augusta boy, 3-year-old Evan Waldhauer, swallowed a toy race car, and lived to tell about it. It’s really an incredible story…so incredible, in fact, that TLC is going to feature the North Augusta family this weekend, on the network’s newest show, called, fittingly…“Your Kid Ate What?“ WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has the story.

An incident has landed a local family on a national television show. A North Augusta boy, 3-year-old Evan Waldhauer, swallowed a toy race car, and lived to tell about it. It’s really an incredible story…so incredible, in fact, that TLC is going to feature the North Augusta family this weekend, on the network’s newest show, called, fittingly…“Your Kid Ate What?“ WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has the story.

One person is in custody following a shooting in Blackville, South Carolina. Demetrius Smalls is charged with murder in the death of Terrance Mayes. Mayes brother, Zantrell, was also shot, and is currently at MCG.

WJBF News Channel 6 has learned that a man was shot and killed Monday night at Salem Arms Apartments. Darryl Walden had been shot in the chest and died from his injuries Tuesday morning.